I was moving wood over the weekend and the normal engine clatter changed, it was all of a sudden louder and raw diesel smell with bluish smoke. The noise is a metallic clatter. It still starts right up but it really stinks. I have not had a chance to really look at it. Could it be a bad injector? I have noticed in the past the it would clatter when starts after sitting for a week or more but then go away.
L185 Engine noise
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It's probably a bad injector if it smells like raw diesel, but as 100 td point out check the radiator level as it could have blown a head gasket and is sucking antifreeze.
Radiator was full and the oil light was off. I will look at it more this weekend. I have not started it again , I ordered 2 injectors for it anyway they were inexpensive so I figured I would try those first. I hope it didn't blow the head gasket. Or worse crack the head. I guess I could look for bubbles in the radiator.
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A good sign, hopefully as NIW suggests, the injectors will cure it. One other thing to check if it has it, decompression lever, is it working correctly? Good luck!
I went out and checked out the l185 tonight. No water in oil, radiator full, started it up clattered for 10-15 seconds then stopped, after a bit of running I checked the radiator for bubbles, none. It still has a very strong raw diesel smell. I will get a compression tester next.
So I put the 2 new injectors in today and changed the oil. The tractor runs great no smoke. Put a new fuel filter also. Did not get around to putting the oil pressure gauge in today.
So looking at the nozzles on the bottom of the old injectors the front one was dry and the rear was wet and where the tip goes thru the nozzle it was chipped some so the fuel was leaking a lot.
So looking at the nozzles on the bottom of the old injectors the front one was dry and the rear was wet and where the tip goes thru the nozzle it was chipped some so the fuel was leaking a lot.
It's nice you got the problem fixed with just replacing injectors, and was able to see the injector's problem.
There's not much worse when working on something mechanical and you replace some parts and fix a problem, but never discover what the actual problem was!
There's not much worse when working on something mechanical and you replace some parts and fix a problem, but never discover what the actual problem was!
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Was it a Kubota injector, rebuilt or a knockoff?
Bought a set off knockoffs on Ebay, installed them in my L175 and they were Ka Ka.
Bought some Kubotas, problem solved.
Bought a set off knockoffs on Ebay, installed them in my L175 and they were Ka Ka.
Bought some Kubotas, problem solved.
My friend who is a diesel mechanic (really good) stopped over to look at the kubota. I started it for him, after running it for a few minutes I shut it down. He said pull the injectors and come by the shop with the and the old ones. So I did and he is going to rebuild them. He gave me a hard time about buying the injectors online. And if I wanted it done right to go to him and stop buying crap online. So lesson learned again.
I got the injectors back, he took the original injectors and rebuilt them with new nozzles and other pcs. He said the aftermarket was out of spec and toss it. So we put them in and he put in injector anti sticking fluid. It runs great again.
Good report. It's nice to have friends with similar interest to help solve some of the problems!