Kubota fuel tanks

[russwarrtn]

I have twice had to have the tank in my BX23s removed and cleaned. Has anybody designed an access plate (similar to an oil pan on a car) to allow drainage and cleaning without removing the tank?

 

[GreensvilleJay]

twice ? man once was enough for me... some foreign piece of plastic blocked the exit spigot...so I now have a $2 strainer on the filler pipe. several guys use cold coffee filters ($10 us, 40 up here.....)
since tank is a 3 chambered design ,you'd need 3 'plates' not just one.
Kubota quoted me 3 hrs of labour for out-clean-in. It wasn't a hard job for me ,though a 2nd pair of hands, to lift seat assy and floor pan would really have helped !

 

[B737]

There is an access plate kit

BX fuel tank inspection plate

After multiple filter and fuel pump changes I expected to find material blocking the fuel outlet inside my tank but.... my tank was clean. I think I have an occasionally collapsing or pinched fuel line (it's 15 years old) so the back half of tractor has to come off which I was trying to avoid...

www.orangetractortalks.com

 

[russwarrtn]

twice ? man once was enough for me... some foreign piece of plastic blocked the exit spigot...so I now have a $2 strainer on the filler pipe. several guys use cold coffee filters ($10 us, 40 up here.....)
since tank is a 3 chambered design ,you'd need 3 'plates' not just one.
Kubota quoted me 3 hrs of labour for out-clean-in. It wasn't a hard job for me ,though a 2nd pair of hands, to lift seat assy and floor pan would really have helped !

As a retired computer geek it's not something I'd care to try. $630 @ dealer. Now that I have it back I'll experiment with filters.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

I'm still a 'computer geek'.... r+r the tank was simpler than learning C for the PICs.
I did buy an alternative filter (Kubota) to the 1st one..one day I may install it,have just under 800 hrs, so about 400 since the tank cleaning.

 

[russwarrtn]

I'm still a 'computer geek'.... r+r the tank was simpler than learning C for the PICs.
I did buy an alternative filter (Kubota) to the 1st one..one day I may install it,have just under 800 hrs, so about 400 since the tank cleaning.

strange coincidence -- I am I just did the same @ 430 hours. will experiment w/home made filters

 

[GreensvilleJay]

I used a $store 'kitchen sink strainer',not 'deep' like those 'cold brew mason jar' version BUT NOT $40 of amazon either !

 

[leveraddict]

Curious.....those that had to clean out their tanks. was any additive ever used? Did the machines sit for long periods? Do you have a guess what caused it?

I have not had a problem since buying my new BX in 2017 almost 500 hrs. Have only changed my filters once. I use that (name?) diesel power white bottle in every jug of fuel I buy except for summer when I occasionally use their fuel tank cleaner. I do buy my off road diesel at a station that has a huge turnover.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

Here's why I had to clean my tank. That's a 'sliver' of plastic that blocked the 'spigot' that feeds fuel from the tank to the tractor.
Inside of the tank was clean, NO yucky ,filmy 'slime' just the 'blocker'.
Jay

 

[russwarrtn]

Curious.....those that had to clean out their tanks. was any additive ever used? Did the machines sit for long periods? Do you have a guess what caused it?

I have not had a problem since buying my new BX in 2017 almost 500 hrs. Have only changed my filters once. I use that (name?) diesel power white bottle in every jug of fuel I buy except for summer when I occasionally use their fuel tank cleaner. I do buy my off road diesel at a station that has a huge turnover.

I tried that additive but by then it was too late. I recently discovered that so far this year 6 of us Kubota owners in a small town have run into this. There's only 3 diesel dealers in town; 1 sells off road.