/ Kubota Recall - Be Aware!!!!! NOT SURE WHO OR WHAT YEARS ARE EFFECTED...!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#11
For sure, all because of a missing or "poor quality control system" in place.
Kubota Recall - Be Aware!!!!! NOT SURE WHO OR WHAT YEARS ARE EFFECTED...!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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For sure, all because of a missing or "poor quality control system" in place.
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#12
AGREED..! House cleaning should be done!!!
Maybe you`ll get lucky and yours will be ok. But i`ll bet i`m not the only one that will find this problem with the new recall revised cap that they are sending out as a replacement. I`ll bet theres others out there!
Being that there was an article about it before they sent the new caps out, i thought, well, lets make sure the new recall replacement cap is good before i put it on the tractor.... uhhhhh NOPE, it wasnt.
Actually, it was worse than the original one that was on my tractor when it came from the factory, new one was fully plugged shut... so i cleared my original one out with a drill bit, put it back on the tractor.
What got me was, is when i called KUBOTA, they didnt even bother to ask me to send it back or even ask for a photo of the one they sent me to verify the issue.
Nore did they tell me that they would send me a GOOD new one again. I dont know whats going on at kubota, but they better look at their quality control as well as
what we should be hearing on a corrective action after they sent out bad recall replacement parts to their customer(s).
Some may think this isn`t a big deal about a simple little plastic cap,
but i bet your attitude would be different if you smoked "your engine" due to a $1.00 bad recall part that was sent to you and didnt know, and it TOO, was defective.
valkyrie9901
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Was a bent pin in the molding process. It would have blown the little hose off the nipple of the cap before damaging
anything.
anything.
aczlan
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The issue being, the steam escaping from the hose could burn you (hence the recall) and if you didn't notice it, you would be low on coolant when the engine cools down and cannot suck back the coolant to replenish what it vented. That could cause you to run out of coolant and roast the engine.
Aaron Z
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THANK YOUUUUUU.... somebody that gets it!
/ Kubota Recall - Be Aware!!!!! NOT SURE WHO OR WHAT YEARS ARE EFFECTED...!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#16
I find it hard to believe that it was a "bent pin" causing the problem, more like a broken mold pin. (i am a machinist/tool&die maker, cnc engineering tech, i work with alot of different molds & tooling processes)
You can see where the plastic burr/debris inside the nipple was gouged up by a sharp jagged object and piled up the plastic inside, which blocked the nipple`s port hole.
bunyip
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Still waiting for mine and haven't checked the original, what is the DIY fix?
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Run an appropriately-sized drill bit through the hole. That will clean it out and let it work as advertised.
Aaron Z
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What aczlan said is the best procedure to fix the plugged cap issue. (thread #18)
Thats exactly how i fixed my original one. Make sure to look it over inside the nipple to make sure its cleaned out & cleared.
Thank you aczlan
Thats exactly how i fixed my original one. Make sure to look it over inside the nipple to make sure its cleaned out & cleared.
Thank you aczlan
bunyip
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I'll pull it off later today and have a look, just I haven't looked yet and not sure how you check for a blockage, will probably be obvious when I see the part.