I recently rolled my Kubota
BX24 while going down a steep decomposed granite hill. brakes just caused skidding, hydrostatic transmission didn't do any braking, it acted like it was in neutral. I tried to make a slight turn to take the steepness out of it, wrong decision. Rolled it, I jumped/catapulted off landed on my hip, fractured it in 2 places. As I laid in bed for several days, i recounted all the things I did wrong.
The tractor laid almost upside down for 3 days before some friends were able to winch it back up the hill to almost level ground. They tried to start it, but there was just clicking noise, like a dead battery. I read many forums about what to expect next. After sitting upright for about 5 weeks, I was able to go evaluate the problem. There was oil coming out of the exhaust pipe and the air cleaner was saturated with oil. I removed the glow pugs and turned it over by hand. So far so good. I engaged the starter and it looked like 3 tiny oil wells pumping oil out of the openings. I did this off and on until just a vapor came out. reinstalled the glo plugs and started it up with billows of smoke for several minutes. I drove it back to it's parking space but it ran very rough and still smoked. I changed the oil and filter and trans filter and topped off the radiator. I am wondering if a lot of oil went into the muffler and it might be causing the smoke and rough running (I ordered a new muffler), or if a rod was bent during the Clicking part of trying to start it. I am just barely a shade tree mechanic and don't have the experience to tear the engine down. Does it sound like I should go to the dealer and fork over my IRA to get it repaired, or do the forum members have other ideas?
P.S. iam still using a walker and a cane to get about.
