4530 is sick and needs doctor

[DavesTractor]

I am amazed regularly at the depth of knowledge of this group.

The tier 1, 2, 3, 4 deal will probably work some like the earlier smog stuff on cars. At first they tried to make it happen with elaborate electronic carbs, then finally gave in to fuel injection and we not only got cleaner cars but better mileage and more power. Current machines do a good job, and I expect going forward we will see even better engines across the board, although they will cost more.

 

[fastgun]

I've been doing a lot of searching in the past several days to find older posts.

I seem to remember one where a few folks were having trouble with their oil backing up in the oil fill spout when doing routine oil changes (I'm sorry i do not recall which model, but believe it was the 7520).

One or two gave the tip/hint that you could remove the dip stick in facilitate better oil flow and not have it back up. Maybe this is food for thought for any newer tractor to head off potential harm.

 

[IH3444]

Yea, a big thanks from me also AGRIMAN. What an unknown.....

 

[ribchord]

Hello everyone.

I am a novice to world of farm tractors as well as heavy equipment. I decided to purchase a tractor to help me out with landscaping of my property as well as some farming and other helpful uses in which a tractor is useful. Well, In October or 2007, I purchased and took ownership of a Mahindra 4530? I did some big time earth moving and leveling. I was impressed with the power and ease of use and I felt good about my decision in choosing a Mahindra. WITH 43 Hrs on this machine, I am now encountering issues with my tractor. Below are the facts.

Purchased Tractor from out of state dealer great customer service and price but over 700 miles away. Saved $ 2000.00 with out of state dealer.

Local dealer 100 miles away but units were overpriced and sales person not very friendly. Dealer advised that if I bought elsewhere he would not honor Mahindra Warranty. He actually told me he will not service the tractor if I did not buy from him.

Tractor sputtering is getting worse.. After 20 min warm up with throttle at 1200 rpms tractor starts to sputter and spits white smoke. Turn off tractor for about 2 min then start tractor everything sounds good then after about 3 min sputtering begins when cold tractor warms up fine with no problems but after 20 min of warm up tractor start to sputter and blow white smoke.

Out of state dealer sent blue KSB relay for replacement sputtering and white smoke still occur. Out of state Dealer advised that injection timing probably needed to be advanced. Out of state Dealer advised Ruben from Mahindra talked to my local dealer. And I should call local dealer to see when he can look at my tractor.

Called local dealer, he advised that he is booked for 3 to 4 weeks servicing his customers. Advised me to call back in 3 weeks to see if he is able to work on my tractor.. (sounds like a brush off to me, I could be wrong)

Tractor is now getting sicker experiencing loss of power possible fuel contamination. With local dealer possibly giving me the brush off I think I am going to have to clean out fuel tank and lines myself? But wondering how hard is it to take of the fuel tank. Did notice some rust under the gas cap. Drained fuel from primary and secondary filters but looks like fuel and not water to me. I will probably have to take the Mahindra to a local tractor repair shop about 2 miles from home for fuel injection timing.

I am asking the Mahindra community for help and suggestions. Any help would be appreciated.

if you know where the ksb sensor is located make a little 2 inch jumper wire, unplug the sensor and put the jumper wire in its place and tape it so it dont vibrate loose, this will probably fix the problem, then at the end of march put it back like it was after it warms up and it will probably be fine. i think this sensor really makes mahindra tractors look bad but if you bypass it the thing it runs fine in cold weather then when it warms up you can plug it back in.

try it

 

[ribchord]

these KSB sensors suck in cold weather, "HELLOW MAHINDRA"

 

[LAWALLSTRACTOR]

Mahindra has replaced the KSB sensor with a KSB timer setup, which has worked much better. Sometimes the factory timing setting has to be advanced a little bit.

 

[jwcinpk]

Dealer service guy came out and fixed the 7010 the other day. He just unplugged the KSB. Set the injector timing without it and then plugged it back in. It didn't look like he moved the injector pump more than an 1/8 of an inch, but wow what a difference. It changed how high the thing would rev and got rid of the smoke/pop/crack issues.

 

[ribchord]

Mahindra has replaced the KSB sensor with a KSB timer setup, which has worked much better. Sometimes the factory timing setting has to be advanced a little bit.

i got the new sensor and bracket and it aint no better in cold weather.

 

[LAWALLSTRACTOR]

Yes, but you still have the sensor system. The Timer has worked better.

 

[ribchord]

Yes, but you still have the sensor system. The Timer has worked better.

whats the part number? my warranty expires in march. plus my hour meter stopped working at 230 hrs, it has power because it tries to click about every 10 seconds but it dont................dont get me wrong i love my tractor.