Forgot to turn tractor off!

Poppa · Apr 29, 2004

Michael,

My father is like that. Drove truck for thirty years and his favorite thing to do is still jump into his Ford Powerstroke and drive back and forth between my home here in Colorado and his in Southern California.

Me, I hate to drive on asphalt or concrete but I have no aversion to running around in the dirt /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Mike

LBrown59 · Dec 20, 2004

( After spending a few hours on my machine today spreading stone I parked it in the barn to let it cool down for a few minutes. To make a long story short, I took that time to do some touch-up raking, then I rushed off to work without shutting it off /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif. It was at low idle for about 9 hours in 50 degree heat. How bad is this for the tractor? It was still running when I came back from work. Oh the terrible shame, I don't deserve her... /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Rick )

I think you can sut it off now.
It's been long enough.
LOL

Syncro · Dec 20, 2004

Don't most all 'big' diesels have shutters? Wonder how much that helps at idle.

MMM · Dec 20, 2004

Many bid diesels I work with also incorporate an auto "soakdown" pump that oils turbo bearings after shutdown. For those without it, we run the prelube pump. These big turbos spin quite a while after engine stops. I always wondered why smaller diesel didn't use prelube and have been toying with idea of installing one on tractor and truck.

fishfrank · Dec 20, 2004

Well how many of you have had this one happen? A rat chewed the starter wires on my tractor, they welded themselves together, caused the tractor to crank up (in gear!!!) and it just sat there in the shed against the back wall spinning its wheels. By the time I got to it, it had dug itself almost down to the axle. I have no idea how long it had been going at it. Burned up the starter but after replacing it and the wires it runs fine. I would never have believed it if it hadn't happened to me.

AndyM · Dec 20, 2004

A rat chewed the starter wires on my tractor, they welded themselves together, caused the tractor to crank up (in gear!!!) 

Several years ago, I had had a similar thing happen with an electric forklift at work ...
Apparently one of the contacts overheated and fused together, causing the forklift to take off down the aisle in the factory at full speed. After it slammed into the wall, it started back at me in reverse!
It missed me the first time, so it had to come back to finish me off! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

thcri · Dec 21, 2004

( Maybe I'll wash her extra nice to make it up to her. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif. Thanks for the help.
Rick )

Before the wash go and get two new hydro hoses, you know the ones in the front of the radiator, she'll really love ya then,

I know idling isn't good for diesels but when the pickups and vans first came out with diesels we found that leaving them run over night was cheaper than running block heaters. We had some vans that you had to have the block heaters running all night and then they still wouldn't start in the morning. Just left them run all night when we knew it was going to be below -10.

murph

briggs_man · Dec 21, 2004

Idling will indeed cool down a diesel but , They will also warm up to a certain extent at idle also theirs a happy medium they hit and . id say the thremostat stays closed to the radiator for the majority of the time , I have ran rigs i have ran tractors . Owned diesels and have yet to ever see my pickup i own now , no matter how cold it is out side Ever have the temp gauge drop below 165-150 while idling,, Incomplete combustion well thats whene we first crank em up in the cold all that banging missfiring and carrying on that the do,, Havent seen a engine yet cool back down to 0 degrees while idling ,, This up the idle and Incomplete combustion stuff i swear was dreamed up by some nut who dont understand how a diesel engine works or had been around to many with the thermostats removed,,,, With out the thermostat Thene maybe it would cool way way down but ........ With a working stat . Nope

Plus Most fans to this day on most engines are either clutched or electronic so theirs not a constant pull of cold air thru the radiator... last VW Diesel i owned you could leave it Sit and idle all day on a 15 degree day and every now and then that electric radiator fan came on....... Yea sure was cooling off wasnt it , NOT.