Good morning Kubota fans 
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My name is Brett and I'm just east of Grand Rapids Mi(first post figured and intro would be nice).
Now to the heart of the post.
I have a 2012 Kubota with around 400hrs with a no start issue although it will turn over quite quickly once it stopped having any fuel in the engine. It's been a great tractor for me for the last 4 years with no real problems, I really enjoy having it around and look forward to getting it up and running soon as fall is a busy time here.
I'm quite active on a few other forums and did a lot of searching before posting, most every post I read in regards to fuel it was the lift pump or folks just said bleed it and there was no reply as to what the problem was so I assume they just needed to bleed it. This one seemed very promising, but I checked "all" the fuses as well as the wiring where it goes through the point he had an issue and it wasn't that, but this may help someone with a crank but no start problem.
http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20970&page=2
I will report back whatever the fix is once it's found as I hate reading 3 or more pages to find that the OP never responded with the fix, how frustrating.
I was pressure washing the house yesterday(tractor wasn't getting wet) and my son was running the tractor while I was in the bucket(not suggested without proper safety equipment and it felt as though he shut it off, I asked him to raise it up a bit and he fired it up and raised me up, then it shut off again, when I was done with that section he let me down with the engine off(he didn't shut it off it had stalled both times). Then I was going to move the tractor to the next area and he said it was out of gas, it was low, but I didn't think it was that low. I grabbed a can and put 5 gallons in it and it was registering at just over half so I thought maybe it did run out . But when I looked at the fuel filter it was totally full. It was acting as though it needed fuel so I opened the bleed valve by the lift pump and turned the tractor over a good bit and then closed it, no start so I repeated this a few times with no change. I then cracked the lines open at the injectors and turned it over, it appeared as though I got some fuel from the back and front lines but not the middle so I tightened them up and tried to start it again, nothing. Repeated loosening the lines a couple more times and turning it over and then tried just one line to see if that would help, but nothing.(I've never had to loosen the lines before while changing filters or when it was run out of fuel, but I usually shut equipment right down if it surges while running, I could not hear it surge as I was running the pressure washer, but I also did not feel it surge and I think I would have although it was only idling).
I then pulled the inlet hose at the lift pump and there is plenty of fuel there and pressure from gravity and I pulled the hose on the outlet and there was fuel there also.
One important thing is that the fuel gauge now shows that the tank is empty so I'm thinking there is an electrical problem at least with the gauge, but possibly they are not two separate issues since the gauge problem just started? I can hear the fuel shut off solenoid clicking when I turn the ignition key forward so I didn't think it was the shut off solenoid. I checked all the fuses and they look good.
Any thoughts or advice appreciated.
Thanks guys,
Brett
Just to save you guys having a similar problem the time of reading the whole 3 pages I'll let you know I got it fixed(I'd change the title and add "fixed" but don't know how. Moderators could you, or let me know how and I will..
It must have been an air bubble in the hose just after the lift pump(upstream). I pulled the hose off after the lift pump and let it drain about a half quart of fuel, then tried it with the bleed valve open and got nothing so I tried it with it closed and it fired right up.
Thanks for all the help from OTT folks.
.My name is Brett and I'm just east of Grand Rapids Mi(first post figured and intro would be nice).
Now to the heart of the post.
I have a 2012 Kubota with around 400hrs with a no start issue although it will turn over quite quickly once it stopped having any fuel in the engine. It's been a great tractor for me for the last 4 years with no real problems, I really enjoy having it around and look forward to getting it up and running soon as fall is a busy time here.
I'm quite active on a few other forums and did a lot of searching before posting, most every post I read in regards to fuel it was the lift pump or folks just said bleed it and there was no reply as to what the problem was so I assume they just needed to bleed it. This one seemed very promising, but I checked "all" the fuses as well as the wiring where it goes through the point he had an issue and it wasn't that, but this may help someone with a crank but no start problem.
http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20970&page=2
I will report back whatever the fix is once it's found as I hate reading 3 or more pages to find that the OP never responded with the fix, how frustrating
. I was pressure washing the house yesterday(tractor wasn't getting wet) and my son was running the tractor while I was in the bucket(not suggested without proper safety equipment
and it felt as though he shut it off, I asked him to raise it up a bit and he fired it up and raised me up, then it shut off again, when I was done with that section he let me down with the engine off(he didn't shut it off it had stalled both times). Then I was going to move the tractor to the next area and he said it was out of gas, it was low, but I didn't think it was that low. I grabbed a can and put 5 gallons in it and it was registering at just over half so I thought maybe it did run out . But when I looked at the fuel filter it was totally full. It was acting as though it needed fuel so I opened the bleed valve by the lift pump and turned the tractor over a good bit and then closed it, no start so I repeated this a few times with no change. I then cracked the lines open at the injectors and turned it over, it appeared as though I got some fuel from the back and front lines but not the middle so I tightened them up and tried to start it again, nothing. Repeated loosening the lines a couple more times and turning it over and then tried just one line to see if that would help, but nothing.(I've never had to loosen the lines before while changing filters or when it was run out of fuel, but I usually shut equipment right down if it surges while running, I could not hear it surge as I was running the pressure washer, but I also did not feel it surge and I think I would have although it was only idling).I then pulled the inlet hose at the lift pump and there is plenty of fuel there and pressure from gravity and I pulled the hose on the outlet and there was fuel there also.
One important thing is that the fuel gauge now shows that the tank is empty so I'm thinking there is an electrical problem at least with the gauge, but possibly they are not two separate issues since the gauge problem just started? I can hear the fuel shut off solenoid clicking when I turn the ignition key forward so I didn't think it was the shut off solenoid. I checked all the fuses and they look good.
Any thoughts or advice appreciated.
Thanks guys,
Brett
Just to save you guys having a similar problem the time of reading the whole 3 pages I'll let you know I got it fixed(I'd change the title and add "fixed" but don't know how. Moderators could you, or let me know how and I will..
It must have been an air bubble in the hose just after the lift pump(upstream). I pulled the hose off after the lift pump and let it drain about a half quart of fuel, then tried it with the bleed valve open and got nothing so I tried it with it closed and it fired right up.
Thanks for all the help from OTT folks
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