ROUSTABOUT
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- Joined
- Jan 30, 2008
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- 3,186
- Location
- Luther Willis Hill, AR
- Tractor
- Pettibone, Ford, Massey Ferguson, International, JD, David Bradley, home mades
The newest cab tractor puts out the smoke. The problem is diesel now days is too dry. Our smoke was royal blue. A pretty color of blue. About the color of old Ford engines, back when they were painted blue. If I change oil in a dozer or track hoe, get 15 gallons of used oil. Straight into my fuel tank. Burn it for fuel all the time.First, the phrase you quoted from me "...lube oil in a diesel, if burned, puts out some really black smoke, not blueish." was my mistake. That was based on experience using a diesel VW which had so much blowby that it began to ingest and burn it's own lubricating oil from the crankcase -- and that DOES put out the blackest of black clouds. However I now realize that clean lube oil in the combustion process in tiny amounts does produce bluish smoke. OK, that mistake of mine corrected ...
Are you serious -- put motor oil in the diesel fuel !? What does that do? And if that corrects some issue what was the problem in the first place (aside from the visual shock of bluish smoke) ?? Which of your tractors put out the 'royal blue cloud?'
Tks.