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I bought this Honda pioneer June 3rd and it has a story to go with it. The person I bought it from used only in his farm running up and down irrigation roads. He bought it from a person that did not disclose issues with it when selling. The first owner had dusted the engine and didn’t tell the farmer. The farmer used it fine for about 50miles before he noticed it knocking and not working right. He took it into a repair location and they had it for 6months and did 6,000 worth of parts and labor on it. I have the invoice for that. When I bought it I went through a pretty good pre purchase checklist like oil, filters, brakes, steering, 4wd, battery, frame, skid plate, coolant, etc. the only red flag to me was that the dip stick was showing overfilled by about half a quart. I drove it for about 10min, we decided we wanted it so we loaded it on a trailer and drove 300 miles home. Before loading it there was no oil drips and no evidence of it starting. Half way through the drive home I got gas and checked it over again and didn’t see any oil on the trailer decking. When we got home we unloaded it and drove it for another 10min and smelled burning oil. I thought it was just oil burning off the exhaust from the dip stick and so it was no worry to me. This morning I got up to find a oil spill on my garage floor. Upon further inspection I found two bolts (the picture with red circles around them) were all the way backed out of their holes and basically laying on the skid plate. I tightened them up and drained 1/2 a quart of oil until dip stick read properly and then drove for about 10 more min to find even more oil had leaked from the same end of the engine. I can’t pin point the leak. Can it be the rear engine seal or something? Please help. I paid well under market value and it was a great deal. I am decent when working with my hands and my dad was an airplane mechanic for 15 years. I think we could fix anything we need too. But we just can’t find this leak. Thanks guys.
