dongfeng tractor with y385t wont start help

   / dongfeng tractor with y385t wont start help
  • Thread Starter
#281  
There is no correlation between pistons and rings and oil pressure. I doubt your oil pump is cavitating.

hahh you are 100% right bob but the bearings being new will, I am not wanting to do it but i guess im gonna have to drop the pan, but I cant see why 65psi is too much others are running well over that, could i just have a week ck valve ?
 
   / dongfeng tractor with y385t wont start help #282  
hahh you are 100% right bob but the bearings being new will, I am not wanting to do it but i guess im gonna have to drop the pan, but I cant see why 65psi is too much others are running well over that, could i just have a week ck valve ?

Yes, a weak spring is possible. And what's to break in on a bearing insert? They are either correct or not. :)
 
   / dongfeng tractor with y385t wont start help #283  
My Oil is old that is in it today, it was running right around 90c and at 500RPM is was steady at 20psi and at 1400 RPM it was right around 35psi.

here couple pics of dash was well warmed up and took 2 pics idle and 1400rpm





Mark
 
   / dongfeng tractor with y385t wont start help
  • Thread Starter
#284  
well guys i didnt get to work on the tractor today, yesterday my 85 yr old dad had to be taken to the er and then to top off a great day there ( my parents) water heater blew a seam so early this morning after dropping my sone off at school I had to go install a new water heater for my parents, but i did make a great score today, my wifes sisters son works for AC delco and he got me 2 new batts well they call them blems, they were new but set on a sales rack for 2 months, they both are small and thats great for the tractor one is 550cca and the other is 650cca they only take up about 1/4 the size of the front of the rad, the deep cycle one I had in there took over half the rad frontage so it should help in cooling, plus free is allways great
 
   / dongfeng tractor with y385t wont start help #285  
I hope your compression release works. This vintage diesel design typically needs a 750 CCA or greater. Starting type battery too, not deep cycle. What made you put that type in there? Or is that another original owner gaff?

//greg//
 
   / dongfeng tractor with y385t wont start help
  • Thread Starter
#286  
I hope your compression release works. This vintage diesel design typically needs a 750 CCA or greater. Starting type battery too, not deep cycle. What made you put that type in there? Or is that another original owner gaff?

//greg//



Hi Greg hahahah well the deep cycle went in there cause it was what was on hand when the tractor came home, I have 2 everstart max group 29 deep cycle marine batts for running my trolling motor on my boat, so i threw one in, and as for the smaller batts I got yesterday, well thats what I told my nephew I needed, the y85 eng book says to use a 550cca batt, plus I wanted as small as i could get to free up the front of the rad for cooling
 
   / dongfeng tractor with y385t wont start help #287  
You should be okay with that 550cca battery since you live where it doesn't usually get too cold. Down here in the topics I can crank my 304 engine with a 500cca battery, no problem. That said, I do have an 850cca battery in it since I want the additional capacity to run lights and inverter at times.

If you were farther north, I'd worry that the 550cca battery would let you down when cold.
 
   / dongfeng tractor with y385t wont start help
  • Thread Starter
#288  
yea rich the book said 550 but i put the 650 in the tractor is was smaller then the 550 I got and when my nephew put it on his batt tester it came up around 688cci so i should be good, in sw fla its allways hotter then 80 deg out well we migh get a few days in feb when it will hit the mid 40s if we are lucky, but in my metal barn were the tractor will live its allways over 80 because of the sun hitting it, today it was 91 deg outside and in the barn it was 118, and i used my lazer temp gauge from harbor freight to test it hahaha, I didnt even hook up the glow plugs on the tractor because ive never used them on any of my tractors, I did have a 853 bobcat that was all computerised and if it was a cool morning it would use its heat grid for about 5 to 10 sec but all of my other diesels just fire and go
 
   / dongfeng tractor with y385t wont start help #289  
Yeah, I never have used my glow plugs - I don't even know if they're hooked up or not. The lowest temperature ever recorded here was 64°F.
 
   / dongfeng tractor with y385t wont start help
  • Thread Starter
#290  
well i have some good news I think, I just got my temp gauge and volt gauge in and the new batt installed and also a new thermostat, it was a 71c and a 72 came out of the tractor, but a 71c was all i could find, the tractor runs at around 170 to 175 deg, when warmed up at 900rpm it was 33psi oil pressure and 175% at 1500rpm it was 48psi and 170% and at 2200rpm it was 65psi and 172%, it still did that valve pressure drop thing when it tryed to go over 65psi but I would have to be hitting almost 2400rpm, that made me feel so good I went out and bought myself a nice new echo srm 225 strait shaft weed wacker from the home depot
 
Last edited:

Tractor & Equipment Auctions

2014 Doyle Dry Fertilizer Tender Trailer - Kubota Diesel, 3 Stainless Compartments, Side Discharge (A53473)
2014 Doyle Dry...
2018 Ford Fusion Sedan (A51694)
2018 Ford Fusion...
2004 International 3200 Passenger Bus (A51692)
2004 International...
2011 Chevrolet Impala Sedan (A51694)
2011 Chevrolet...
197711 (A51244)
197711 (A51244)
2013 MACK CXU613 (A53843)
2013 MACK CXU613...
 
Top