racer726
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I have anti gelling treatment in my Kioti and it still will not run if the temps are under 20 degrees. I got the heater from my dealer and was charged full price. Installed it myself outside, I think it was in the teens. Froze my but off installing it. Works fine. Ran the tractor for 30 minutes then parked it. Hydraulic leak with oil running everywhere. One of the steel tubes that connects to the pump cracked. Oil seeps out. I can run it for a few minutes but that's it. Now I'm looking at $400 to get it taken to my closest dealer 2 hours away. I would change it myself, but the engine oil check tube runs directly over top of the one bolt. You can only get to it with a small wrench and I don't want to strip it. Just majorly disappointed with this tractor.
Ask your neighbor what he does to avoid fuel gelling? Your father's White tractor likely had a winter blend of fuel in the tank or featured an automatic inline fuel heater as standard (or an option your dad never told you about) that works just like Kioti's in that it kicks on below freezing all by itself.
But your tractor with only nine hours on it, has diesel #2 and that stuff just clouds up with wax below freezing. It is something you just need to know about.
Given that, you can either sit around and complain about it some more to increasingly deaf ears, or you celebrate that your problem is now solved, that you've learned something new, and get on with your life as a happy camper.
Guess which version of racer726 the rest of us want to interact with? Smile.