m5140dt thumping noise

[turck]

I have 3 hours on my new M5140 tractor and it has a intermittent thumping noise that I think is coming from the hydraulics, I can feel it on the hydraulic cooling lines and it seems to be most noticeable around the dash area. Also when I remove the filler cap for the hydraulic fluid I can see fluid spraying or coming out of something(is that normal). Any ideas or is this all normal?

 

[Stumpy]

Well the spraying fluid is normal. That's almost certainly just the return line from the regulator on the pump. Thumping I wouldn't think of as normal. With 3 hours on it call your dealer and get them to send a mechanic out to drive it and see what he thinks.

 

[turck]

I am calling the dealer today, I just wanted to run the tractor to make sure it wasn't air or to have the mechanic get here and not have it do it and think I was crying wolf. I am pretty sure its in the hydraulics as it feels like a pulse on the cooling lines when it makes the noise, it seems more frequent after it has run for a while. Besides this issue tractor runs great and is a little power house I just thought buying my first new tractor I wouldn't have any problems for a long while.