New John Deerre X-758 over Heating ??

[KEYBEAR]

Last summer I bought a 2016 X-758 60 inch deck and the Three Bag Vac System . I works well and the Tractor does well with the mower . I now have 50 hours on the unit and zero problems at all until the last 10 days .

When using the Vac the Tractor works a lot harder and uses a lot more fuel . Two weeks ago half way into mowing and using the Vac the tractor tried to get over heated . It was a warm day and everything was clean no block air flow . To day it did almost the same thing just not as bad weather in the upper 70,s air screen clean just a lot of dust . I know it is working harder but really it should not over heat this easy .

 

[jenkinsph]

If you have a good leaf blower then blow backwards from under the hood and see if you get a bunch of chaff out. I do this as well as the screen that slides out every 8 hours of use. I watch the outboard screens and wipe them off as needed. With the same blower I have not noticed much of a load increase when using it.

 

[KEYBEAR]

I do clean out the radiator both with air and water I never get much if anything .
This Tractor has 52 hours and has been cleaned (Radiator) after every mowing .

 

[Richard001]

I'm not sure what you mean when you say "it tried to overheat".

Did a high temp alarm come on or what?

Richard

 

[RLstangs]

Have your dealer check DTAC solution 55308.

 

[KEYBEAR]

The first time the PTO kicked out and I seen it was over heating .
Today I seen the temp up near the top and let it set for any hour to cool .
I did blow the Radiator out with air and it did help .
Really I do not see a good reason for this unless the Radiator or water pump it not working well .

 

[Mach One]

Get it checked out, it's still under warranty. Beyond that, running the deck and powerflo is a big load on the machine. The powerflo stirs up a lot of dirt, and that dirt combines with clippings blowing around when you are dumping the bags to plug up your screens and cause an overheat.

 

[KEYBEAR]

you are dumping the bags to plug up your screens and cause an overheat.

The screens never get that bad yesterday when the temp got to heading up I pulled the screen out and it was 95% clean .

 

[Kish318420]

Take it in in for service, either bad thermostat, water pump, coolant or a restricted flow (thermostat). Also have them check the radiator cap (pressurized sealed system)

 

[KEYBEAR]

John Deere is working on the problem ? I guess they know the tractors can/do overheat .
Should hear something in a week or two .

 

[LindenBruce]

It's been almost 2 months, what did JD find out? B.

 

[KEYBEAR]

Have not heard a word from John Deere ? But have had no problem .

 

[LindenBruce]

Cool. B.