Mahindra 5035 Smoking

[thearizonarancher]

Okay folks, some of you have been very helpful. Thanks for sharing your information. I did everything I said, and, to me I have taken responsibility for all of what I did regardless. However, I still feel that when a product is designed that costs as much as this tractor does, or, in this case, costs as much as it does to R&R the fuel injectors and fuel injector pump and something is left out of the design that would have stopped the damage from occurring, I feel that is a manufacturing problem, a design flaw and the manufacturer should be responsible. However several folks make a statement like, stand up and take responsibility. Well I do for what I did, but, I believe I have shown a design flaw in the tractor and I feel that flaw is the manufactures' responsibility. Mahindra has basically blown me off. I got one email from 'DARREN WHITE - MUSA' <darren.white@mahindrausa.com>, after a really long time and he has not gotten back to me from the email I sent him. To me that starts to show a lack of integrity, but of course, you make up your own mind. Most of the time that I use this tractor, I am in idle for it has enough power to do what I want in idle. Its powerful. My Kioti didn't have enough power. And a gentleman explained how the hour meter advances and that folks is why I have low hours. I use somewhere around 5 gallons of diesel a month. I also have a Kubota that runs, runs, runs, God Bless it. So some months less and a few months more. I also believe that whilst the jury is still out, there has to be an algae problem (never had one in the Kioti (stainless steel fuel tank verses plastic in the Mahindra). The fuel injectors will be replaced with new and the old ones returned and the fuel injection pump is being rebuilt. So once again, thanks for all your comments and thoughts and sharing. I can only hope that you got some value from this as well. Make sure you have a great day.

 

[kneedeep]

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.

I use more fuel now that I'm retired and spend more time doing tractor work. I do have a smaller 3510 TLB that uses about 1.5 GPH and other tractor will use 3-4 GPH at PTO speed.
I buy offroad fuel in 100 gal lots. I add Stabil Diesel and Power Service in the tank. I also put a gallon of 2 stroke oil in as well to help lubricate the fuel pump as fuel now is lead free. Once the fuel supplier starts using winter blend, I get a fresh tank for the winter. That load will usually get me 1/2 way through the spring dirt work.
I use 2+tanks per year, so roughly 20 gal/month. The tractors do sit for weeks unused at times.

I store the tank under my shed and use a water separator filter at the pump before it goes in tractors. I change the primary fuel filter twice a year on 8560 and secondary filter once a year regardless of hours used.
Fuel issues are a major concern and as you well know, Pumps and Injectors are expensive to repair/replace.
I also give the fuel a sniff test before filling tractors. I have learned the hard way what old fuel smells like (or rather fresh fuel smell) I have discarded old fuel by mixing in a sprayer with herbicide and spraying around out buildings and gravel drive.
I take fuel issues very seriously.

 

[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.

That sure is high; something doesn't seem right with that retail price. I'm used to Injectors being at most a couple hundred dollars each.