.Goodmorning all, this is my very first post. Take it easy on me, I have owned my tractor, L3301 with a front end loader since March of 2017. I got it new, as I live in the country, 5 acres, and have small jobs I do around the property. I have enjoyed using it, and I must say, I really used the forklift a lot more than I thought. I have a 5 ft bush hog and a post drill attachment. I have only 207 hours on it. That brings me to the reason of this post.
I keep my tractor in a metal shop (30x40) so it stays out of the weather. I have had it serviced by Kabota at 50 hours, which I did not get until July 2017. Since then I have not had it serviced, but do the daily regular checks one would do when operating it. Since I haven稚 used it a lot this past year, I periodically start it and let it run for about an hour, to charge the battery mostly, but to get fluids moving around. I hav in the past done a è¿*egen? but have had no trouble out of it, until......2 weeks ago, I started it, to charge battery as it was getting cooler here. I noticed a leak near the front around the connections of the front end loader, but under the radiator area. It was slick, oily feeling fluid. I thought it was an oil leak, until I noticed a lot of smoke coming from the muffler. Apparently, after further examination, I found out that diesel fuel was spitting out of the muffler. Not a lot, but enough that it would get on the cross arms and flow to the middle and drip. It runs fine, good power, but the smoke concerns me, and it hasn稚 asked for a regen. I took it to Kabota yesterday for a 400 hour service, (I am at 207 hours) but I felt changing fluids and letting the technicians do a once over wouldn稚 hurt. I also told them about the leak and showed them where on the muffler, you could tell diesel mad it look darker and wet.
What could that be, because the tech had no answer. I thought maybe it had something to do with the DPM that is on the machine. I hate that DPM, as I find it un necessary.
Again thank you for reading my first post, and any suggestions would be great. The warranty ran out last year.
I keep my tractor in a metal shop (30x40) so it stays out of the weather. I have had it serviced by Kabota at 50 hours, which I did not get until July 2017. Since then I have not had it serviced, but do the daily regular checks one would do when operating it. Since I haven稚 used it a lot this past year, I periodically start it and let it run for about an hour, to charge the battery mostly, but to get fluids moving around. I hav in the past done a è¿*egen? but have had no trouble out of it, until......2 weeks ago, I started it, to charge battery as it was getting cooler here. I noticed a leak near the front around the connections of the front end loader, but under the radiator area. It was slick, oily feeling fluid. I thought it was an oil leak, until I noticed a lot of smoke coming from the muffler. Apparently, after further examination, I found out that diesel fuel was spitting out of the muffler. Not a lot, but enough that it would get on the cross arms and flow to the middle and drip. It runs fine, good power, but the smoke concerns me, and it hasn稚 asked for a regen. I took it to Kabota yesterday for a 400 hour service, (I am at 207 hours) but I felt changing fluids and letting the technicians do a once over wouldn稚 hurt. I also told them about the leak and showed them where on the muffler, you could tell diesel mad it look darker and wet.
What could that be, because the tech had no answer. I thought maybe it had something to do with the DPM that is on the machine. I hate that DPM, as I find it un necessary.
Again thank you for reading my first post, and any suggestions would be great. The warranty ran out last year.
