2005 Kubota BX2200D given to me

[ICUJOSEPH]

Good day everyone, I am new to the forum and have never owned a tractor so if you can, please be gentle on me. One of my friends bought a home in the country here in Texas, in one of the old barns he found a 2005 Kubota BX2200 completely covered in dirt/mud/chicken droppings. It looked pretty beat up and decided he did not want it and he offered the tractor to me if as long as I took it off the property. I have to admit, since I have no knowledge of tractors, I was not interested at first sight, but after a little research, I started to understand that those are pretty tough little tractors and since I love to Tinker, I decided to take him up on the offer. To make a long story short, that little Kubota needed allot of love and attention which I was happy to provide. I spend 4 weekends, disassembling the body down to the frame, engine and transmission, basically it was naked as a tractor could be, I then cleaned the entire tractor chassis, transmission, engine and everything that remained, and I removed layers of chicken droppings, feathers, you name it. I changed all the filters, all the fluids, new battery, new air filter, basically everything that I know how to do, I did. Once done, I put the body back together and to my surprise, that little puppy cranked right over and ran like a champ, all PTO's worked, all the hand controls, levers, knobs, lights and gages work. I was extremely surprised and happy to hear it run. So, to the reason of my posting.... even though the tractor runs and operates as it should (from what I know of tractors) it always runs really rough at low idle (factory pre-set I'm assuming) and there is always a puff of smoke out of exhaust when she cranks up, to be completely honest, I am by no means a mechanic and really can’t differentiate the color between black, grey or white, to me it all looks the same, it's either dark or light.... now if I rev up the throttle to maybe around 1/4, then the tractor runs smooth and purrs like I would think a tractor should be, I also noticed that when the tractor is under load like the belly mower it came with, or the throttle is revved up. that same smoke appears. The smoke is barely visible when it's running between 1/4 to half open throttle, however any more than the half throttle, the smoke is much more noticeable, it’s not thick but it is still visible. Can anyone give me some advice on what I could do to fix it? The only thing I did not change where the fuel filters or the glow plugs since they looked to be in good shape, I'm thinking it may one of those, but she starts right up and seems to be receiving the fuel just fine, however I'm not a mechanics it could very well be one of those two things. would it help if I took a video of it so I can show everyone what I mean? Anyhow, Sorry for the long post... and I’ll try to keep it shorter next time around.

Cheers from San Antonio Tx

 

[jeff9366]

Did you receive an Operator's Manual with the BX?

Here are your BX specifications:

TractorData.com Kubota BX2200 tractor information

www.tractordata.com

How many hours are on the engine?

For a 20 year old barn and chicken poop stored tractor I would not be too concerned with a little smoke. Smoke may decrease after two tanks fuel burned during normal operation.

Here is a LINK to the T-B-N archive. There are 200 threads with BX2200 in the title: Search results for query: BX2200


Paragraph your posts if you want them followed.

 

[thepumpguysc]

Definitely change the fuel filter.. think of it like a roll of tp sitting in water.. as soon as you move it, it starts to fall apart..
How about the fuel.?? U should drain the tank into a white or yellow bucket.. simply to see any sediment that may settle..
Do not put it back in.. throw it in the fire pit..
As far as the smoke goes, run the snot outta it for hrs on end.. or push a tree..
If it doesn’t clear up, think about getting the injectors tested and rebuilt if needed.
I can help you with that..
Good luck.

 

[Cycledude]

Wow what a great friend you have !!!!
Yes video of the smoke could be very helpful In getting some opinions of what might need fixing, you definitely should change the fuel filter and drain the old fuel out of the tank.
I would love to see some before and after pictures.
Welcome to the forum, I am looking forward to many new posts !

 

[DB Pilot]

I own a 2001 BX2200D. I bought it brand new and it is still running strong. It has always run rough at idle, so that I have to touch the throttle just a little to smooth out the engine. So that sounds typical. Hydraulic lines have needed replacement and battery cable corroded, but generally I have had very few problems in 21+ years of use. I would really like to disassemble the chassis to clean and paint as you did but, lack the time and abilities.
As to the smoking engine mine has always done that at start up and when first beginning to mow. As soon as the engine warms up it all goes away. Pretty standard I would think. I also have 2180 hrs. on it and use it year around.

 

[diesel85]

I'm happy with my 2002 BX2200. I run oversized attachments on it and sometimes do strange stuff with it. Tough as nails.

It's a pleasure to work on too.

 

[airbiscuit]

Good idea to change the fuel filter. When you do, I would drain a couple of gallons of fuel to remove any water and gunk that could be in the bottom of the fuel tank if you haven't already. Read up in your owners manual on how to bleed the line(s) in case you need to do that after changing the fuel filter.

I would get the grey bottle of Power Service Diesel Kleen (kind of diesel version of Seafoam)

And a bottle of Bio Keen to keep fuel plugging algae from growing in your tank

Then give it a good workout

 

[ljjhouser]

Congratulations on the tractor. Glad it is running. Welcome to TBN.

 

[JWR]

ICUJOE: I see you too ! Welcome aboard. What an interesting tale we have here! Jeff asked the key question -- How many hours on your BX2200? While it has had a rough life you probably have a good little machine that will serve well for many years.

Like all us peanut gallery folks on here I have plenty of advice:

1) While I am NOT a big fan of additives of any kind, I suggest using a good dose of Seafoam or other well-known additive in your fuel. Do it for at least the first couple of tanks as sort of a catch-all for minor things that you cannot do anything about otherwise. Internals of the injection pump, crud in your fuel system, etc.
2) I see Airbiscuit hit the Post key before I got my 2 cents typed in. I agree with everything he said incl. the good suggested additive. The BX2200 fuel tank is impossible to get at almost. I hope you drained lots of fuel when you had the filters off. Years of neglect are kind of settled in that fuel tank (some moisture, some impurities, who knows what) and the additive will work on them slowly but surely removing them. Do not fill the tank really full as these BX2200s have a reputation for leaking fuel around the fuel level sensor hole and you'll get fuel running down on your right rear tire. 2/3 or 3/4 full is safe and many times if I'm going out to mow for an hour or more I'll go ahead and fill it nearly full and just plan on running the top out of it.
3) The smoke is symptomatic of potentially all sorts of things with a diesel engine. Moisture in the fuel, incomplete combustion due to worn rings or engine internals if high hours , an injection pump that hasn't been run enough recently to clear it's throat, or as others mentioned injectors.... My advice is Ignore It for a couple tanks of fuel at least and just see what evolves.
4) I gather it has no front-end loader and does have a belly mower. OK, fine.
5) Does the steering work and feel OK ? Most BX2200 eventually develop a leaky power steering cylinder up front center, low, but kits to fix that are inexpensive and most repair shops can install them. Forget that entire topic unless you have an unresponsive/sloppy steering issue.
6) I assume you topped off the hydraulic fluid? Being a closed system there would not have been a reason to change the expensive fluid.
7) There are multiple grease fittings on that mid-mount mower, some not easy to get at, so be liberal with your grease gun. Any signif rust esp around the wheel mounts for the mower ? They are weak links in an otherwise outstanding mower deck.
8) Watch for spots on the garage floor from any dripping hydraulic lines. Hopefully none.

You should both enjoy your new machine and learn quite a lot from it / about it. Good luck.

 

[Cycledude]

So I wonder whatever happened to ICUJOSEPH only one post and he seems to have disappeared ?