Kubota Temperature Readings

Harv · Jan 6, 2001

After seeing some comments in the "Cold TC45D" thread, I was concerned about the the temp readings on my L2500.

A number of folks said their temperature guage needles barely move off the bottom peg under normal use. Mine settles in right at 12 o'clock (mid-range) for the most part. Gerard says his 2500 reads the same as mine.

Maybe we could hear from other Kubota tamers about their model and temp readings?

I guess ambient temperature would be useful information, too.

TWINKLE_TOES · Jan 6, 2001

Harv,

B21 under normal use is about 10:00 up from 8:30. Ambient 50 deg F.

Mr TT A.K.A. Al

gordon · Jan 6, 2001

Harv I've got a L3750 and the temp ranges from 1/4 to 3/4 in the temp gauge. The tractor has a spot about half way on the gauge with a space in the line on the gauge face. This is where it runs during summer when I'm running the tractor hard. If I'm rotary cutting and the grill gets gunked up with debris then I've seen it as high as 3/4, clean the grill and goes back to normal. In winter it runs from 1/4 to 1/3 unless I block the grill off then it will go up to half. I usully keep the grill blocked for the sole reason that I run the heater in the cab and this takes alot of the heat from the engine.
Gordon

P.K. Burke · Jan 6, 2001

Harv:
My L2500d runs in the middle of the gauge no matter what the ambient temperature. The only time it rises is when the radiator screen gets clogged with grass and dust. Of course out here in Cal. its a dry heat.

Harv · Jan 6, 2001

P.K. (or do I call you Patrick?) -

Thanks for the report. Sounds like all the 2500's are behaving the same. That's good news to me. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

I'm in Northern California, too. Whereabouts do you do your tractorin'?

geneP · Jan 6, 2001

`The way Gordon describes the mark half way between cold and hot sounds just like the guage on my L2250. Mine also runs right on that mark with ambient temps from the 40's to the high 90's. If ambient temps get colder or hotter, I don't need to be on the tractor.

Jag · Jan 7, 2001

Harv, my L2650 temp gage will set right on the normal operation mark most all the time(mid range setting). During the cool weather it will take quite sometime to reach that high, and will run just below the mid mark unless it is run hard. In the hot summer it will go up to the mid mark and set there unless I am cutting grass and the raditor screen is starting to get plugged up, when it starts to go above the mid mark more than just a little time to blow out the screen.

Jeff_In_NC · Jan 7, 2001

Harv,
My L2500DT temp gauge runs about 12 o'clock (half way) when warmed up. It appears to be the point that the thermostat opens. If it is under a heavy heavy load and it is around 100F It'll run about 5/8 of travel until the load is reduced. Then it will return to the mid point....unless the radiator screen is dirty. Some type of graduation on the gauge as to actual temperature instead of a "relative" measurement would be nice. Maybe at some point I will search up a replacement with degree markings.
jeff_in_nc

Jeff_In_NC · Jan 7, 2001

I guess I can't go back and edit and attach a picture now...
jeff_in_nc

Thomas · Jan 7, 2001

Jeff,
About how long does it take during the winter months before you reach the temp.

Looks like she needs a little nourishment. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Harv · Jan 7, 2001

Jeff -

Thanks for the pict -- worth a thousand words. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

You're seeing exactly the same thing I am (except yours is cleaner), so I guess I'll stop worrying about it. I was concerned when other folks said their temp guage barely registered at all under normal operations, but it makes more sense to me to have "normal" right in the middle of the scale. Makes it easier to know when it's warmed up.

BTW - looks like you're ready to toss another 5 gallons of diesel in the tank. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

P.K. Burke · Jan 7, 2001

Harv:
You can call me Pat, PK, or anything but late for dinner. I'm in Kelseyville Ca. which is in Lake county about 100 miles northwest of Sacramento and 40 miles east of Ukiah. On the shores of beautiful Clear Lake, (misnomer) with the cleanest air in the country. Where abouts are you?

Harv · Jan 7, 2001

PK (I like that one) -

I live in the S.F. East Bay area -- Walnut Creek to be exact. My tractor lives on 42 acres outside of Sutter Creek, near Jackson, off of highway 49.

Looks like we're slowly building up some Californy presence here on the board. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

PaulB · Jan 7, 2001

Now Harv you got me all worried again, just when I thought everything was OK. Lets hear form some B series owners - like I said, my 1700 gauge NEVER EVER has been higher than 1/8 inch off the low temp. peg. Last time I posted on this, several B owners said the same thing, so did my dealer, so i stopped worrying about it and let it rest. Now along comes Harv and his band of L owners, and I am all worried again. I gotta stop reading so many posts or my ulcer is never going to heal!

Harv · Jan 7, 2001

Paul -

I'm starting to suspect that each make/model of tractor has its own temperature-reading characteristics. I would look for consensus amongst other B1700 owners. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

PaulInMi · Jan 7, 2001

Harv-

In my 7 short hours of tractorin, my gauge hasn't gone much above just over the top of the C line. Of course, today was the warmest its been since I,ve owned it, 34F/w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif.

I bought a light duty rear blade(contrary to the conversation in the JD section) today and I had to try it out/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.

Paul

Jeff_In_NC · Jan 7, 2001

That picture was taken this afternoon with the tractor idleing in the driveway for about 10 min. Outside air temp upper 40s and the tractor had not been started since Christmas day. I was gonna take some actual tempature readings but found that my temp probe has been damaged....now I have to search up a Fluke service center....
Yep, it's about time to feed her again BUT diesel cost too much now and I wouldn't want it to get old in the tank before spring. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
jeff in nc

Harv · Jan 7, 2001

Paul -

You've got a 3000, right?

I just peeked at the 2600/3000 brochure and it looks like you've got a whole new (and improved, I must say) instrument panel. Odds are, from what I'm gathering in this thread, that it will read differently than those of us with the old-fashioned guages.

Interesting, though. Thanks for the input. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Wingnut · Jan 8, 2001

Harv,
mid-Michigan ... L3710 GST ... and the only time (summer and winter) that the gauge has gone above the 1/8th mark (halfway to 1/4, of course) is when I let the front screen get clogged. Cleaned it off and back to the 1/8 mark. That includes when I really worked it by tilling the pasture (first time) in 3rd gear and with tines set for max depth. This winter when pushing snow ... it hardly makes the low temp line even after working hard.

too bad that common sense ain't

john_bud · Jan 9, 2001

Harv,

Here in Western Wisconsin my new L3410 HST with only 29 hours, has the same response as "Wingnut's" L3710. It only goes to the 1/8th mark. I just assumed that I wasn't pushing it hard enough yet to cause it to break a sweat. I was on it for 2 hours last weekend and it took about 45 min to reach the 1/8th mark. Ambient temperature was up to 20 F and I spent 20 min idling first.

In the fall when I was playing with the tractor, learning how to use the HST and the Loader, I made some earthen berms to hopefully catch the spring melt on my back acres and form a duck puddle. I only had the engine up to 2000 RPM's, but worked it steady for 8 hours one day when the ambient was in the 70's and it only reached the 1/8th mark. Hopefully, that means there is a lot of reserve cooling on tap for when I do work it hard at the PTO speeds!

Best of luck,

jb