Hi.
For our recycling plant, we just bought two brand new JD skid steer loaders.
After about two weeks use, they both started overheating, and are now almost always in the red.
There are two radiators, forming a V shape, at the back of the machine. As the title implies, one of them is pristine clean, and the other one is completely clogged up. No doubt the cause of the overheating is the clogged radiator, but the mystery is why is it always clogged?
3 different mechanics from John Deere came over to try to figure it out. It`s the right-side radiator that is clogged. The mechanic tried to make a modification, making large holes in a plate that holds some kind of filter in front of the radiator, to have a better air flow. It didn`t change anything.
It is a conception flaw for sure, because both of our machines have the exact same thing happening.
Now, from the pictures, does anyone have a guess of what could be the problem? It seems like something is creating some kind of humidity on the right-side radiator. But what? Even is diesel was being dropped by operators when they refuel, there is a border that would not let it spill onto the radiator.
We are just all puzzled and really scratcing our heads with this one. Any help would be appreciated.
It might not be visible, but the left radiator (where there is the hydraulic oil reservoir with the orange cap) is pristine clean inside, and the right one is completely clogged. Same on both machines.
Links to the same images in case you can zoom better with them:
1 http://i66.tinypic.com/f3dfrn.jpg
2 http://i64.tinypic.com/1127tqs.jpg
3 http://i67.tinypic.com/20frp0n.jpg
4 http://i68.tinypic.com/2n83zo.jpg
We would all say that it has to do with airflow, but literally every single hole in the right radiator is clogged with dust that seems very slightly humid, and every single hole in the left one is clean. So can`t just be an airflow problem....
Yes there is a lot of dust in this work environment but we`ve never had this problem before (used to own Bobcat brand loaders).
Thanks
MATTL
For our recycling plant, we just bought two brand new JD skid steer loaders.
After about two weeks use, they both started overheating, and are now almost always in the red.
There are two radiators, forming a V shape, at the back of the machine. As the title implies, one of them is pristine clean, and the other one is completely clogged up. No doubt the cause of the overheating is the clogged radiator, but the mystery is why is it always clogged?
3 different mechanics from John Deere came over to try to figure it out. It`s the right-side radiator that is clogged. The mechanic tried to make a modification, making large holes in a plate that holds some kind of filter in front of the radiator, to have a better air flow. It didn`t change anything.
It is a conception flaw for sure, because both of our machines have the exact same thing happening.
Now, from the pictures, does anyone have a guess of what could be the problem? It seems like something is creating some kind of humidity on the right-side radiator. But what? Even is diesel was being dropped by operators when they refuel, there is a border that would not let it spill onto the radiator.
We are just all puzzled and really scratcing our heads with this one. Any help would be appreciated.
It might not be visible, but the left radiator (where there is the hydraulic oil reservoir with the orange cap) is pristine clean inside, and the right one is completely clogged. Same on both machines.
Links to the same images in case you can zoom better with them:
1 http://i66.tinypic.com/f3dfrn.jpg
2 http://i64.tinypic.com/1127tqs.jpg
3 http://i67.tinypic.com/20frp0n.jpg
4 http://i68.tinypic.com/2n83zo.jpg
We would all say that it has to do with airflow, but literally every single hole in the right radiator is clogged with dust that seems very slightly humid, and every single hole in the left one is clean. So can`t just be an airflow problem....
Yes there is a lot of dust in this work environment but we`ve never had this problem before (used to own Bobcat brand loaders).
Thanks
MATTL
