i went to go start my grain truck to move it, then when i moved it a couple of feet the motor died, so i started it and it was hard starting but when i started it the motor had a serious miss in it, and i smelt burning oil so i shut it off and lifted the hood and smoke was coming out of the oil bath air cleaner and it was very hot. so i wrapped it up to choke out the fire and when it cooled down i took the air cleaner off and the fire was out. did some valves stick and fire come up the intake and out the carb?
2006-10-09 17:24:05 · 4 answers · asked by steve 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Gas engine or diesel?
If gas, could have been a backfire.
2006-10-09 17:27:11 · answer #1 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes: Your vehicle backfired through the Carb. You may try some additive down the Carburetor and put some in the Gas tank to clean up you Engine a bit.
If the quick fix doesn't work you are having a problem with Valve Timing or sticky Valves.
2006-10-09 17:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your air cleaner was plugged with grain dust. This caused the engine to run to rich, flooding the engine. When you tried to start it , it backfired because of the excess fuel in the engine and started a fire .
2006-10-10 01:46:00 · answer #3 · answered by R1volta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
may be the air cleaner was full of dust and it burnt
2006-10-09 19:49:56 · answer #4 · answered by John B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋