Ferguson TEF20: Heavy Oil Consumption after overhaul

[davidroberts30]

hard work for a few hours minimum

 

[davidroberts30]

To be fair I've seen far worse, expecting an Agriline kit to not smoke at all on start up and running straight after rebuild is expecting a bit much. The one I did smoked more than I do!!
What to do? Run it and give it a bit of work and see if the rings bed in over time?
Have it all apart again.
The cuff rings are an area where so many get them put back in wrong then wonder why they have problems (not saying this is your issue) Cuff rings have a 90 degree flat surface on one face and the opposing surface is slightly tapered with eg an 80 degree angle and these do get put in the wrong way around producing a high stand out from the block face.
Liner kits don't come with the slot in them, some cut them in but I have never done that as always had the engine to bits.
Does the engine start easily and run nicely barring the smoke of course??

literally started up my ol mans major last night from a full agriline kit
about 30 seconds of smoke to clear any rebuild oil and running fine
my advice to op is change oil to running in oil and hard work

 

[davidroberts30]

and dont let it idle either,give it 30 seconds to let oil pressure build then increase the throttle until warm

 

[MrNoo]

literally started up my ol mans major last night from a full agriline kit
about 30 seconds of smoke to clear any rebuild oil and running fine
my advice to op is change oil to running in oil and hard work

Yes it maybe just the set I had, the honing on the liners wasn’t in my opinion the best I’ve seen. My experience with Bepco stuff has been great. I did note with the Agriline stuff even the gaskets weren’t a great fit with a number having to be replaced. It does make you think if they can’t get a gasket set right….!!!
Afraid it’s a crank out job the get the pistons back out, a pain I know.
I’ve never slotted the bottom of the liners so never tried to get the pistons out the top.
Funny old design of an engine but once done they very rarely give trouble and I’m sure the ones I have here and rebuilt will outlast me!!

 

[Teddy99]

literally started up my ol mans major last night from a full agriline kit
about 30 seconds of smoke to clear any rebuild oil and running fine
my advice to op is change oil to running in oil and hard work

What brand of running in oil would you recommend ?
How many hours would you leave in the running in oil for?

 

[Longpod]

Unless you have the slit/notch in the bottom of the liner, I would say no. Crank out.

Or if you are super lucky and oiled the liners before fitting, you MAY be able to tap the liners up and out the top from underneath with a hard wood drift, thus allowing you to access the gudgeon pin and piston rings from the top once liner is out

 

[davidroberts30]

What brand of running in oil would you recommend ?
How many hours would you leave in the running in oil for?

Any will do really,for about 50-100 hours
If none available try a straight sae30

 

[davidroberts30]

Yes it maybe just the set I had, the honing on the liners wasn’t in my opinion the best I’ve seen. My experience with Bepco stuff has been great. I did note with the Agriline stuff even the gaskets weren’t a great fit with a number having to be replaced. It does make you think if they can’t get a gasket set right….!!!
Afraid it’s a crank out job the get the pistons back out, a pain I know.
I’ve never slotted the bottom of the liners so never tried to get the pistons out the top.
Funny old design of an engine but once done they very rarely give trouble and I’m sure the ones I have here and rebuilt will outlast me!!

Yes gaskets wernt brilliant but nothing a tweak with blade wouldn't sort
Only thing I had to do was gap the rings as supplied they had about 4-6thou clearance which shouldve been12-15 thou

 

[MrNoo]

Or if you are super lucky and oiled the liners before fitting, you MAY be able to tap the liners up and out the top from underneath with a hard wood drift, thus allowing you to access the gudgeon pin and piston rings from the top once liner is out

On all the ones I’ve done the liners will just fall out if you invert the block, no tapping involved.
Cuff rings out and peg and out they come