Mahindra 5035 Smoking

[BAP]

There is another possibility that I have seen before on a tractor. That is the rubber hose connecting the air cleaner to the intake manifold deteriorated and would collapse with increased engine speed, starving the engine of air. This led to belching black smoke and no power. $75 hose and machine was back to normal. Of course, we didn’t find it before having the pump and injectors rebuilt.

 

[thearizonarancher]

There is another possibility that I have seen before on a tractor. That is the rubber hose connecting the air cleaner to the intake manifold deteriorated and would collapse with increased engine speed, starving the engine of air. This led to belching black smoke and no power. $75 hose and machine was back to normal. Of course, we didn稚 find it before having the pump and injectors rebuilt.

The fuel injectors and the fuel injection pump were all tested and all failed. But that is a good thing to know. I 'll have that replaced and believe me I won't be able to find the impact in the bill. Thanks and kindest regards.

 

[Molalla1]

The fuel injectors and the fuel injection pump were all tested and all failed. But that is a good thing to know. I 'll have that replaced and believe me I won't be able to find the impact in the bill. Thanks and kindest regards.

So ALL injectors failed then . . . yep, you had a disease in your fuel system, but you got it handled . . . :thumbsup:

 

[sd455dan]

The fuel injectors and the fuel injection pump were all tested and all failed. But that is a good thing to know. I 'll have that replaced and believe me I won't be able to find the impact in the bill. Thanks and kindest regards.

Still find it odd that the tractor was drilling holes with the PHD and doing fine -and then started backfiring and black smoke.

Weird that there wasn't a more gradual failure like hard starting or an intermittent miss and then progression into of All 4 injectors and pump failure.

Hope they give you a warranty on the New parts.

i would also want my failed parts back...
ALL OF THEM.

 

[thearizonarancher]

So ALL injectors failed then . . . yep, you had a disease in your fuel system, but you got it handled . . . :thumbsup:

The dealer says they are going to sanitize the fuel system. So I should be good. What a complete waste.

 

[thearizonarancher]

Good idea.

 

[kneedeep]

I had a Mahindra 5500 MFWD that would act up occasionally. After a couple of times I started at the injectors and worked backwards.
Problem was previous owner did not use fuel additive or keep tank clean (metal tank). The bottom of the tank had water, parrafin, algae and just old dirty crud in the bottom below the pickup.
When tank got low, it sloshed around stirring all that crap up, then it would clog the filters.


If not used much, treat the fuel heavy and keep tank full of fresh fuel. JMHO

 

[thearizonarancher]

I had a Mahindra 5500 MFWD that would act up occasionally. After a couple of times I started at the injectors and worked backwards.
Problem was previous owner did not use fuel additive or keep tank clean (metal tank). The bottom of the tank had water, parrafin, algae and just old dirty crud in the bottom below the pickup.
When tank got low, it sloshed around stirring all that crap up, then it would clog the filters.


If not used much, treat the fuel heavy and keep tank full of fresh fuel. JMHO

I wasn't that lucky. They took the fuel injector and the fuel injection pump off and tested them and they were damaged. I use about 5 gallons of diesel a month. I am actually using more diesel now than when I owned a 40 horse Kioti and it just ran and ran and ran. So what additives do you use. I use Sea Foam. Have a nice day.

 

[thearizonarancher]

Sir I said this is what I did. I did take responsibility for what I did. The purpose is so that you know what I did and don't have the same experience.

 

[thearizonarancher]

What the pump guy is telling you makes a lot of sense. That is valuable info from a guy who knows his stuff. For what it's worth, I also agree that from what you say It does sound like the injectors are stuck or clogged or something.....and not unlikely because with that few running hours over that many years you can expect that diesel fuel does get water and bacteria in it. So what you saw isn't surprising.

But dealing with the injectors is usually pretty quick and easy. How much are 4 new ones? Not much. If it came into my shop I'd probably clean out the fuel tank, replace the fuel filter, slap in 4 new injectors, and hope that there wasn't too much diesel fuel generated crud in the lines - or that at least I'd gotten the worst of it. I might even part credit the job if I looked at your injectors and they looked good enough to be rebuildable. Many are; don;t know about your type.

BTW, it's easy to spray pattern the injectors against a piece of cardboard as you take them out.... and get a rough idea of how they are performing. Most mechanics will do that out of curiousity & to help their diagnosis.
rScotty

Just an FYI. the retail on the injectors is $1,933.20 for four. To me that's a lot of money. I am buying them new for less right now. But thanks for your thoughts.