I have a 2006 CK25 with 501 hours. Today I was using it to push trees around into my burn pile. While I was off the tractor and it was sitting at idle I noticed antifreeze dripping onto the ground. I popped the hood and saw the coolant recovery tank was gurgling and the antifreeze was coming out. I then saw the temperature indicator was showing hot. I stopped the engine to think about what might be causing this. I waited an hour and popped the radiator cap and could not see a level in the radiator. I may have lost this much during the gurgling. I restarted it and the gurgling started again. I stopped the engine and parked it. Could this be from a blown head gasket? Any other ideas?...Please have some. I don't want a blown head gasket!
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Refill the radiator. Leave the cap off and look in there while it idles. If you see the coolant surging, that's exhaust gas leaking past the head gasket.
And if you have a compression release, use it until you get this figured out. If there is water in a cylinder, cranking the engine can break rings, bend a rod, etc.
Good luck with this!
And if you have a compression release, use it until you get this figured out. If there is water in a cylinder, cranking the engine can break rings, bend a rod, etc.
Good luck with this!
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Last time I had a blown head gasket I ended up going to NAPA and picking up a "universal block tester". I was hoping I'd get lucky and not have to do what I ended up having to do. It's a blue fluid that turns green or yellow (cant remember which) in the presence of burned hydrocarbons. If you have any kind of crack in any part of the combustion chamber you'll know just as soon as you squeeze the bulb. Now, lets all keep our fingers crossed and hope your fluid stays blue.......
Last time I had a blown head gasket I ended up going to NAPA and picking up a "universal block tester". I was hoping I'd get lucky and not have to do what I ended up having to do. It's a blue fluid that turns green or yellow (cant remember which) in the presence of burned hydrocarbons. If you have any kind of crack in any part of the combustion chamber you'll know just as soon as you squeeze the bulb. Now, lets all keep our fingers crossed and hope your fluid stays blue.......