BX 2200 Changing Anti-Freeze

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

Two years have gone by and its time to change the anti-freeze.

Looking at the manual , pg 55, step 4, fill with clean water and cooling system cleaner.

On pg 56 under NOTE, last point. Do not use radiator cleaning agents when anti-freeze has been added to cooling water. So no cleaning agents??? I guess???

How many of you run water only in your cooling system??

Now what antifreeze to use?? Fleetguard? Fleet Charge?? Does it have to be for diesel engines? Manual says should meet SAE J1034 and SAE J814c, what ever that is??

Would like to do this over the weekend, any suggestions?? I do not want to start a war over the BEST TYPE of anti-freeze, just asking a questions for the first time I have to do this.

Thanks

 

[BigAl]

Be careful with cooling system cleaners . Some will eat up alum . engine parts . I would go with a good 50% distilled water/antifreeze mix . PH factor is very important and you want to stay around 10.0 PH on the final mix .You can stop by a radiator shop and most good ones can test your mix for proper PH and freeze protection . It should be free . Yes, I know this is a high PH rating, but it is what the radiator shops recommend . This helps to keep the radiator from plugging up with corrosion . Make sure your antifreeze is compatible with diesel engines and you will be fine ,
Big Al

 

[SCB]

Dealer also told me to use a 50/50 mix. They didn't specify which type to use however.
Steve

 

[tomnky]

I received this reply when I e-mailed Kubota Technical Service

"Thank you for contacting Kubota. Pre Charge with CCA is
not required by Kubota. J1034 and specifically J814C are precharged with
the necessary additives."

Zerex for BX2200
The above is what I used in mine mixed with distilled water ............. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
When You use the link it has all the specs.so You can be sure it meets Requirements.

 

[gsxr1100]

I just did my BX22 due to me installing the Block heater.

I have used Fleetrite EG Anti-freeze in all items I own. Great stuff.

I also used Distilled water since I feel it is better and the stuff is cheap. Not like the BX's use a lot of coolant anyways.

I also have never heard of CCA for an anti-freeze. I have heard of SCA that I used in my old Powertroke diesel. I also remeber that the spec for Anti-frrezes that was important for diesels was GM6038M (low silicate).

I would not think you need an additive since I do not think the BX engines have wet-sleeves.

 

[sandyc]

We used to make antifreeze and I can tell you for a fact that there is not much difference between the major brands. The dye used is the biggest difference....heck we used to trade the eg/dpg (95/5 %) mix back and fourth with the other suppliers.....
In my humble and old opinion, buy the best you can....don't cheap it out here.....engines are too expensive to put at risk for a couple of bucks.......and remember that the glycol is toxic to animals.....

 

[ACMIKE]

What about the John Deere pre-mixed anti-freeze. It's mixed with de ionize water. not cheap!

 

[discus]

Just did mine about a month ago. Dealer uses Agco, Value Line in all their tractors, so I went with it. It's less expensive than others. I didn't use any flushes or cleaners because everything looked new in the radiator.

Some tips I can give you for the 2200. First, a funnel is helpful to direct the hot coolant where you want it to go. I drained and flushed the coolant three times with distilled water, and each time, I ran the engine up to normal operating temperature. Since the cooling system is so good, I had to replace the radiator screen with a piece of cardboard to get the temperature up to where the thermostat would open. I used a probe type thermometer to check the temperature.

After all the flushing and draining was done, I poured straight antifreeze into the radiator, because there's still some residual water in the block. It worked out great, and tests to a good 50/50 mix.

The recovery tank was removed during the process and refilled with a 75/25 mix for good measure.

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

discus

Thanks for the info. Did you do this with the cap off the radiator or on? How long did you let it run between flushes to get it up to temp?

 

[discus]

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Thanks for the info. Did you do this with the cap off the radiator or on? How long did you let it run between flushes to get it up to temp?

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I did it both ways and it didn't seem to matter that much.

I ran it at about 1/3 to 1/2 throttle, and it took around 5 to 7 minutes to reach 180 degrees. Once at or above that temp, I let it run for another 5 to 10 minutes, depending on what other things I was doing. One thing I forgot to mention before is that I regulated the coolant temp by moving the cardboard up or down (covering or uncovering the radiator).

One side benefit from using the thermometer to check coolant temp is that now I know for sure where the "normal" operating temp begins on the tractor guage.