crazyal
Super Member
Things do happen, give the dealer a call and tell them what happened. It sucks though.
things went bad b2920 with 6.5 hours on it
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im going to find out tomorow morning i'm taking the day off to get this resolved,thanks for the rag trick i didn't think of that my first thing that came to my mind its going to blow and im going to get hurt from flying parts,rad fan,a rod through the block etc. so this is why i tried to kill the engine by intruducing air in the fuel at the filter. oh and the filter was tight and no water or dirt in it ,( i can see through it because its clear), then when i loosened the filter it started to leak fuel then i was thinking fire , so that's when i decided to load the engine by driving in high gear ,because i saw the fuel gauge down around 1/4 tank though it was burning fuel so fast i could run it out of fuel in 3 minutes , then i tough about it fuel gauge when down because there was no key in the ignition, like i said earlier rpm were high at the end of tach 3500rpm or more ? don't think engine is any good now my friend got away from tractor because he was afraid it was going to blow, he and i could hear the strange noise it was doing
Lockport
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Find your solenoid and learn how to force it into the off position. I had a generator that exhibited this type of behaviour and even forcing the solenoid off still would not kill it but it did reduce the RPM's ,which were fluctuating, and eventually got it to stop. This was a computer controlled generator with a cool down sequence so simply turning it OFF was not black & white. In your case, I think forcing the solenoid to close the fuel flow would have stopped it, if not right away, soon thereafter. At least you wouldn't be driving around your neighbourhood at full speed waving frantically to your neighbours!:cool2:
That being said, I cannot stress enough the Safety ramifications this represents. Your dealer will need to find and be assured of the failing component(s) and prove such with bench testing and Kubota area reps interaction before I would be satisfied.
Good Luck!
That being said, I cannot stress enough the Safety ramifications this represents. Your dealer will need to find and be assured of the failing component(s) and prove such with bench testing and Kubota area reps interaction before I would be satisfied.
Good Luck!
grsthegreat
Super Star Member
surprised no one mentioned turning off the fuel supply lever just ahead of the fuel bowl.
its the same lever you turn off when changing/cleaning bowl or filter.
This sucks...hope all is well. However most engine manuals state to never run at full throttle until 50 hours of use. Man on a new tractor id DEMAND a new unit.
I wouldn't risk having a damaged tractor after buying a new unit.
Good luck. now...wherre is a manual shut off for the solenoid on my Kioti./...i left that book somewheres...
its the same lever you turn off when changing/cleaning bowl or filter.
This sucks...hope all is well. However most engine manuals state to never run at full throttle until 50 hours of use. Man on a new tractor id DEMAND a new unit.
I wouldn't risk having a damaged tractor after buying a new unit.
Good luck. now...wherre is a manual shut off for the solenoid on my Kioti./...i left that book somewheres...
brandoro
Platinum Member
If my tractor did that with 6.5 hours on it I'd get far enough away that I wouldn't get hit by any shrapnel when it blew and call the dealer to come get what was left. I would be expecting them to replace the tractor after that too. Or else give an incredibly long extended warranty. Several years and/or several thousand hours.
I know were the shut off solonoid is but its low and under air filter and there is no way i'm putting my arms anywere near that with engine running, and i checked for a fuel shut off there is none I looked at fuel line from bottom of tank to filter none and from filter to injector pump none,not good for changing filter there should be a shut off in the line from the tank
grsthegreat
Super Star Member
yeiks.....mine has 2 shutoffs. i thought all tractors had at least 1 to use during servicing.
Lockport
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Yeah, I know. Right in front of the fan, too. I've put my hand there but prefer a screwdriver. These little 'Botas have no 'glass bowl' style water seperator, too. Those always have a shutoff. I was going to change mine on my old BX but never got around to it. You see them on the little Kubota Z482 2cyl engine used often in truck generators that I'm sure would fit where that 2nd canister filter is under the hood.
leonz
Super Member
We always sealed off the air intakes when this happened on the Big Duetz's with air throttles and air shut down solenoids.
brandoro
Platinum Member
After thinking about it more it seems really odd that you had a runaway situation as well as a failed fuel shutoff at the same time. Have you checked the oil to see if it was running on motor oil when it took off?