Just a reminder for those of us with the Thermo Syphon cooling system to clean it once in a while.
I was mowing today with my L175 and noticed a bit of steam coming from the radiator overflow whistle, not enough to ruin things, the whistle never sounded, but the engine did get a little warmer than I like.
Ambient temp was around 90°F, and the grass was thick and taller than normal, but not that tall and thick.
Thinking back it has been about three years since I last cleaned the coolant system, so I know what I am going to do before the next time I have to mow.
I would do it tomorrow, but I managed to throw my back out two days ago and I could barely stay on the tractor today .
Form all I have read, bad things happen when these little diesels overheat, so I try to avoid that happening...
Robert
I was mowing today with my L175 and noticed a bit of steam coming from the radiator overflow whistle, not enough to ruin things, the whistle never sounded, but the engine did get a little warmer than I like.
Ambient temp was around 90°F, and the grass was thick and taller than normal, but not that tall and thick.
Thinking back it has been about three years since I last cleaned the coolant system, so I know what I am going to do before the next time I have to mow.
I would do it tomorrow, but I managed to throw my back out two days ago and I could barely stay on the tractor today .
Form all I have read, bad things happen when these little diesels overheat, so I try to avoid that happening...
Robert