radioman
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huh?! ar eyou saying if the BX is at a angle its gonna run dry even with proper oil levels?!
BX1850 engine trouble
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Gary T.
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If you lost oil pressure while doing tractor work on a hill you should have seen your low oil pressure light come on. For your tractor to starve for oil on a hill I would think you would have to be very low on oil. If your tractor was serviced with the correct amount of oil, I don't see how you would run low on oil with a tractor that only has 300 hours on it.
To those of you that said it was the oil. I've been using amsoil in everything I own (cars, truck, jet ski's, boat, ATV, RTV, race car, and tractors). As others have said, it was not the oil.
To those of you that said it was the oil. I've been using amsoil in everything I own (cars, truck, jet ski's, boat, ATV, RTV, race car, and tractors). As others have said, it was not the oil.
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drag_slick
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The oil was full, it was the first thing I checked when I first saw the light flicker at idle. If the light did come on while I was pushing snow I didn't see it, but by that time you're at only 7psi.
leonz
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I would venture the slope or snow pile was above 21 degrees in incline and it (the crankcase) was low and it starved due to the upper and lower crankcase pans/reservoirs with inadequate oil levels and that starved the oil pump and then ruined it.
Our Kubota work buggies had the dual oil pans for upper and lower reservoirs and we always had to check them (both dip sticks) for adequate oil level before advancing up the mine slopes.
The small Kubota engines have been built with the dual oil pans for many years due to the steep slopes and terraces on many rice farms using their engines for rice planters and harvesters and small tractors.:thumbsup:
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drag_slick
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Again, oil was full. I'll have to get out the clino and check the slope.
Not sure what you mean about upper and lower pans?
Gary T.
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Did you ever figure out what let go, rod bearing, crank bearing? I always thought that oil starvation generally causes lower rod bearing problems. I would think if you had a crankshaft bearing problem, it was from a manufacturing problem, or dirt/metal in the oil.
If you are rebuilding the old engine, you'll want to figure out what caused the failure. If you are buying a new crate motor then guess it doesn't matter, but I would still want to know.
Good Luck,
Gary T.
If you are rebuilding the old engine, you'll want to figure out what caused the failure. If you are buying a new crate motor then guess it doesn't matter, but I would still want to know.
Good Luck,
Gary T.
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drag_slick
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Crank bearings are hammered, can't remember what the rod bearings looked like, I'll look again. Went with a new engine.
dodge man
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I'm not sure, but I don't think BX's have dual level oil pans. They don't have two dipstick either.
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Oil level was not the cause in that case. I operate frequently and long term mowing on a 30 degree slope -- steep enuf that it is very close to the traction limit. No ill effects and mine is only in the "safe" zone - not completely full.
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drag_slick
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Larry,
When you get to the bottom of the hill do you turn around and go back up, or do you just hit reverse and back up the hill?