Richard E Gwinn
New User
Hello, I recently used my ford 7000 to do some bush hoggging and the coolant level droped severely for some strange reason. I didn"t check the radiator level for a good while but the last time I checked it was full. I guess that was a couple of months ago. The tractor had been having some issues with shutting down without warning and I think it is do to air getting in the fuel delivery system some where. I fooled around with it for a while an must have accidently fixed it because it isn"t shutting down anymore. I checked the radiator the other day and it was a little over a gallon low on anti/freeze. I checked the oil and there was no foam in it so I assumed that the coolant is not going in to the oil. The tractor seems to run okay just don"t really trust it anymore. I am always wondering if it is going to shut down and leave me in the middle of a big field with no way to get it going again, ha ha. /That has happened to me several times over the last two summers. When I got it restarted I ran the rpm"s up to around 1900 and I held it there for a few minutes to help it perge the air out of the fuel system hopfuly. It seemed to work because she ran good for the next 5 or 6 hours. I am wondering if running her hard like that would push the coolant out of the overflow on the radiator. I did not see any evidence of that however. If anyone has any idea about what could be going on with it I sure would appreciate a note and a discussion about it. The engine is a 256 cubic inch 4 cylinder turbo charged diesel. Waiting for your reply on this problem. Thank you very much for your concideration on this one. Signed, very puzzled? Richard E Gwinn,,,,