majorwoodard
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My Kubota BX1800 got too hot at one point, burning a hole in the top of the radiator and melting part of the oil fill cap. Now that I have replaced the radiator ($515) and changed the oil and filters, it runs but burns a lot of blue smoke and almost stalls when operating the belly mower. Anyone have a good idea of what else is wrong with it? I am tending to think that the valves or the piston rings are now shot, but I don't know that much about diesel engines. It has almost 1500 hours on the engine.