Starting Issue

[jyourish]

Kabota b-700 THAT WON'T START. WORKED FINE THREE AGO. TRIED STARTING IT WHEN IT WAS FAIRLY COLD (OVERNITE TEMP OF 25). STARTED UP AND RAN FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS THEN QUITE FOR GOOD. FUEL IS GOOD ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTPUT OF THE PUMP BUT IT ACTS FUEL STARVED. COULD THE COLD WEATHER HAVE CAUSED SOME SORT OF GELLING THAT I CAN'T GET TO? IS THERE SOMEWAY TO PRIME THE SYSTEM? ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

...JYOURISH

 

[Diydave]

Start with the basics, fuel level, shine a light in the tank, look for debris, then change the filter, and bleed the injector pump as per manual instructions...

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

2 Things right off the top:
Look at the tractor model again and give us the right #.
And don't type in all caps, it's considered yelling.

 

[mickeyd]

Welcome to the forum. 25 degrees is not that cold really. It is probably more like what Diydave is talking about.

 

[jyourish]

Model is a B7500. Sorry about the caps. Only have the "Operator's Manual", do not have the maintenance manual so unable to follow an injector pump draining procedure. Suppose to have a Kabota Mechanic call me on Monday 2/16. Live about 75 miles away so dropping by is not in the cards.

....j

 

[tcrote5516]

Google my friend GOOGLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJn2kDnWQPU

This isn't a B7500 but it's close enough. If you can turn a wrench, you can figure it out with guide from the above video.

 

[ae8850t]

I had a similar issue with my BX1800 when the temperature dropped to ~10 DegF here in Boston, MA. It turns out that I had bought my diesel fuel in September here in the North East. The issue is they don't start putting the diesel fuel "anti-gel" additive in the fuel you buy here until November. Anyway, I used a small space heater aimed at the fuel control on the engine for 15 minutes and it started up and ran fine. I bought some diesel fuel anti-gel additive and added it to all the fuel I had bought in September and no more starting issues, even at -5 deg F. Hope that helps.

 

[tcrote5516]

ae8850 Can you believe this snow!!! I've got 22 hrs of seat time on snow removal alone this year!

 

[jyourish]

Tks to all that have replyed to my issue. Problem turned out to be a bad fuel pump