Sparks have started coming out of my tractor exhaust, is there any reason why this might be happening, it is not constant and only appears to happen when reved hard, any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
2007-11-02 10:21:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Your Tractor will probably Burn a bit of Oil or too much Fuel , This leaves sooty Carbon Deposits in the Exaust Ports and Manifold obviously the heat from the Engine makes these glow red and when you open the throttle the combined vibration and extra pressure coming from the cylinders shakes the deposits loose and fires it out the exaust. Nothing to worry about, typical with older tractors. Hope this helps
2007-11-02 10:35:35 · answer #1 · answered by TheFortuneTeller 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sparks From Exhaust
2016-12-12 14:18:48 · answer #2 · answered by gay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not uncommon for carbon deposits to build up in a motor. You can reduce carbon in diesels by heavily loading the motor, it burns out the carbon. An old fix for gasoline motors was to let water trickle down the air intake of a hot motor while at a rpm that allowed the motor to continue running while adding the water. The water turns to steam raising the combustion pressure and forces the carbon off the chamber and piston. Sometimes it even causes a engine knock when a larger piece breaks loose and gets broken up by the piston, the carbon exits the exhaust port as it's removed.
cange the oil and filter after doing this.
2007-11-02 11:04:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
More than likely the inside of the muffler is starting to disintegrate and burn out. The other answers are good possibilities, but if the tractor is operating as efficiently as it has in the past I would suspect muffler burnout. Higher RPMs mean more heat in the exhaust system and thin metal in the muffler would burn.
2007-11-02 13:43:05 · answer #4 · answered by Don't know everything ! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sparks are in fact incandescent particles of soot escaping from the exhaust system. This could indicate that the engine needs to be de-choked as there may be a build up of carbon in the cylinder head.
2007-11-05 00:00:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
can't say for sure but if its a open exhaust,no muffler or catalytic converter,it is burning metal fragments from motor,rings or valves scraping as they disintegrate? or clogged exhaust system would be super hot,and cause any thing in exhaust pipe to ignite.
try doing compression test
2007-11-02 10:57:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what it means but I have seen them too operating a tractor in the dark.
2007-11-02 11:24:00 · answer #7 · answered by Airmech 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who did the top-end rebuild? they must help you with this. what an air filter does is to reduce the amount of air getting into the carburettor. if an engine has no air filter it lets more air in so the mixture of petrol+air is too weak in petrol, it has too much air. This makes the explosion of the mixture happen slower, which is not what the rest of the engine is expecting. if you ran like this for a time you could burn a hole in the top of the piston. get the right air filter for a DT125
2016-03-13 12:10:40 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
something wrong with the engine try and take it to be fixed or buy a new tractor cheap somwere but i wudnt keep it personaly
2007-11-02 10:25:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you didn't say how old it is,but it could be your engines worn and letting unburnt fuel into the exhaust,maybe your timing and valve's want adjusting,check this out before you go any further,is it lacking power?.
2007-11-02 10:38:57 · answer #10 · answered by josephrob2003 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋