Why? The drain plug is the lowest point on the pan. Draining it from that point gets the most of the contaminated oil out, plus washes debris out with the oil.
I agree. Only time to use a suction tube is in a boat where you can't get to the drain plug. That drain plug should have been checked at the dealer. Critical bolts,nuts and oil plugs usually have a paint mark on them to show that someone checked it for proper tightness.
WHOA! Painted torque stripes ?? On a tractor??? I've NEVER seen the like!
I disagree, you might want to go take a better look at your tractor, unless it's been repainted it will either have yellow or red paint on several key adjustment ,drain plug and torque points on the tractor, why my 45 year old B7100 still has the factory / dealer paint on them!
Just on a note of optimism:Here's a hell of a first post.
New L4701 with 12.5 hours. I was bush hogging some pastures and backing into some hard to reach places, so looking backwards and not viewing the dashboard when the engine starts knocking and bogs down, I immediately look forward, see the low pressure light, throttle down and kill the ignition. Temurature is in the normal range so I investigate further with the oil dipstick... dry stick and burnt oil smoke from the tube..what the actual fuc? I had checked the oil before starting 2 hours before and it was good to go. I climb down for a look under the engine to find oil drain plug missing.
I'm a little bit pissed and I feel the dealer is responsible to some degree, I don't feel like oil drain plug was tightened properly on initial start up service or it would not have vibrated out after 12 or so hours. Definitely not torqued to spec.
How screwed is the engine and how responsible is the dealership?
I plan to go to the dealership first thing in the morning to get oil and a new plug and describe to them the events of today. I'm hoping to get it in writing that they may be responsible for future engine problems.
In the OP's photo, "The other drain plug" right across from the missing one doesn't show any markings from this camera angle. There is no paint markings visible on the pan at the open drain location either. I would say, No markings were (or are) part of the oil plug scheme.Yep very possible that the paint has worn off.
A tractor with just 12 hours on it should have the paint on it, but sadly if it was only on the head of the plug we may never know if it had any or not.
Nope, they are made in the US, Georgia, then shipped all over US, Canada, and other parts.
So full of oil? The reason I ask is because someone recently on OTT said they bought a new? tractor and said the dealer used something other than UDT in it, so I thought they may ship dry?
