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Originally Posted by West Valley G
Pretty exciting day here on the place as I put the Mag 18 back in the
tractor. Plan was to let er heat up a couple times then lift it back up and
put all side and front tins and PTO back on.
Fired up pretty well and ran quite well. In fact all was well till I noticed
a fine mist spraying out of the front crank seal, dang it. Even after shutting
down the seal was still wanting to leak. It was a new seal.
I figure the seal is just crummy or the breather isn't working.
When I pulled the breather there was just a trace of oil in it.
I don't know what that means really.
When operating correctly how much oil gets caught up into the breather?
All said I am quite pleased with the way this went, its alive. Cool 
Ken |
Please,
lets not start the front/rear seal debate again.
Is it the PTO seal or the flywheel seal?
If pto seal it could of got damaged during installation.
is it leaking between the shaft and seal lip?
or between the seal and crankcase cover?
the outside of the seal needs a light coating of sealant.
I use Hondabond or Yamabond as it works better than RTV snot
And the ID of the seal where it rides on the crank, needs a little bit of grease so It don't start off dry and wear excessively.
A Genuine Kohler seal has lube in the seal already.
Do not use too much sealer on the pto seal as it clogs the drain back hole from the main bearing and it will blow the seal out of the crankcase cover if the PTO clutch is not installed, or if the PTO
is installed, it will blow the seal lip out around the crankshaft if a glob of RTV is in the drain back to sump hole.
Those oil pumps will push in excess of #80 on a cold engine.
