sugarmaker
Bronze Member
We hit -16F last Friday night. By mid-afternoon Saturday we were back up to 13F and sunny, and it was time to do some tractorin'. So I started up the L3010 and walked up to the mailbox while it warmed up a bit. I returned about 3 minutes later to find a big puddle of fluid underneath and more oozing out near the hydraulic fluid filter.
I gave my dealer a call and the service manager, after asking a few questions, fingered the hydraulic oil filter that they had installed last year. He said they had problems with that filter design like this, and Kubota had a new design which handled cold temperatures better.
Dealer's service crew came out the next day, replaced filter, added 7 gallons of Super UDT back, and even cleaned up the spilled oil (quite a job on dirt, snow, and ice, at 5F and windy!). Tractor ran just fine this AM at -10F. Kudos to Essex Equipment's service department!
Also many thanks to JohnBud, Boondox, and the rest of the TBN Universal Mind who described the same problems in this forum. That made me feel good the dealer had fingered the right problem. I've referenced John's thread if anyone wants to read them.
I gave my dealer a call and the service manager, after asking a few questions, fingered the hydraulic oil filter that they had installed last year. He said they had problems with that filter design like this, and Kubota had a new design which handled cold temperatures better.
Dealer's service crew came out the next day, replaced filter, added 7 gallons of Super UDT back, and even cleaned up the spilled oil (quite a job on dirt, snow, and ice, at 5F and windy!). Tractor ran just fine this AM at -10F. Kudos to Essex Equipment's service department!
Also many thanks to JohnBud, Boondox, and the rest of the TBN Universal Mind who described the same problems in this forum. That made me feel good the dealer had fingered the right problem. I've referenced John's thread if anyone wants to read them.