JJZ 109
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- Joined
- Feb 7, 2009
- Messages
- 2,174
- Location
- Lake Ontario/St. Lawrence River
- Tractor
- Kubota BX2380/LA344 loader/60" MMM, Bobcat S185 skid steer, JD X394 4 wheel steer mower
I've got a 2008 S185 with 1260 hours on it. Bought it last September and have only put 40 hours on it since then. It's worked perfectly fine. Yesterday I got an "extreme low oil pressure" warning and shut it down.
I checked the oil. Full. A few minutes later it started just fine. There is no engine knocks or noises, no smoking. All appears to function normally and then the warning pops up.
On the outside chance that the previous owner used very light oil for winter operation, I changed the oil to 15W40 now that warmer weather is here. Also put a new NAPA Gold filter in it. Oil pressure returned. After running the machine until it got to normal operating temperature (around 180º) the pressure dropped again and the warning sounded. This machine gets no heavy duty use. Mostly loading 350 pound rolls of gutter coil onto a seamless machine, snow removal and once in a while scraping some sod up to expand the driveway.
I'm not a diesel mechanic by any means and this will probably go to the local Bobcat place for an evaluation. I'm just trying to get an idea of what may be in store for me there. The parts manager there is a friend, but I don't know how much that's going to help me out on repair $$$$.
I checked the oil. Full. A few minutes later it started just fine. There is no engine knocks or noises, no smoking. All appears to function normally and then the warning pops up.
On the outside chance that the previous owner used very light oil for winter operation, I changed the oil to 15W40 now that warmer weather is here. Also put a new NAPA Gold filter in it. Oil pressure returned. After running the machine until it got to normal operating temperature (around 180º) the pressure dropped again and the warning sounded. This machine gets no heavy duty use. Mostly loading 350 pound rolls of gutter coil onto a seamless machine, snow removal and once in a while scraping some sod up to expand the driveway.
I'm not a diesel mechanic by any means and this will probably go to the local Bobcat place for an evaluation. I'm just trying to get an idea of what may be in store for me there. The parts manager there is a friend, but I don't know how much that's going to help me out on repair $$$$.