Will this cheap Japanese diesel engine save my cat skid steer?

[@jimlondon1]

Send it. Isuzu engines are rock solid.

[@MrZimmaframe]

Congratulation to you are your wife. I hope you're enjoying your new home. Great to see you back on KZbin, i have missed your videos 😄.

[@The_Home_Pros]

Hey man those Isuzu engines are really good and will last a long time! I’d put it in the cat and paint it yeller. Your stressing about the blow by for no reason, when you have blow by you know it it will smoke real bad, there is air moving in the crankcase from the pistons moving up and down that is what your seeing with the oil cap moving all the engines I’ve seen like that do this, I actually think that engine has zero blow by or a very small amount because it runs great and doesn’t smoke. Blow by is oil blowing past the rings so doing a compression test will confirm this. I think you should run it it’s a much better engine than that pos Perkins

[@gregreinhardt1293]

Congratulations on the successful repair. I'd run that diesel until the parts for the other engine were in. Also, don't worry about the blow-by. might be due to it sitting for so long. thirdly, if your'e running it i'd get in there and change that timing belt. good luck. alway love the videos. get 'er done!

[@BradenBuildz]

Not a bad idea

[@seanscott8125]

​@@BradenBuildz your engine is gear driven by the way also should be a 3.1L

[@BradenBuildz]

@@seanscott8125 I’ve only seen the 4jb1’s some of them have timing belts and some of them run off gears. Until I look I won’t know but probably is gear driven being it came from an air compressor.

[@LKN117]

A few rough points I noted in the video. The pump coupler is not specific to CAT. Its a standard industry part seen in many different machines. CAT just puts their own part number on it as does every other company. Not sure what the threads are on that bung you installed in the oil pan, but usually those quick drains are either meant to seal with an o-ring or integrated seal. Also use those Harbor Freight o-ring kits as a last resort. If the factory o-ring is still feels good 99% of the time leave it be if your only alternative is the Harbor Freight seal. The factory o-rings are typically much better quality etc. The higher set idle on the Isuzu is due to it being in an air compressor. The older air compressors, especially the smaller ones didn't have much if any bypass to prevent excessive load from the air compressor building air on start up. So to help compensate they set a higher low idle speed. Almost all industrial air compressors have a higher low idle speed, the larger ones are usually designed to low idle for a few seconds first to get oil flowing.

[@rw3175]

Isuzu engine are great as so are the trucks we have them here in south africa

[@zopEnglandzip]

Had a few larger isuzu, been around those little 1.7 lumps in various machines, we used to have them in Vauxhall cars and vans here, bit of a legendary engine.

[@Elyjah1]

Lots of other people have said it but yeah its normal to have blowby on a cold engine that hasn't started in a while. Also its not really blowby its called windage there is just wind created by the pistons moving up and down, blowby is more smoky. The engine sounds strong, I think you scored on this one. Also a non turbo will be more reliable. And about the backhoe they can do anything but are bad at everything and wheel loaders are more purpose built. Maybe consider a mini excavator.

[@TheGto389]

About time someone corrects him and most of the replies . that is just windage, NOT BLOWBY! that engine is in excellent condition.

[@adamfletcher4262]

@@TheGto389 Thank god someone else mentioned it

[@J-Justice666]

New here.. just started watching the channel. I am almost 53. Very impressed with how much this young guy knows about diesel engines. Impressed, Curious for more, and Subscribed.

[@ShainAndrews]

A primed oil pump is never easy to turn. Depending on operating conditions they can easily consume 10hp to operate. Avoid the oil additive crap, as there is no such thing as a mechanic in a bottle. Vent your crankcase to atmosphere but not where it will cycle the fumes through your cooling stack. Keep an eye on oil consumption. Re-pin the alternator to the CAT harness, or make an adapter, or just lop the wires off and butt connect them together. Not that complicated, and 200% more reliable than what you are contemplating with an alternator swap.

[@woozleboy]

"Got married and bought a house since last clip" Just sort of glossed over that lil' bit, hmm? Congrats on the larger garage! Oh, and a wife!

[@clubberlang5593]

Izusu are one of the best diesel engines out there run it. Good video lad

[@adanr150]

My 2010 duramax was not the best it dent my wallet

[@prevost8686]

@@adanr150You can thank the ridiculous emissions regulations for that. It has destroyed diesel engine reliability.

[@coryhiatt9152]

Awesome retrofit! One thing I noticed is you installed your Teflon counter-clockwise, should be clockwise, love your videos!

[@markcollins457]

Always be mindful of using Teflon tape around pumps if there is excess tape flying around you don't want it sucked up in the pump. Your doing great .

[@McFingal]

Stop equivocating and put the damn thing in the skid steer

[@daleolson3506]

This is a working guys channel you can’t use words we have to look up. It’s not fair

[@McFingal]

@@daleolson3506 that means stop thinking about it and just do it.

[@BradenBuildz]

@@daleolson3506 he made that comment sitting in his warm office

[@dhj1825]

@@McFingal I think you mean "procrastinating". Equivocating: "Use ambiguous language to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself".

[@LKN117]

@@McFingal ohhh, watch out everybody we got a though guy on the internet here.

[@carlmottola5611]

Keep the videos coming. I love watching people work who don’t have million dollar garages and tools. I have to commend you for using far less swear words then I would.

[@christopherzatalokin8652]

Yeah put it in the skidsteer like he said!

[@sedrickwells8545]

Send it. For what you paid I think you should get your money worth out of it for a few

[@ludditeneaderthal]

Of course the drive plate interchanges, it's an SAE flywheel. That's what they're for, "template interchange". All SAE bellhousings have the same bolt pattern in that size, all SAE flywheels have the same tooth count, bolt pattern, and friction well spec in that size. It's standardized for interchange.

[@davidgibson646]

Does the 3044c have the same housing?

[@CJE2007.5]

With that engine sitting for a year or more I wouldn't be concerned one bit about the small amount of wind. I would however definitely run the overhead on it. Beings that it was an air compressor engine it probably did more idling than anything. It sounds great and normally the video camera makes sounds from an engine way worse. It's to bad you couldn't have put en elbow on factory oil drain plug and ran pipe out to wear it was more accessible. The side drain plug is going to leave quite a bit of old oil in the pan. I think you did good on that engine I would definitely send it.

[@Superduty_59]

Braden, I work for Cat not dirt movers power generation side of Cat. I say put that Isuzu in and run it. Perkins can be hard to get parts and take months to get sometimes. Also that really didn't look like blowby. Run it!

[@Pinzpilot101]

Some Mazda?? diesels were actually Perkins engines built under licence. The Mazda version was a popular engine swap at one time for older Landrovers where the Rover engine was worn out.

[@jfitz9624]

I’ll have to keep this engine in mind. I have a 252 cat with a 3034. She’s got 6500hrs, runs mint, oil analysis reflects an engine in great health. Got awesome oil pressure. But I always worry as the 3034s don’t have a good reputation. And they are expensive as hell to replace. I’d send it. I haven’t seen any of your other vidoes to know what you do with your skid. If it’s a personal use machine that gets a few hundred Horus a year max engine will last you a long time. If this is for a business and you put 1000hrs a year on it, an old cat is probably not the right machine.

[@Anders_HeymSR30]

excellent engine swap, you are very skilled!

[@douglascorley6630]

Damn it boy that's a pesky rabbit not a squirrel

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

Put this in your skidsteer. The blowby will quickly go away as this engine sat a long time. When they sit the rings are not free. They will get free quickly. It's like new.

[@karaayers2867]

Put it in. It needs to be ran a few heat cycles. It will clear up, Isuzu knows how to build a small diesel engine just like Mitsubishi yanmar Kubota, etc. Japanese diesels are excellent.

[@davewilliams7921]

It's good to see a young man like you come to the Lord. Amen my brother. I did it when I was 50 years old. And Jesus has totally changed my life.🙏🙏

[@jewelcenon9984]

isuzu engines are one of the durable engines use here in the Philippines, so i recommend you to use it until it gave up😊

[@pedrokd5439]

Make sure that the fuel filter is on correct way. The flow is marked on unit.🎉

[@corwinstanley6865]

Super proud of you brother! All glory to God!!

[@The_Home_Pros]

It’s so good to see a vid from you man!!! What’s cool is we both posted a video today at basically the same time and both on saving a old Japanese engine lol

[@sstocker31]

Could have some stuck rings from sitting, a little marvel mystery oil (1/2 Qt) in the oil and run it.

[@jab100lochaber]

Yes,,,an old farmer's trick for small (gasoline) tractors with stuck rings from sitting was to add penetrating fluid to the sump and tow a log around in a high gear for a while....for a diesel, hard to say

[@The_Home_Pros]

One more thing Brayden I kinda think you prob should have left the factory oil pump in there, it looks like you replaced it with a Chinese knockoff and the quality isn’t as good, the reason why the oem was harder to turn is because it is a gear pump with tighter tolerances, the Chinese one seemed looser and could give you lower oil pressure and fail sooner, I could be wrong idk it’s harder to determine stuff when your not physically there in person

[@BradenBuildz]

I get what you mean for sure. The old pump was probably fine but bc I bent the tube from letting it set on engine jack for awhile and letting it sag down over time I just replaced both, old pump felt like metal on metal almost where as new one felt like a smooth bearing. I think it’ll be fine.

[@The_Home_Pros]

@@BradenBuildz yea I think it will be ok

[@Dirtbikeguy218]

Congrats to being married and I think you should put it in the cat

[@armyofancestors7190]

Isuzu engines never surrenders, and they never give up.

[@duncantaylor6183]

Throw it in mate. Thats a nice strong motor.

[@awcvn]

You already got it out, just do the rings and sleeves, then send it for life!!

[@ktmtragic1397]

The blow by might clean up as the rings free up !

[@donb1842]

good job! I would've JB Welded the crap out of that bottom("retired") oil plug to make sure no leaks happen in the future!! :)

[@robsweekendgarage]

Great to see some content again!

[@Ullydose]

Normal blow by. Work on one last week. Normally those Isuzu engines turbocharged come in them old mustang skid steer.

[@markcollins457]

Put the Isuzu in the skid steer that blow by may still be there 5yrs from now and the skid steer could make $ on the way.😊 The Isuzu is great little motor they have done duty in all kinds of equipment, I have experience with them driving hydraulics in street sweepers.😊

[@GWAYGWAY1]

I haven’t seen anything as staged as that ‘wheelie’😊

[@BradenBuildz]

Not sure why I’d stage that and risk harming the engine hanging off the boom

[@FrankTheTank417]

Can you stop playing music while working on these and just talk through what you’re doing and why, while showing it. Makes for a much better video. Just FYI

[@pedrokd5439]

Keep as a working spare engine.🎉

[@2LateIWon]

when putting on teflon tape always put it on as if your are tightening into the tape. This way when you tighten it into where it goes it will not try and unwind on you.

[@stephenlineman]

always get a bucket full of dirt to balance that out

[@Beauloqs]

....avoids dinging the bed, only to hit the door😂😂

[@trail457]

Consider putting in some TriboTex in that engine. Work great for old engine.

[@mikehutter7326]

Run what ya brung.

[@stiercreations]

Any update on the skid steer?

[@jeffmaclean7700]

You have no blowby you have a good motor throw it in much better than the perkins

[@EnzeYounker-z7w]

Man I'm gonna miss my favorite backhoe in the world elrod

[@aripuisto]

Any plans with fuel pump governor?

[@JacoVogel-b1d]

Be careful that the oil pump gear and the gear on the camshaft does not destroy each other. I had the problem with my isuzu pickup truck when I replaced the oil pump. It has the 4ja1 motor in which is the same design engine as you have.

[@keving2371]

2 cans at the same time with wd40 ....or use silicon spray is what we used at the dealer

[@JohnGooding-vo8rr]

Use it til you can’t! Put that thing to work

[@erickvond6825]

What you're calling blow by may be just from the crank case.

[@charleswelch249]

Put it in, the blowbuy is normal for those engines that have sucked in dirty air. If you start burning oil and blowing smoke. Then rebuild it.

[@Diglo1]

It might be blowing just because it has been sitting too long. And even then we witness diesels to function alright even though it has some blowby.

[@Salamibro]

you gonna have a lot of fun getting a new engine when the pipe thread sealing tape dissolves in the oil

[@BradenBuildz]

I gotchu bro ~oil filter

[@christophersherratt7299]

If you put the hole there you won't be able to get all old oil out because there's know angle on the sump i would leave it and drive it on blocks to change the oil

[@BradenBuildz]

The original plug was recessed to the point oil was left behind. There is hardly any difference

[@CAT527LS]

Throw it in, plenty of 4 cylinders have blow by like that! It’s starts and runs good which means it’s got more then enough compression

[@mikeanderson7206]

What exactly is ooole ? And impacts are for taking stuff apart. If you use them to tighten you can't rely on tools specs. Try torque sticks also blow by might might get better with some Lucas ooole treatment and a few hours of run time it's been sitting a long time

[@kurtrowe4595]

Check the breather

[@markroderick3300]

I would put it in but have you measured to make sure the oil pan is not to deep to allow it to fit in the skid steer?

[@BradenBuildz]

Yeah. I’ve built some mounting brackets to raise it slightly. The factory engines already had the problem with being too low

[@pr4lviper]

U are amazing. Yours parents are a mecanic too?

[@jasone7687]

Love your videos. Wish they were more frequent. Send it

[@DarrenBoxhall]

You think retrofitting a different alternator onto that engine is easier than just cutting the plugs off and swapping them?

[@BradenBuildz]

Cat alternator has a lot more pins than Isuzu. Just thinking out loud. Not sure what I’m gonna do yet.

[@DarrenBoxhall]

That's ok, just get the wiring diagrams up and see what going on

[@btg3318]

Well Cat skid steers and mini excavator engines are just rebadge kubota engines. Use to work at the mini excavator plant

[@BradenBuildz]

No they’re made by Perkins

[@dannybrooking6886]

Send it ! And make another vid of the swap in

[@christophersherratt7299]

Have you thought on how the engine sits in the machine so that you can have good access to the sump nut and drainage of old oils 😮

[@darrellroeters4951]

Better than Chinese

[@proten40]

blowby is normal on cold engines that have been sitting for a longtime.

[@karenkartz3163]

Run it until until heat seizes then you will have your answer.

[@MrZimmaframe]

lol F Perkins, put that in and see she goes, if you think it not a big job. We have had Isuzu truck in England and Isuzu make good engines. A lot are made in Thailand, and the things they do them over there are crazy!

[@dkdj5]

WD-40 used to work. It had propane as a propellant. Now it has some non-flammable gas.

[@1997cr80r]

What happened to the case backhoe?? If your replacing it I would definitely grab another backhoe over a wheeloader. I'm a mechanic/operator at a gravel pit I know what each machine is best at if your going to be loading trucks with dirt and plowing snow a wheel loader is great. But a backhoe has so many more uses for a average Joe at home from lifting stuff to digging a hole or trench/septic plowing snow loading small trucks dragging heavy crap around etc. I was going to say you should weld a chain hook on your backhoe bucket way better for lifting stuff vs tossing the chain on the teeth. I wouldn't recommend running and diesel on ether thats how rings get broken if you have fuel injecting a small whiff is fine to aid starting and definitely don't use glow plugs and ether at the same time haha. It sucks that engine has a timing belt because probably every diesel engine is a interference engine if your cam stops you will destroy stuff valves at minimum likely pistons too. If you use that engine I would replace that timing belt before it goes in. I wouldn't be too concerned with the blow by if that engine sat around alot the rings might be a little gummy it might go away with a good days work it might not but more importantly it wasn't smoking out the exhaust once it was running for a few seconds which is healthy because if it was a steady haze that would mean its tired. Some engines have larger ring gaps factory and they have blowby new maybe this is one. For as good as it runs and fires up I wouldn't think twice to pop it in after doing that timing belt. I'd like to own a backhoe myself I have a industrial loader tractor but I'd like a backhoe too I have my eyes on a 80s ford 755A backhoe but idk if I can get my hands on it. If you decide to use this engine you could probably sell that perkins very easily once its rebuilt for a damn good chunk of change. I know them perkapillers weren't very good engines I was told the oil pump are a terrible design and one of the biggest threats to them is when they are cold and people rev them up right away without letting the oil warm up it destroys the oil pump then the engine is short lived

[@BradenBuildz]

Thanks for the advice appreciate it. I have my experience with failed timing belts. Seems to be a good design though. Def gonna change it now. I’ve got a list of people wanting the 3034 Perkins I have for $8500 as long as I get it right.

[@BradenBuildz]

Looking into it more I’m not sure how I got it wrong but this engine actually has a timing chain which makes more sense. I coulda swore I read a service manual talking about replacing the timing belt under the timing cover. Whoops. Even better.

[@1997cr80r]

@@BradenBuildz then I wouldn't worry about it! I figured it was very strange that they would have a timing belt running in the engine oil behind the timing cover

[@peterkaz7012]

thats so cool that the isuzu fit, i have a issue with a 2010 John Deere 323D. its takes a JD 4024HT Engine. Can't find them used any ware. was not sure if you or anyone watching knows a bolt on replacement i can use ?

[@johnolive3377]

You may should have used yellow tape on the oil pump pickup.

[@dougbawden4321]

Isn't the original engine a Kubota? C2.2 "cat“?

[@BradenBuildz]

A c2.2 is a Perkins cat ID as 3024 A cat 3034t came out of this skid steer otherwise known as a Perkins 704-20/22

[@dougbawden4321]

@@BradenBuildz I'm not trying to argue but google it. Net says cat use Kubota, I'm pretty sure Perkins sell it as a "Perkins" as well just as they sell cat as a Perkins and vice versa.

[@adamfletcher4262]

That isnt much blowby 4 cylinders always seem bad beacuse of how agressive the crankcase pulses are it will probably reduce what bit it does have after a good run its been sat for years!

[@MichaelHolland-w2h]

Did you install the engine? Would like to see an update! New sub here, and great content!

[@BradenBuildz]

If you watch the air compressor video there’s kinda an update in that

[@countrygentleman4084]

Runs good as much you going to use your cat just put it in

[@marcusgs12345]

If that had blow-by the oil cap would have shot off across the room.. That's a very healthy Isuzu engine! Get it in the skid steer, and keep the oil changes regular, and it will run for a long time!

[@robertsmith3518]

I played at JI Case in 69 -71 ,what year is your 580 ?

[@BradenBuildz]

68 maybe not sure

[@johntorich4015]

Those engines are good to over 20k hours with little to no problems

[@wrenchboostboi8994]

Use leverage boy! Bolt or chain a long bar onto that engine so you can turn it around alone without hurting yourself or breaking something lol i know your pain tho… im also slightly impatient

[@yota87truck]

Put it in and send it!

[@tujuprojects]

In my experience engines that are stored outside for long periods have camsaft ruined with rust.

[@kjellrogerjgensen60]

Blowby without smoke? Nah, dont think so, air pressure from piston movements. About the same as you have from the port in a vented bass speaker, it feels like blowing, but are of course not.

[@space14605]

Just curious, how old are you?

[@keving2371]

Stick it in there ...its a diesel ...they all have pressure coming out the v cover

[@DunbarLandFarms]

Interesting that you live in the Paducah, KY area as so do I

[@BradenBuildz]

Lol just met up with a viewer that is local to me. He lives in Ballard

[@DunbarLandFarms]

Sounds fun@@BradenBuildz

[@jodybethkinjorski9030]

I would get the proper o'ring for oil pump.. that one you used looked shady in comparison. Best of luck

[@salahhibri5420]

Great find! Do you mind sharing the model number of the Isuzu engine? Is it a 4JG1?

[@WalkerFuhriman]

Put that one in and if you want put the other one in when you get it back

[@larrybourne4176]

I agree with others - doubt if blow-by is a problem with that engine, the way it starts instantly. To my eye, it looked more like vibration. Curious as to what you're using for a fuel return to the fuel jug. I don't see one...?? You commented on why you didn't want to rebuild, due to line bore throwing things off. Shouldn't - line bore is very precise as to centering the cutters in the bore. Metal removal would be even all the way around and change nothing. Have at 'er, son. Have fun with it.

[@BradenBuildz]

The milk jug I had was the return jug. I thought the same thing until I talked to many different machinist. All of them say the same thing and I still don’t quite understand it but apparently when you line bore crank mains it brings crank closer to top of engine. I still don’t know exactly why but I’ve had multiple shops tell me that and warn me of that. One guy wasn’t a machinist told me the same thing and he builds pulling tractors for a living. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@larrybourne4176]

@@BradenBuildz OK, I'll take your word for it, but doesn't make sense to my little pea brain. If you have a hole and take, say, an even 1/8" from all around the circumference, the center should remain the same. Sounds like you've done your homework, so...let it be.

[@tigerspook1]

It has been sat outside for months, the blow-by will likely deminish with use,..