Cold weather running temp

[Scrounger]

Has anyone covered part of the BX 2230 radiator to help get the tractors temp up a bit. During the summer the gauge barely moves and in the winter it never moved for me. I was thinking of taping some cardboard over the radiator screen. Thanks guys.

 

[Fredex]

Summer temp barely registers?? May have a thermostat stuck open.

 

[Stef]

I think the same as Fredex. Don't cover the radiator.

 

[Scrounger]

How do I check to see if the thermostat is actually bad? Probably not a major thing to pop out and put a new one in.

 

[digger2]

If it is actually the rad screen and not the rad. itself you are talking about,i dont think it would hurt anything,just slow the air thru the rad,raising the temp. a little.Course i'd keep a close eye on the temp gauge while i was runnin it.I have a B7610,and my brother has a BX,and neither one gets very warm during the winter months,just enough to make the needle move a slight amount.In the summer though,it does come up about halfway and stays there.Maybe you do have a stuck thermostat.

 

[digger2]

Also,probably a long shot,but theres always the possibility that your gauge
is wrong!!! good luck......digger2

 

[cp1969]

I think cold running temps are a Kubota characteristic. My L3000 will barely--barely--come off the stop in the summer and I've read many other posts saying the same thing.

In winter, I replace the screen in front of the radiator with a piece of cardboard that has a 6" diameter circle cut out of the center. If you're going to block the radiator, don't block it completely.

 

[jimainiac]

I'd try a new thermostat, they're pretty cheap. I wonder if you could get an idea of the operating temp by putting a thermometer, like a candy thermometer, in the top of radiator. It sure seems like if the thermostat is doing it's job, you should warm up to operating temp, even in extreme cold weather.

 

[AceDeuce]

I wouldn't worry about the temp gage only rising a little during the summer. Mine does the same thing and so does the neighbor's. In all likelyhood your T-stat is probably just fine.

 

[herringchoker]

I'm with AceDeuce and cp1969 on this one. Kubota engines seem to run cold. My B7800 barely gets above the "C" on the temp gauge in the summer. In the winter, I replace the rad screen with a sheet of corrugated plastic with a 6" x 6" hole cut in the centre of it.