Ford 4600 coolant mixing with oil

[Forestry man]

Checked oil level in tractor and everything looked fine, started tractor and had some slobber coming from exhaust pipe, drove it down the road, had not been on it for around 10 minutes when the engine died, got out and checked engine oil and it was a milky color, and the same milky colored oil was coming out around exhaust manifold gasket, any help would be much appreciated!

 

[Turbys_1700]

How many hours on your tractor? First thing that comes to mind is a head gasket. Just had a friend's 4610 that did the same thing. In his tractor the engine was OK. Take it to a good diesel mechanic or your nearest dealer.

 

[Forestry man]

Thanks for the info, head gasket was what I was thinking too.

 

[Tx Jim]

What condition is coolant? Besides blown head gasket it's also possible cylinder wall has a hole in it from cavitation(electrolysis). I bought a 6700 several yrs back that had a crate engine installed due to cavitation of cyl wall of old engine.

 

[Forestry man]

Thanks for the reply, the coolant has mixed with the oil and has turned the oil a milky color, the oil and coolant was also leaking a little right below the exhaust manifold.