High Mileage

When the runs are a mile long, ya don't spend a heck of a lot of time turning at the ends. :>)

Also, note to self. Little IH does not like the Ultra Low Sulpher diesel fuel. Not even a little bit! :>(

Allan

You could tell the difference in the fuel? We are still on a tank of the old stuff. Wonder if our old 656 will have a problem...

I'm away from home putting up hay on shares. A couple of days ago, I stopped and got 10 gallon in town at the pump to nurse the machine.

Machine started acting a little funny, but then it came out of it. But, when I did it the second time today, it just flat doesn't wanna pull right. Started acting up just as soon as I dumped that fuel in.

Notice it is blowin' a touch of black smoke now too. :>(

Allan

Isn't there an additive you can do for it, or maybe not?

That's interesting. We run a fleet of JI Case tractors and haven't had any problems. I switched our tank for the trucks over to a B20 blend and expected problems like they claim you would have but still none. I run a 60 mile one way trip with 88k on the semi ('85 White/Volvo w/350 Big Cam) to take beans to the bio plant so any change would be noticed easily since there are several large hills. I too did have to stop and get fuel at the station once and did notice a drop in power and mileage. Soon as I refueled with our fuel power was back up. Of course our delivery man always claimed he brought us premium fuel... guess he really was! Might want to check if you got a bio blend. It is possible you did and it has now cleaned your tank and lines and plugged the filter.

Allan, don't suppose that super expensive to rebuild German Bosch pump is starting to go south on you? Thats what they do, run rough, smoke and loose power when they are getting tired. Could also be fuel or air filters.

Ah, the poor little guy just is not used to going a mile straight without a break. Looks like you just set the GPS on that field and take pictures of the machine doing the work. Looks like a pretty good stand of something there. You are going to have to buy some more critters with all that hay. Is that still first or second cutting? Migraine

Might have just got a bad load of fuel, period. None of our stuff has hiccuped over the new fuel... yet.

I add 1 ounce of 2 cyle oil for every gallon of fuel will make the older diesels run smoother on the new fuel

By golly, I just don't know.

It seems odd though, that I could tell a difference right to the swath when I added the fuel both times.

I replaced the air filter. How do they act when the fuel filters are plugged?

It runs just fine at all speeds; just seems "boggy/lack of power" when the load hits, like the governor isn't picking up the extra strain. But then, there's that black smoke like she's really working hard.

Not "fogging" black, but I've never noticed any smoke, now I can see a touch of black under load.

Guess I'll change the fuel filters and see if that helps.

Allan

Hi Pard,

It's alfalfa that should have been cut three weeks ago. Real good in spots, but a lot of cheat grass in it too.

We only get one cutting here. :>(

Allan

A mile with no trees to block the view. I love the west. Sure would have liked to see it when the country was young. Native grass so tall calvary riders could tie it over their saddle pommel; cows got lost in it. And the prairie fires and blizzards. I once told a SD farmer who let us hunt pheasants that I'd like to see a good prairie blizzard just once. He replied, "See one, you might not ever want to see another one."

Larry in Michigan

I noticed that mine started burning more and were a little lazy of the 'top' end when I first went to 'ULSD'. When the price got out of hand from that supplier I switched to another supplier and the lazy power went away but they still burn a pile of fuel. It's hard to tell if they're really burning more now because of ULSD because I probably push them harder now anyway, but I would say that the power is normal in the stuff I have now.
We bought from Esso (Exxon) for 40 years until they got too proud of the stuff, and I don't know what was in those last tanks of fuel we bought from them that summer two years ago, but it's not like the fuel we're getting today. Mabey they just didn't have their process down quite tight enough. I don't know... The funny thing is, the supplier we buy from now buys direct out of Esso's bulk plant. Esso has the only bulk plant for the entire area and supplies all the fuel for the eastern half of this province to EVERY distributor... so I don't know why I'm getting better fuel from a small distributor, but I am. Makes me wonder what Esso was really selling me... I suspect that it was 'Furnace Lite' which is furnace oil that's cut with Kero for the little oil stoves. I know the big tractor ran hot on the pyro and had no power that summer, basically what you're describing now with light smoke and no power.
I don't bother too much with fuel conditioner but I do use 'Howes' Leaner Meaner Power Cleaner sometimes. Haven't had one bit of trouble with the fuel systems on anything since the switch two years ago, and I haven't heard of anyone else locally having trouble either.

Rod

I agree with him.

Three things ya never wanna see out here: Tornadoes, prairie fires and blizzards.

Allan

That's what has me going.

The place I bought the fuel was a Sinclar(sp) station and they are supposed to be independant from all other fuel companies.

The change was really abrupt and quite noticable. I really, really think it is the fuel.

Just don't think it is a mechanical problem; the darned thing just runs like a whip with no load. :>(

Allan

Is it just my eyes or is there some teeth missing on the reel?
I run a case 2094...if the fuel filter gets plugged she loses power w/ no smoke. Happens once every couple of years.
Sounds to me like it's a fuel quality problem if you're getting black smoke, Alan.

Oh yeah. I'm the dummest guy I know.

Kept having sickle problems; ever two hours or so I was busting a sickle section.

Dumb Allan had re-adjusted the pitch on the hume reel without lifting the lowering stops. I've just about ruined that reel by running 'er thru the sickle...... :>(

Allan

When the fuel filter clogs it's pretty similar to what you describe.

Our 1855 had a dirty filter after only 50-100 hours on it since I changed it after we bought it. It didn't smoke any more than normal, had no power, and would just bog down under load. If it was idleing or running without any load it ran fine. I finally changed it when I was pllowing and it just didn't want to pull. I had about 15 minutes to get to the nearest dealer (30 miles away) and get the filter. When I did it picked right up and hasn't stumbled since.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Dont feel bad...done that too...with brand new teeth. ;-(

No kidding!! I'm jelous, my fields are in a swamp area and there ain't one square one there. Nothing but curves and dead ends!
Man, if I left nice tight little windrows like that it would take a week to dry them.