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[carhartfarm]

Can you get a picture of the timing gears/marks?

Skip

I can get a picture today some time. and post it

 

[carhartfarm]

Carhartfarm, I'll mention it one more time. Before you ASSUME that its a complicated and expensive fix, have you checked my suggestion?

The LIKELYHOOD of jumping teeth on steel gears is FAR less likely than contaminated fuel. The LIKELYHOOD of a sudden loss of compression or whatever on a Kubota is far less likely than contaminated fuel.

Have you checked the fuel? It may not smell drastically different since the new stuff doesn't have much sulphur in it. I'm not sure the exact way to determine besides a simple draining of your fuel tank and bleeding all your lines with fresh diesel from a truck stop or reliable location.

Just a polite suggestion. I hate to see people ripping down motors that are very likely NOT broken.

Yes I did drain all the fuel and put new fuel in the same result when you try to start it the engine acts like the fuel or valves are out of sync as the engine kicks back like a gas engine does when it is out of time.

 

[carhartfarm]

you might have to turn the engine over by hand quite a few times to get all the dot to align with their mate
Hank

If I turn the engine "crank" over 5 times and the timing marks never get closer than 1 to 2 teeth off, I can assume it is out of time, I think. I am going to pull the water pump drive gear as it is used to turn the fuel cam and the valve cam and put the cams back in time.

 

[ipz2222]

If it did "jump time",, you've got some really worn out bushing/bearings in the block!!!

 

[eserv]

If it did "jump time",, you've got some really worn out bushing/bearings in the block!!!

You would likely have to turn that engine over 50 or more times before those marks will line up! I'll almost guarantee you it is not out of time. I get a phone call almost every week about someone taking the front cover off their Kubota and thinking it is out of time because those marks aren't lined up.