Don87
Elite Member
I posted something about it on the Kubota thread in reference to someone else's problem, but I'll put it here also.
Since it has gotten colder here, I've been having increasing problems starting my GC2400.
I have no block heater. Tractor is stored in an unheated garage.
I just did the 50 hour service(starting problem existed before this).
Takes at least 3........sometimes 4 tries to get the tractor to stay running(fires, sputters some, then shuts off).
Trottle position make no difference as long as I'm above idle, I've tried 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 3/4, WOT.
Glow plug timing makes no difference, 15 seconds, 30, 45, 60.
What I have done, besides the service(oil change, all filters, Hydraulic oil), is pull the glow plugs.
I preformed 2 tests on them............first was with the ohmeter, which showed continuity(normal). Second was I individually tested each glow plug in the circuit, each one got hot instantly as soon as I grounded it.
The only other thing I can come up with now is 'fuel quality', so I'm going to change the place I purchase my fuel at.
But I will add, that on my 50 hour service, My fuel filter was 'black'. Which in my opinion is unacceptable.
Since it has gotten colder here, I've been having increasing problems starting my GC2400.
I have no block heater. Tractor is stored in an unheated garage.
I just did the 50 hour service(starting problem existed before this).
Takes at least 3........sometimes 4 tries to get the tractor to stay running(fires, sputters some, then shuts off).
Trottle position make no difference as long as I'm above idle, I've tried 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 3/4, WOT.
Glow plug timing makes no difference, 15 seconds, 30, 45, 60.
What I have done, besides the service(oil change, all filters, Hydraulic oil), is pull the glow plugs.
I preformed 2 tests on them............first was with the ohmeter, which showed continuity(normal). Second was I individually tested each glow plug in the circuit, each one got hot instantly as soon as I grounded it.
The only other thing I can come up with now is 'fuel quality', so I'm going to change the place I purchase my fuel at.
But I will add, that on my 50 hour service, My fuel filter was 'black'. Which in my opinion is unacceptable.