VistanTN
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- A-C 5020-4, Mahindra 6500 4WD, Kubota L4740 HSTC 4WD
Was wondering if any of you could contribute anything to the following saga. A good friend bought a used 2810 (old TYM version) from a co-worker. About three years old, but under 50 hours. He brought it to my place last Spring to help with haying. The times I was on it, it seemed "hot" but the temp guage was normal and no other signs of problems. A week ago another friend and I borrowed it (with scooploader and box blade it will fit on my trailer which my 6500 will not) to move some gravel at his new shop -- ramp to RV pad, etc.
The whole time I was operating it, it seemed hot, and this time smelled like a combination of oil (like burning off a hot manifold) and incomplete combustion (some raw diesel smell in the exhaust). Temp gauge was still holding steady well below the overheat mark. We took side panels off and poked around but couldn't find any indication. Started it and ran it again -- still my instinct said something wasn't right. After a couple more hours, stopped and looked again. Still no indication of what might be the cause (except perhaps mis-timed injectors leaving incomplete combustion).
Started again and was carrying rock to a depression in the roadway. Made 8 or 9 trips and on the way back to the stockpile, it just lugged down and died. Tried the starter and it cranked VERY slowly! Left it and moved the trailer close behind it so IF we got it started, could load it up and take it to the dealer. Managed to get it on and to the dealer the next day.
Net result: NO water in cooling system and it had overheated. We hadn't checked for two reasons: a) temp guage NEVER did show hot or even flucuate widely (like low water will do); and b) didn't want to open a hot radiator just to boil out half the coolant.
Checked with owner and he hadn't checked radiator in "quite a while, but it had always been up." Trying to figure out how it lost all coolant without either noticing a leak (by him or us) and never showing an overheating or erratic reading on the temp gauge.
Now faced with a $1,200+ repair bill and wondering if any of you have any input, thoughts, etc. -- besides the obvious of always check the coolant level before you operate AND don't ignore your instincts that something is wrong, even when you can't find it.
The whole time I was operating it, it seemed hot, and this time smelled like a combination of oil (like burning off a hot manifold) and incomplete combustion (some raw diesel smell in the exhaust). Temp gauge was still holding steady well below the overheat mark. We took side panels off and poked around but couldn't find any indication. Started it and ran it again -- still my instinct said something wasn't right. After a couple more hours, stopped and looked again. Still no indication of what might be the cause (except perhaps mis-timed injectors leaving incomplete combustion).
Started again and was carrying rock to a depression in the roadway. Made 8 or 9 trips and on the way back to the stockpile, it just lugged down and died. Tried the starter and it cranked VERY slowly! Left it and moved the trailer close behind it so IF we got it started, could load it up and take it to the dealer. Managed to get it on and to the dealer the next day.
Net result: NO water in cooling system and it had overheated. We hadn't checked for two reasons: a) temp guage NEVER did show hot or even flucuate widely (like low water will do); and b) didn't want to open a hot radiator just to boil out half the coolant.
Checked with owner and he hadn't checked radiator in "quite a while, but it had always been up." Trying to figure out how it lost all coolant without either noticing a leak (by him or us) and never showing an overheating or erratic reading on the temp gauge.
Now faced with a $1,200+ repair bill and wondering if any of you have any input, thoughts, etc. -- besides the obvious of always check the coolant level before you operate AND don't ignore your instincts that something is wrong, even when you can't find it.
