This light just came on.....

[gunny0628]

High exhaust temperature indicator. The manual is extremely vague and I have no idea what to do. I have been mowing about an acre when it came one.

 

[Shaneard]

Read the writing beside what you circled. It tells you what it's for and to not turn it off until it goes out.

 

[gunny0628]

I read what it said. It doesn’t say I should press the regen button.

 

[gunny0628]

It also says this light comes on when the regen process is started. I was mowing. I didn’t start the process.

 

[ptsg]

The process starts on it's own. That's just a light so you know the regen is going on. Once it finishes, the light goes away.

The buttons are there for when you want to cancel the regen if you're working on highly inflamable stuff like hay, straw and so on. Since the DPF is getting cleaned, it can throw some really hot particles out of the exhaust, which is a bad combination with straw.

 

[Shaneard]

The process starts on it's own. That's just a light so you know the regen is going on. Once it finishes, the light goes away.

^^^This^^^

 

[gunny0628]

^^^This^^^

Not helpful

 

[gunny0628]

The process starts on it's own. That's just a light so you know the regen is going on. Once it finishes, the light goes away.

The buttons are there for when you want to cancel the regen if you're working on highly inflamable stuff like hay, straw and so on. Since the DPF is getting cleaned, it can throw some really hot particles out of the exhaust, which is a bad combination with straw.

Thanks.

 

[ptsg]

Do a search on emission stuff on this forum. You'll find loads of threads about these subject. Once you read it, you'll understand much better what the tractor is doing and why the thing decided to clean.

The problems with emissions we often read here, are caused by the owners not running the tractors hard enough or from the owners cancelling too many regens. Then the DPF will get plugged more and more over time.

EDIT: Was going through the RK55 manual, they also mentioned on another page that the light means that the exhaust is over 400 degrees. Basically meaning that you're working the tractor hard enough for the DPF to be happy.

 

[gunny0628]

Probably more of a case of me not running it hard enough. It o my has 30.1 hours on it. I know not to let it idle for long periods of time. I called the store and the tech told me to park it, put it in neutral, apply the parking brake and run it at full throttle until the light goes off. I’m sitting here trying to figure out what to do so I don’t screw up a $30,000 tractor.

Thanks for taking the time to give me a head start.

 

[gunny0628]

Do a search on emission stuff on this forum. You'll find loads of threads about these subject. Once you read it, you'll understand much better what the tractor is doing and why the thing decided to clean.

The problems with emissions we often read here, are caused by the owners not running the tractors hard enough or from the owners cancelling too many regens. Then the DPF will get plugged more and more over time.

EDIT: Was going through the RK55 manual, they also mentioned on another page that the light means that the exhaust is over 400 degrees. Basically meaning that you're working the tractor hard enough for the DPF to be happy.

So am I working it good enough, not hard enough or park it and open the throttle wide open??? Lol

 

[ovrszd]

Go back to what you were doing. Don't shut the tractor off until light goes out. If you finish work first then leave it running full throttle til light goes out.

 

[gunny0628]

Makes sense. Thanks brother

 

[gunny0628]

Learned some stuff. The light went off. I went back to mowing and it shut off. Thank you to those of you that are patient.

 

[ptsg]

Just to be clear. That light doesn't mean that you have a problem on your tractor. According to the manual, there is another light if there is a in fact a problem or malfunction.

 

[gunny0628]

Just to be clear. That light doesn't mean that you have a problem on your tractor. According to the manual, there is another light if there is a in fact a problem or malfunction.

That’s what I figured. After some back and forth on here. Prior to today I didn’t think the manual was poorly written. Maybe it’s not for those that have been farming and using tractors for the better part of their lives. Crazy how posting on here returned better answers and understanding than the manual did.

Thank you again for the help.

 

[ptsg]

No worries. I'll see if any of the Branson manuals I have, explain the emissions thing a bit better. If so, I'll post here. I doubt it though.

 

[ovrszd]

Glad it all worked out Gunny.

 

[gunny0628]

Me too. Funny thing is I go back to mowing so it will finish and my fuel gauge starts blinking. Talk about adding some stress to the whole “don’t turn it off” thing. Ugh! Worked out and I learned more from the experience and the help on here than I did the manual.

 

[ovrszd]

I always read the entire manual when I get equipment. Then when I start getting use time I have a little better chance of knkwing what's going on. I struggle with the wording in manuals. I think there's some loss in translation.