Dustin
Member
- Joined
- Nov 30, 2003
- Messages
- 31
- Location
- New England
- Tractor
- Kubota M5700, Cockshutt 30, John Deere L110, Kubota ZD25
I have a Kubota M5700 with about 350 hours on it. I've owned it since new. It has a five cylinder non-turbo diesel. Aside from the power steering and hydro transmission always freezing up in the winter (yes, I'm running the lighter weight fluid), the engine has recently started to have a problem. The hydraulics eventually warm up and work, so I'm really concerned about the engine right now.
The engine condition is that it fires right up, no problem, but after about 15 minutes it begins to skip and loses nearly all power, feeling like it's running on only two cylinders, and it will eventually stall. I can shut it down, wait a minute, and start it back up and it's fine for about another minute before the skipping occurs again. I changed the fuel filter, added Power Service cetane boost and anti-freezer and it seemed like it worked for a little bit but then it was back to this skipping. I don't know what to do next. Any thoughts? Suggestions?
The engine condition is that it fires right up, no problem, but after about 15 minutes it begins to skip and loses nearly all power, feeling like it's running on only two cylinders, and it will eventually stall. I can shut it down, wait a minute, and start it back up and it's fine for about another minute before the skipping occurs again. I changed the fuel filter, added Power Service cetane boost and anti-freezer and it seemed like it worked for a little bit but then it was back to this skipping. I don't know what to do next. Any thoughts? Suggestions?