tractor not running too good

**HDLABS** · 06-24-2013, 08:49 PM

tractor making a loud high pitched noise and sort of skips when trying to start.....someone said fuel injector pump may have water in it so changing the fuel filters and will see if that helps....but also noticed the oil dipstick blow some smoke out of them when engine running the last time I started it and checked oil........any ideas what would cause this?
It does burn some oil.......
How much for total engine rebuild? Any good folks in midlands that do this on the side? Already know the power steering needs to be fixed too....
thanks for any help.

**Simple Man** · 06-24-2013, 08:51 PM

Tater fixes tractors. But even he can't guess what model/engine we're talking about.

**HDLABS** · 06-24-2013, 09:35 PM

MF 240 Perkins.

**Tater** · 06-25-2013, 12:46 AM

Tractors are like pussy, every time I see one I want to fire it up and do work.

**Tater** · 06-25-2013, 12:53 AM

Sounds like you've killed it. Lemme have it.

**Southernduck** · 06-25-2013, 02:29 PM

Massey Ferguson = Mother Fucker

Sounds like a bad engine.

**SCH2Ofowler** · 06-25-2013, 03:03 PM

Bad rings maybe as it sounds like a good bit of blow by. Is it pushing any oil out of the dipstick? If so probably do sleeves, pistons, rings, and bearings as a worst case scenario.

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**HDLABS** · 06-25-2013, 09:14 PM

havent seen any oil coming out of dipstick.....but oil on dipstick kind of seems thin and burnt.

**KRT** · 06-26-2013, 07:06 AM

Check the compresssion, if low then you have a problem. If compression is good then look towards a fuel issue.

**Tater** · 06-26-2013, 12:41 PM

Pull off the starter and look at the pinion gear for wear.

Has it sat for some time or do you run it often? How does it run other than the squealing and skipping when you start it?

That 3 cyl Perkins may well be the best engine ever put in a tractor so don't kill it. Check compression like KRT said