rScotty
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- Joined
- Apr 21, 2001
- Messages
- 9,562
- Location
- Rural mountains - Colorado
- Tractor
- Kubota M59, JD530, JD310SG. Restoring Yanmar YM165D
Sorry for the OP unfortunate problem. I’m sure this has happen to others too. Good suggestions on how to prevent a lower leak from toasting an engine.
I operate in the woods more than most. Have several homemade attempts to prevent damage. Thought checking the overflow jug was sufficient so learned that’s not always the case.
Appreciate the dumbing down for lug nuts like me.
Vary interested in what retrofitting can be done to help prevent running with low radiator level. Tee in the upper radiator hose? Tee with the temperature sensor? And a source for those parts.
The upper hose doesn't always run full of fluid, so that's a problem.
like the idea of simply making a T with the existing temp sensor and mounting a level sensor in there. Be sure to make it so that the level sensor doesn't trap a bubble..... or worse yet, trap some fluid while the rest of the radiator drains out through a broken lower hose.
rScotty