Bad day,Lost an engine

[Sawyer Rob]

Most of the time I use Shell Rotella 15w40. I used dino oil, but this event may cause me to go synthetic. The added protection could have made a difference.

You just would have ran it longer and trashed it worse...

SR

 

[sd455dan]

New bearing are $144. Not cheap by any means. They are sold by the by the individual bearing, not a pair. Why in the world would you use one single bearing? Is there a time when you would replace the cap bearing and not roll the other one out and replace it?

That is crazy... never heard of selling 1/2 bearing shells individually, sounds like a way to charge more

 

[truckdiagnostics]

Going in for a new set of rod bearings. We will see how that works out. I am just not sure how well I will sleep with this fix as much as I use the tractor. If it breaks during peak mowing season, I could see myself losing jobs and customers that I just can't have happen. I think I will be forced to trade for another tractor. I am not unhappy with the Bobcat. It could have happened to any tractor. When you run a rotary mower, it's a tough environment. Things are going to happen.

Ask if you can look at it while it is apart, specifically rod and main journals, that way you can get that warm fuzzy feeling. At the very least have them save the old bearing so you can look at them. Take pics of the bearing and post them. There is a couple of guys on here that can look at them and give you pretty good idea, if it is time to trade or keep it, just by looking at the bearings. Another thing you can do is, cut open the old filter and look at it. Another thing you may want to consider is start pulling regular oil samples. New or new used stuff is not trouble free either.

 

[tman1020]

Most of the time I use Shell Rotella 15w40. I used dino oil, but this event may cause me to go synthetic. The added protection could have made a difference.

That's kind of what I was thinking to. I'm a big fan of synthetic oils.

 

[MESSMAKER]

Ask if you can look at it while it is apart, specifically rod and main journals, that way you can get that warm fuzzy feeling. At the very least have them save the old bearing so you can look at them. Take pics of the bearing and post them. There is a couple of guys on here that can look at them and give you pretty good idea, if it is time to trade or keep it, just by looking at the bearings. Another thing you can do is, cut open the old filter and look at it. Another thing you may want to consider is start pulling regular oil samples. New or new used stuff is not trouble free either.

Will do if I can. The mechanic I picked is about an hour away so I might not get a ton of one on one. I did get the feeling that he was not out to take me for every cent. He was the mechanic and his boss is the machinist. He let me on a tidbit of info. He said he had done a bunch of head jobs on compact kubota's. He said the heads are warping if they get hot. He said he usually did a coupe a year and he is on pace to do 12-15 this year. I wonder what is up?

 

[KubotainNH]

Ask him to send you photos of the inside. The guy I go to for inspections texts me items he finds. That's the world we live in now. Painless.

 

[D2Cat]

Will do if I can. The mechanic I picked is about an hour away so I might not get a ton of one on one. I did get the feeling that he was not out to take me for every cent. He was the mechanic and his boss is the machinist. He let me on a tidbit of info. He said he had done a bunch of head jobs on compact kubota's. He said the heads are warping if they get hot. He said he usually did a coupe a year and he is on pace to do 12-15 this year. I wonder what is up?

He's just setting you up so you'll be easy to convince, you need head work done! Remember, his boss needs work to.

I have a hard time believing what he's telling you, unless his doing 40-50 Kubota heads a month.

 

[prichard]

He's just setting you up so you'll be easy to convince, you need head work done! Remember, his boss needs work to.

I have a hard time believing what he's telling you, unless his doing 40-50 Kubota heads a month.

I'm a bit suspicious of this as well. If this was really widespread there would be at least weekly threads on here.

 

[murphy1244]

He's just setting you up so you'll be easy to convince, you need head work done! Remember, his boss needs work to.

I have a hard time believing what he's telling you, unless his doing 40-50 Kubota heads a month.

Well he only talks about 12-15 a Year. That's one a month. Not much considering the thousands of Kubota engines out there.

 

[MESSMAKER]

I'm a bit suspicious of this as well. If this was really widespread there would be at least weekly threads on here.

Could be nothing. He said he had been doing work for the dealer for about 10 years and said it had went from a rarity to very common in the last year or so.