International 424 Oil Light

[pard]

The only gauge on my I424 is the oil light, which means I keep an extra good eye on it since there's nothing else to distract me. At cold, oil pressure is great, but after maybe even 30 minutes of work the oil light will pop up if I'm not throttled up enough. Last week I bush hogged about ten acres and by the end of that the only way to keep the light off was to be running somewhere approaching full throttle (might have been able to get as low as 90% throttle).

I've been having this issue for a while and am stumped. I first noticed it a day after buying this. So I changed the filter and the oil, forgot what I put in it 10w40 maybe, it was whatever the manual recommended for winter running. But still that didn't work, even at 10 degrees outside, with fresh oil and filter I'd get a light on after dropping off a few bales of hay in the pasture.

Oil levels are good, been running this tractor now going on three or four months and the dipstick isn't perceptively lower than when I changed the oil. There's no leaks on the ground after parking it.

No water in the oil, no oil in the radiator, no gas in the oil. The engine does smell like it's running rich, smells like an outboard motor. Now that it's hot out I'm fixing to change the oil for something thick, but frankly I'm thinking that viscosity is not the issue here.

(This is the gasser, btw).

 

[gmcdeadhead]

you probably have to address the oil pump gear cover , i just put a new one on my ih 504 , and a .010 gasket/shim, now i have 55 pounds at cold start up and fully warmed up and running for a while at 45 pounds,

 

[gmcdeadhead]

also get rid of the oil light and get yourself a good USA made gauge and you'll see exactly what your oil pressure is doing

 

[the tractor vet]

Welp one can install a TEE at the oil galley where the IDIOT light is and add a GOOD gauge if you can find a GOOD gauge . Also what oil ya usen now ?? I am OLD school myself and play by old school rules . Myself and a LOt of my close friends ran gas tractors for years while we could get gas to run them on . We all ran I H low ash in 30 weight year round . Now ya can't find Low ash and the closest i Chevron Delo 100 . It was the oil of choice for those that ran the old Detroit 2 cycle in trucks and equipment . Now the causes for low oil pressure is wore out main bearings and rod bearings along with Cam bearings . Yes you many have and issue with the oil pump . BUt if your going to drop the paqn to have a look at it then while your down there have a look at a Bottom main and one rod on the upper side for wear. If ya see copper then son ya gots a problem and also take a real good look at the crankshaft. You may be in for a major overhaul . Yea i know ya did not want to hear this BUT this is the facts of life.

 

[caterpillar guy]

I'm with TV on this one. IF the pan is pulled might as well look at the bearings for wear. All can be rolled in without pulling the crank if the crank is good. Though I would suspect worn cam bearings at this stage of the game with a 60 year old tractor. And possibly a worn oil pump.