Liquid coming from block heater

[almost canadian]

So I took delivery of a new Kubota L4600 recently and, as the weather has been so cold here since the time that I received it, I haven't really used it at all.

I needed to move a round bale today so, as the temperature is -30 C, I plugged in the block heater and went off to perform some other chores for 3 hours.

When I returned to the tractor, there was some green fluid on the floor and, after looking to see where it was coming from, I traced the source to the "block heater".

I don't know if this is normal but one end of the cable to the block heater is, obviously, a plug and the other end has brass/bronze look to it and is a female portion of another plug unit. The male portion of this plug unit has 2 prongs and the liquid was coming from the casing portion that surround these prongs.

Part of me thinks that this liquid release is normal and probably represents excess fluid that is supposed to discharge the first time the block heater is used. Another part of me thinks that something is wrong and that no liquid should be discharging at all. I used the tractor for 20 minutes or so and, when I finished, there was no more discharge of liquid.

Am I being a big girl's blouse or is there need for concern?

Many thanks for any guidance you can provide.

 

[waytech]

You are leaking antifreeze.
Contact your dealer

 

[almost canadian]

So I took delivery of a new Kubota L4600 recently and, as the weather has been so cold here since the time that I received it, I haven't really used it at all.

I needed to move a round bale today so, as the temperature is -30 C, I plugged in the block heater and went off to perform some other chores for 3 hours.

When I returned to the tractor, there was some green fluid on the floor and, after looking to see where it was coming from, I traced the source to the "block heater".

I don't know if this is normal but one end of the cable to the block heater is, obviously, a plug and the other end has brass/bronze look to it and is a female portion of another plug unit. The male portion of this plug unit has 2 prongs and the liquid was coming from the casing portion that surround these prongs.

Part of me thinks that this liquid release is normal and probably represents excess fluid that is supposed to discharge the first time the block heater is used. Another part of me thinks that something is wrong and that no liquid should be discharging at all. I used the tractor for 20 minutes or so and, when I finished, there was no more discharge of liquid.

Am I being a big girl's blouse or is there need for concern?

Many thanks for any guidance you can provide.

Edit: I have added some pictures to show what I am talking about.

One shows the cable connected.
One shows the two prongs with the cable disconnected.
One shows the female end of the cable.
The final one shows the entire cable.

 

[aczlan]

Picture? Not normal as far as I know. I might check the bolt that holds it in with a 1/4" drive ratchet and see if I could tighten it up a little. If it keeps leaking, your dealer should fix it.

Aaron Z

 

[almost canadian]

Picture? Not normal as far as I know. I might check the bolt that holds it in with a 1/4" drive ratchet and see if I could tighten it up a little. If it keeps leaking, your dealer should fix it.

Aaron Z

I tried to load pictures to this thread using the edit function, put it posted a duplicate thread.

Here they are:

One shows the cable connected.
One shows the two prongs with the cable disconnected.
One shows the female end of the cable.
The final one shows the entire cable

 

[almost canadian]

You are leaking antifreeze.
Contact your dealer

Was this triggered by the use of the block heater, or is the timing a coincidence?

 

[aczlan]

Was this triggered by the use of the block heater, or is the timing a coincidence?

Hard to tell. Is this the first time you have had it good and warm?

Aaron Z

 

[aczlan]

I tried to load pictures to this thread using the edit function, put it posted a duplicate thread.

I merged the threads into one.

Aaron Z

 

[almost canadian]

Hard to tell. Is this the first time you have had it good and warm?

Aaron Z

No, it was running for about 30 minutes last weekend - no leaking resulted from that.

 

[almost canadian]

I merged the threads into one.

Aaron Z

Thank you.