B7510 Losing Power today while Bushogging

JerryG · Jul 23, 2007

Rusty, here is something that might buy you some time. If you wrap some of that black fiberglass window screen around the front of the grill it will slow down the amount of fine partials that gets on the radiator. I have used it before and it has helped. All the home improvement places have it as well as Wal-Mart.

Renob · Jul 23, 2007

A leaf blower works great if you have one. I always used pick on the leaf blower crowd.......until I got one. Now I use it for everything.

Roadkill95 · Jul 24, 2007

A leaf blower works well sometimes if you can get it in where you need it

smoothie17 · Jul 24, 2007

I use my leaf blower to dry my truck & tractor after washing; a lot faster than hand drying!

charlz · Jul 24, 2007

RoyJackson said:
Remember, if the engine gets hot...disengage the PTO and reduce RPM, but don't just shut it down.

Not to hijack the thread but....

This makes sense if you have an engine with a water pump... letting it run at reduced rpm's will keep water flowing and cool down the engine. What about a thermosiphon engine? Water should continue to flow through the radiator when the engine is off, right? You don't have the fan pulling air through the radiator but then you also don't have an engine running to produce more heat.

Just wondering

Charles

RoyJackson · Jul 24, 2007

charlz said:
Not to hijack the thread but....

This makes sense if you have an engine with a water pump... letting it run at reduced rpm's will keep water flowing and cool down the engine. What about a thermosiphon engine? Water should continue to flow through the radiator when the engine is off, right? You don't have the fan pulling air through the radiator but then you also don't have an engine running to produce more heat.

Just wondering
Charles

The idea is shutting the engine down (stopping circulation) results in a heat build up (heat isn't being pulled off the engine). This is a heat soak situation.
The heat build up can warp the head and do other damage.

As far as your B7100 with thermosyphon cooling...see what your manual says, or maybe one of the guys with an older Kubota can help. It would seem you would still get the heat soak.