dongfeng tractor with y385t wont start help

[quicksandfarmer]

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

I'm not an expert but that sounds pretty good to me. How does it drive?

My experience and observation, from my own tractor and reading about others, is that if you have good cooling and oil pressure there's nothing that can go wrong with these engines. If you don't have good cooling and oil pressure everything can go wrong.

 

[reelnative]

well im at my whitts end, took the tractor out and it ran fine for about 200yrds then i make a turn and go up a little rise nothing really not even a tiny hill maby 3ft climp over 20ft and it wants to sound like its loading up and sputters down and dies, I try to crank it up and the eng sounds tight ( slow turning) then I wait about 1 min and it fires up again so back to the barn it goes, guys im at a loss im about ready to throw in the towel

 

[greg_g]

When it "splutters and dies" unscrew the fuel filter. My guess is that you'll find it empty. If not, next possibility is that IP is timed incorrectly

//greg//

 

[reelnative]

hey greg im gonna do that, i just went out and drained the oil, pulled the drive shaft dropped the oil pan and pulled the rod bolts and looked at the bearings they looked very good they were not squashed and shinny on the sides, and i re-installed per my book at 68 ft lbs, (I had them at 80 before) my screen for my oil pickup had a bunch of crap on it so i cleaned it also, got it almost all put back together but i have to go back out and put the oil back in it and tighten up the driveshaft center support,

 

[reelnative]

hahaha i just looked at my last post 2 hrs for that job not too bad and i ate a sandwitch too hahaha

 

[reelnative]

i think i have a blown head gasket, this last time around i thought i smelled that cooking antifreeze smell but my temp was good, and i looked and saw bubbles comming into the catch tank (bottle), im too pooped to do a comp test but ill do one tomorrow, I cant see how i screwed up that gasket but i guess stranger things have happened, o and after cleaning off the oil pump screen now the pump starts out cold at 70psi

 

[Gene :^)]

Best of luck.

 

[reelnative]

gene i wrote out a big spew of things but deleted it because i didnt want to sound like an a s s , but no I dont judge the performance of a diesel tractor to a gas powered car in any way, and yes gene it does this in any gear it just holds on a little bit longer in the lowest of low gear, and i live in sw florida its flat everywere here, what i call a rise to you up north would be called flat, my oil pressure and water temp are great I just dont have power, but thank you for the input

 

[reelnative]

When it "splutters and dies" unscrew the fuel filter. My guess is that you'll find it empty. If not, next possibility is that IP is timed incorrectly

//greg//

hey greg im going to try that tomorrow before i take the head off and look at the gasket, I hope i find a dry filter

 

[Bob Rooks]

hey greg im going to try that tomorrow before i take the head off and look at the gasket, I hope i find a dry filter

Did you check for bugs already, I don't remember. :ashamed: