odyssey Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 We are finding signs of moisture in the oil on our current 1924 Brewster Knight project. Is it common for Knight engines to have more combustion blow-by and therefore more moisture in the oil? Or can the junk ring potentially leak water? Odyssey Restorations, Inc. Spring Lake Park, MN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dl456 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Hello, The junk ring cannot leak water unless the head gasket is leaking. How much moisture? Residue? Oil milky? Do you have a oil rectifier? Functioning properly? Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odyssey Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 Just milky, frothy oil, no rectifier was used on this engine. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wk66 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Most likely a head gasket, could be a head problem have had to recast heads for the early sleeve valve cars. Had a Stoddard Dayton Knight with aluminum heads I was able to weld. Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Dave Bell ran alcohol based antifreeze in his 1929 Stearns Knight and was very quick to advise alcohol based in winter - I always assumed a slight amount of seepage was a nature of the beast kind of thing via design or just what people had to deal with via parts availability in a later model Stearns Knights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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