BX 2350 Blown due to Dirty screen

[kuboman]

Keeping a radiator clean is a daily job. Compressed air blown reverse to airflow is a start and then run engine at high idle and blow through with air flow. I consider water a last resort as it is very difficult to get clean and water and dirt form cement. A pressure washer will fold over the fins in a second unless you are very careful.

 

[amigauser]

The fundamental problem is that cool air is drawn from under the tractor around the front axle and so pulls grass, seed chaff along with it. What you need to do is to have cool air coming from high above from the top of the hood.

Are you sure about that on Kubota BX models? I thought that the engine was mounted basically reversed and the radiator fan pulls cool air from the driver platform in front of the driver? I know there is a screen there that I can feel suction on when the BX is running and chaf seems to stick to it.

 

[TripleR]

Are you sure about that on Kubota BX models? I thought that the engine was mounted basically reversed and the radiator fan pulls cool air from the driver platform in front of the driver? I know there is a screen there that I can feel suction on when the BX is running and chaf seems to stick to it.

Yes, that is the way it runs on a BX which is a pretty good system, I get much less accumulation on it compared to my John Dere which take air in from the front.

 

[EE_Bota]

Guys, Thanks for all the replys. You don't know how much this means to me. I would love to buy a different radiator than the kubta one but it seems this deal is too good to pass up.

https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=28-1719&catname=

Is there anything else I might need to know going into this project?

Thanks again,

coldy

Is that the same engine your tractor uses? Will it bolt up?
I think the price if fantastic, else I would not have suggested it. But if for some reason it will not fit, it is a paperweight.

 

[Transit]

Blow, suck, back, front, no mater. What you want is clean cool air from some place that is free of chaff. I also use a Hogs Hair filter in front of the radiator to keep the junk out. Why Hogs Hair? Because it is TUFF and can take a beating.

 

[Spencer C]

Guys, Thanks for all the replys. You don't know how much this means to me. I would love to buy a different radiator than the kubta one but it seems this deal is too good to pass up.

https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=28-1719&catname=

Is there anything else I might need to know going into this project?

Thanks again,

coldy

That price is wayyyyyyy cheaper than Kubota dealer cost. I'm shocked, honestly, at how much cheaper it is than dealer cost. It seems odd that Kubota would sell new engines to internet companies for less than 2/3 the price of what a dealer pays. Hmmm.....

 

[coldfronts]

I was told the new 2010 engine that I was quoted was much higher due to emissions required on them now. This engine I am buying is a d902 tier 2 and the one the dealer quoted was a d902 tier 3. Same engine but the emissions are the only difference and that being distinguished by the tier rating. Does anybody see this as being different?

coldy

 

[EE_Bota]

If a D902 is what is supposed to be in your tractor, I think that is the main thing. This sounds like an excellent solution. Good luck with that approach.

 

[jesseb3@att.net]

The fundamental problem is that cool air is drawn from under the tractor around the front axle and so pulls grass, seed chaff along with it. What you need to do is to have cool air coming from high above from the top of the hood.
The tip-off was high temperatures in the winter. See what a rebuilt engine goes for and have the radiator re-cored with more tubes, and open-up the cowl.
I made the moods and everything runs cool on 100 deg days.

Transit - you're not gettin' off that easy. Do you have a thread of the mods you made? Mine doesn't run really hot, and when the temp does climb, I clean the screen - maybe once/twice per year. However, I'd still like to see what you've done to yours to make it run so cool.

The OP could add the mods while installing the new system.

Thanks
Jesse

 

[KWentling]

"I clean the screen - maybe once/twice per year."

Wow! I clean mine (BX22) at least that often per mowing session. Usually have to blow out the radiator at the same time. I mow about 3 acres and I had mine hot enough to loose coolant out the overflow before I figured out you really have to keep an eye on the temp gauge.

Kim