10/13/2024
Got this little Vermeer 800 Mini Skid in the shop with a blown head gasket. Customer bought it within a couple hours of using it it kept shutting off for over temp. Pulled the oil dipstick. Coolant mixing with oil and smoking bad from start up. Got the head pulled off and antifreeze in all the cylinders. I was able to track the cause back to a pinched radiator line not allowing coolant to flow through the block. Cleaned out all the cylinders and all the water ports. Got the head and block cleaned up and put a new head gasket, intake gasket, exhaust gasket. Got everything tightened down per torque specs. Cranked it up and ran just fine! Never said I would be going this in depth with my business. But sometimes you have to dive deeper to learn new things!