FEL Cylinder gone flip floppy BX24

Egon · Oct 1, 2015

ejnichol said:
What do I look for

To find out if it is leaking.

ejnichol · Oct 7, 2015

Egon said:
To find out if it is leaking.

It's not leaking and the fluid levels fine. Fluid was changed per schedule. I take good care as far as maintenance goes.

Perplexing to me why it does this. Not sure why its normal when low temp but goes slack after extended working(heat).

Thanks for looking at this.

Egon · Oct 8, 2015

Have the filters and screens been looked at recently?

SPYDERLK · Oct 8, 2015

ejnichol said:
It's not leaking and the fluid levels fine. Fluid was changed per schedule. I take good care as far as maintenance goes.

Perplexing to me why it does this. Not sure why its normal when low temp but goes slack after extended working(heat).

Thanks for looking at this.

Suction air leak. Frothing caused by entrained air goes away during quiescence.

ejnichol · Oct 10, 2015

SPYDERLK said:
Suction air leak. Frothing caused by entrained air goes away during quiescence.

Any ideas where this suction leak would be? At the FEL quick connects likely?

SPYDERLK · Oct 10, 2015

ejnichol said:
Any ideas where this suction leak would be? At the FEL quick connects likely?

You would typically have pressure at those.
,,,, Suction is always present at the hyd pump intake. Usually the pump intake line will include a strainer and filter, and depending on the tractor, some large piping with rubber clamp joints. Every joint is a potential source to ingest air. Things truout -- filter, strainer, tubing joints, ect must seal. Anything on the outside may get disturbed and begin leaking. Filter may be loose or seal compromised by a small piece of debris. It doesnt take much to put the oil in a froth. When it sits, the sump clears up and its better for awhile -- BUT air is still in the lines, coalesced into large bubbles, and you may notice slight hesitance or a jerk in motion as you 1st raise the loader as those bubbles pass thru the valve back to the reservoir.