Supraman0614
Silver Member
I was splitting wood this weekend with my PTO-driven splitter and noticed what looked to be smoke (grey) coming from the exhaust pipe. The tractor has 30 hours on it and has not hit its first regen yet (shouldn't happen until 50 hours). Most of the work I have done with it has been at lower rpms (moving stuff around with the FEL, towing my wood cart into and out of the woods, etc. I did a little brush-hogging but only for 20 minutes or so. I was running at about 1500 rpm when I noticed the smoke. The exhaust smelled pretty bad too, like smoldering charcoal mixed with diesel exhaust. The engine temp was normal (a little below halfway on the gauge), there were no warning lights on the dash, and the engine sounded ok. I shut the splitter off and brought the tractor back to idle, let it sit a couple minutes and shut it off. I checked the engine oil, which looked good, air filter was clean, coolant was up to level, fuel is fresh.
I started it back up and took it for a drive around the pasture. It ran fine and no loss of power. I ran it up to PTO speed and drove around like that for a few minutes, then drove back to the barn around 1200 rpm. It smoked intermittently. I'm wondering if anyone has seen this. I'm thinking it could have to do with the DOC/DPF becoming contaminated but it isn't running badly or losing power. I'm going to call my dealer to see what he knows but I thought I'd see if anyone here had a similar experience.
I started it back up and took it for a drive around the pasture. It ran fine and no loss of power. I ran it up to PTO speed and drove around like that for a few minutes, then drove back to the barn around 1200 rpm. It smoked intermittently. I'm wondering if anyone has seen this. I'm thinking it could have to do with the DOC/DPF becoming contaminated but it isn't running badly or losing power. I'm going to call my dealer to see what he knows but I thought I'd see if anyone here had a similar experience.