Post by tommydp on Jan 30, 2012 15:26:26 GMT
I fired up my 1965 Volvo tractor yesterday, in an attempt to crush the ice on the road up to my house (It has studded snow chains on the wheels...)
This tractor has the brilliant and extremely reliable 3 cylinder Perkins diesel engine. It has never failed as long as I've owned it and I doubt it's done it previously. It's one of those things which always starts right away and runs as it should, no matter how cold it is.
Anyway, yesterday it had some trouble. It started right away as always but it struggled when revving and black smoke came out the exhaust. There's normally very little, if any, smoke from it. It ran well at slow and fast idle, but as soon as I tried to drive or rev it, it would die out, run roughly and smoke.
Being extremely reliable I'm wondering if it's down to something frozen. It's been very cold and windy lately and it has been standing for almost two weeks. Outside, as always. Sadly, it does not have an engine heater, but again it has never needed one:-)
Any advice welcome:-)
Regards, Tommy
This tractor has the brilliant and extremely reliable 3 cylinder Perkins diesel engine. It has never failed as long as I've owned it and I doubt it's done it previously. It's one of those things which always starts right away and runs as it should, no matter how cold it is.
Anyway, yesterday it had some trouble. It started right away as always but it struggled when revving and black smoke came out the exhaust. There's normally very little, if any, smoke from it. It ran well at slow and fast idle, but as soon as I tried to drive or rev it, it would die out, run roughly and smoke.
Being extremely reliable I'm wondering if it's down to something frozen. It's been very cold and windy lately and it has been standing for almost two weeks. Outside, as always. Sadly, it does not have an engine heater, but again it has never needed one:-)
Any advice welcome:-)
Regards, Tommy
