My father was having an oil burning issue on his 1862. He went to a heavier oil as well, then went through a couple crank seals behind the PTO. At that point in time we pulled the engine out and took off the sheet metal. We found the cooling fins were all plugged up with a mixture of dist, clippings and oil. It was running so hot the is would also intermittently cut out when the coil overheated. We dug out some Super Clean let it soak and pressure washed the engine down. It blew all the crud out of there. He is now using a 30W oil and usage has dropped right off. Cutting out from overheating has stopped with the new ignition module.
BTW - the crank seal is doing fine now.
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