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Originally Posted by Rwgarrison23
What can contribute to burning oil other than piston rings?
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In post 1 you described "bringing it back to life" My question is, how long did it sit prior to this? And did you just buy this as a non running tractor?
Some of the issues you talked about early on could indicate worn rings. Taking a long time to start could have been could indicate this but obviously you had other issues as well.
When you had the cylinder head off, how did the cylinder wall look? could you still see cross hatching in it? Did you feel the piston for slop in the cylinder? If so how much?
Did you true the head before installing new gasket?
If it sat for a long time, was there any rust in the cylinder that could keep the rings from seating well?
When you took apart the breather did you put it back together in correct order? Many people make the mistake of not putting it back together correctly.
Did you check the valve guides/ seats? They could pass oil if out of spec.