Help on oil leak valve cover Cadet 782

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mrutkaus

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Don't know what is going on, oil bubbles out of retaining bolt on cylinder 2 (left) when model 782 17 hpp KT17 is running. Tightened bolt, still bubbles out....

Ideas?

Thanks
Mike
Winchester VA
 
   / Help on oil leak valve cover Cadet 782
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Don't know what is going on, oil bubbles out of retaining bolt on cylinder 2 (left) when model 782 17 hpp KT17 is running. Tightened bolt, still bubbles out....

Ideas?

Thanks
Mike
Winchester VA
 
   / Help on oil leak valve cover Cadet 782 #3  
Not sure if this helps or provides any ideas, but my Cub 1864 (Kohler 18hp) had been leaking around the valve covers. Bolts were fairly tight, so I decided to take the two valve covers off. Cleaned the head seal area up with a mill knife and alcohol, did the same to the plastic valve covers. Used some RTV/Permetex and put them back on. You may try putting a little bit of Permetex around the head of the bolt so it seals against the top of the valve cover? Not sure how well that would work though

I have about 5hrs of use so far, and everything seems to be fine, well almost, I have a PTO seal leak I'm fixing now, but that's a different story.
 

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Not sure if this helps or provides any ideas, but my Cub 1864 (Kohler 18hp) had been leaking around the valve covers. Bolts were fairly tight, so I decided to take the two valve covers off. Cleaned the head seal area up with a mill knife and alcohol, did the same to the plastic valve covers. Used some RTV/Permetex and put them back on. You may try putting a little bit of Permetex around the head of the bolt so it seals against the top of the valve cover? Not sure how well that would work though

I have about 5hrs of use so far, and everything seems to be fine, well almost, I have a PTO seal leak I'm fixing now, but that's a different story.
 
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Take head off and see if the gasket is blown.
 
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Take head off and see if the gasket is blown.
 
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The KT17 is just a flathead/L engine, so removing the heads and replacing the gaskets is a very easy job, just unbolt them, remove them, put on new gaskets (avail at small engine/Kohler shops), and properly retorque the heads back down- should get rid of the leak which is probably residual blow-by oil getting past the gasket.

-Fordlords-
 
   / Help on oil leak valve cover Cadet 782 #10  
The KT17 is just a flathead/L engine, so removing the heads and replacing the gaskets is a very easy job, just unbolt them, remove them, put on new gaskets (avail at small engine/Kohler shops), and properly retorque the heads back down- should get rid of the leak which is probably residual blow-by oil getting past the gasket.

-Fordlords-
 

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