Mowing BX 2350 Overheating while mowing?

[ByronBob]

Get the manual out if you need to and read up on the screens and where they are and how to clean them. On the off chance it's something else did your fluid level check out ok?

 

[Kevin Beitz]

I was having the same problems with my street-rod ...

I was told to put a wetting agent in my water...
It cools it down about 20-30 percent...
I got it at an auto speed shop...
Any place that sell parts for races cars should have it...

 

[Jibber]

I had been reading about overheating issues with this tractor for the past year. It was one of the issues I was concerned about before buying my 2350 this year.

I can report NO overheating while using the mower so far, and that includes on some pretty hot days. Most of the time the temp gauge has been in the lower quarter.

The other day I used the loader to spread some topsoil and had the bucket full going uphill across the lawn. It was the only time the tractor has hit the midway point on that temp gauge.. but never crossed it.. and never smelled or seemed real hot.

I think this may be an issue with some tractors.. maybe there's a thermostat problem?

 

[Tom_H]

I know why it happens on my BX. See this thread for a more complete description:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1171835#post1171835

 

[jkade72]

Mine was almost in the red the other day mowing and I pulled it in the shop to check it out. I let it set for about five minutes and I spit on the manifolds and the wouldn't boil spit. It should have heated up a little after sitting becasue of the hot water in the block. I put a manual temp probe in the top of the radiator and it hit about 180. Like I said my problem is the guage and that could be some of the others problem.

 

[Lockport]

I recently went down this avenue and this is what I found. Besides the screen at your feet, the other one under the hood that slides up and out, be sure and check that foam strip is not come unglued. It NEEDS to seal the top edge of that inner screen on the engine compartment side. When you have that inner screen out and with the battery cover open, check the front of the radiater where the battery is. Odds are it is clogged. I was approaching red (but not going into it) under any load and that was my problem. After cleaning it, it won't even go to halfway when mowing on a hot day.

 

[caw1101]

I have a G5200 and am not sure that the water is circulating. The hose at the top of the radiator is very hot. I am not sure if the temp gauge is working. Any ideas before I take it to the repair shop

 

[gilldawg79]

I have had my BX1850 for over 2 years now and the dealer still hasn't gotten my "false" overheating fixed. They have replaced the sending unit, thermostat and gauge cluster. Then they said there was a fix out for it. The sending unit is right next to the exhaust manifold and senses heat off of that and quickly deteriorates the sending unit. Apparently Kubota came out with some sort of fix for that with some kind of heat sheild around the sending unit. Well, that isn't what I got from my dealer....I got some jury rigged crap that everyone on here ought to see. I will post some pictures of it....I wanted to bring it home and use it and see how it works....I still doesn't....And I am disgusted.....I just got my second customer satisfaction survey from Kubota on my last bit of warranty work (new fenders and the sending unit crap). I let them have it and I expect a phone call or email any day now.

 

[rdsaustintx]

I recently went down this avenue and this is what I found. Besides the screen at your feet, the other one under the hood that slides up and out, be sure and check that foam strip is not come unglued. It NEEDS to seal the top edge of that inner screen on the engine compartment side. When you have that inner screen out and with the battery cover open, check the front of the radiater where the battery is. Odds are it is clogged. I was approaching red (but not going into it) under any load and that was my problem. After cleaning it, it won't even go to halfway when mowing on a hot day.

EXCELLENT advice! The pre-screen (battery cover) is pretty obvious, but if you get in there and look around the battery debris works its way around everything.

I pulled my battery this weekend (cells were half dry) and was amazed how much crud gets in there, mostly underneath the pre-screen.

My little weatherstrip piece rotted-off, gonna try some vinyl foam tape under there.

I don't think it's a design flaw. The reverse engine arrangement keeps heat off the operator and is probably the cleanest place to take in air. Mowing is just a filthy business...

 

[Ob1kubota]

I recently went down this avenue and this is what I found. Besides the screen at your feet, the other one under the hood that slides up and out, be sure and check that foam strip is not come unglued. It NEEDS to seal the top edge of that inner screen on the engine compartment side. When you have that inner screen out and with the battery cover open, check the front of the radiater where the battery is. Odds are it is clogged. I was approaching red (but not going into it) under any load and that was my problem. After cleaning it, it won't even go to halfway when mowing on a hot day.

Agreed this or defective gauge which most Dealers have knowledge about warranty replacement.