Oil & Fuel DK 45s Diesel tank capacity?
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Highbeam
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Well, in the spirit of providing a solution, I will gladly borrow your tractor and run it out of fuel for the sake of seeing how much it will hold. Do you have a bakhoe I could use too? You'll need to deliver it to the stumpfield.
I have never run my tank dry and have no intention to do so. I have determined the location on the fuel gauge where it will take a full 5 gallon jerry can of fuel and thats when I refuel it, or at the end of the day.
It has needed 6 or 6.5 when the gauge reads nearly empty and the alleged capacity is in the mid 7 range so I feel pretty good that the gauge is reading properly. I sure wish I had your 15 gallon tank. I can't make it through the day without refueling.
I think that there are just not as many 45 owners and even less that are willing to run the tanks dry.
I have never run my tank dry and have no intention to do so. I have determined the location on the fuel gauge where it will take a full 5 gallon jerry can of fuel and thats when I refuel it, or at the end of the day.
It has needed 6 or 6.5 when the gauge reads nearly empty and the alleged capacity is in the mid 7 range so I feel pretty good that the gauge is reading properly. I sure wish I had your 15 gallon tank. I can't make it through the day without refueling.
I think that there are just not as many 45 owners and even less that are willing to run the tanks dry.
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4sarge
Silver Member
Highbeam said:
Funny - Never said that I had a 15 gallon tank and sure didn't ask anyone to run their tanks dry but the Kioti manual supplied is incorrect. It shouldn't be a big mystery as to the factory fuel tank capacity. I thought that with the wealth of Kioti knowledge here that someone would know the answer. Haven't been here for awhile but there had always been friendly knowledgeable dealers/owners. Guess that has changed to not so funny left coast comedians
Patches
Veteran Member
4sarge; While I don't own a DK45,(LK 3054xs TLB)I've found Kioti apparently doesn't know a whole lot about what they're selling. From advertised horsepower to capacities, they don't have a clue. It seems like; what does the competition have in this class tractor and we'll advertise "just a touch more".Not neccessarily deliver, just advertise and when called on it use the "we reserve the right to change specifications without notification" caveat
Highbeam
Super Member
4sarge said:Guess that has changed to not so funny left coast comedians
Wow. Well you know what they say about silly questions..... The only way anybody can possible know the answer to your question is to either run their tank dry or to fill the tank, remove the line, and drain it into measured receptabcle. You didn't stump anyone.
I have also verified errors in Kioti's published capacities. For example, the front axle fluid capacity.
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4sarge
Silver Member
Highbeam said:
I learned along time ago"There are No Silly Questions only Silly Answers" the DK 45s would have a standard Kioti diesel tank that would be of X gallonage and that amount is known by I would expect Kioti Dealers, mechanics or maybe even another DK 45s owner. - It wasn't meant to be a Math question that is evidently way over your head. What happened to the forum, it used to be a nice helpful place to find information and are you really that bored today to play Keyboard Commando?
MrJimi
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4sarge, give me the dimensions of your tank, length, width and height and if you have any serious bumps/dents in it and I will give you tank capacity,, and, yes, I know your tank is not a nice rectangle but it will be close depending on the measurements you give me
Jim
Jim
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4sarge
Silver Member
MrJimi said:4sarge, give me the dimensions of your tank, length, width and height and if you have any serious bumps/dents in it and I will give you tank capacity,, and, yes, I know your tank is not a nice rectangle but it will be close depending on the measurements you give me
Jim
Thanks to all that have actually attempted to be of help here at TBN. It's not a question that needed to an ounce exact answer, an approximation would have sufficed. My guess is 7 to 10 gallon US. I'm just surprised that the owners manual is that far off. Hats off to the good guys here - at least there still are a few
Mr Jimi - thanks for the offer - I really thought that someone would know and that it wasn't a deep dark closely guarded secret known only to the high volume TBN Posers er Posters 
mark.r
Platinum Member
Interesting topic, I found the DK45HST to have a "strange" capacity as well. I believe the manual states 11.X gals. (I could be off) however, I have run it down to below the empty line, than filled it with a 5 gal. can and watch the gauge creep up to just under the full line. So either the gauge is incorrect or the tank is much smaller than 11.X gals. I am assuming that once the needle hits the empty mark you still have 3 or so gallons in the tank. But as many have said, who wants to run their tank dry playing "chicken"?
So either the gauge is incorrect or the tank is much smaller than 11.X gals. I am assuming that once the needle hits the empty mark you still have 3 or so gallons in the tank. But as many have said, who wants to run their tank dry playing "chicken"?