Andy FitzGibbon
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Hi, first post here, from the USA. Deutz tractors aren't very common here except on large commercial operations, which I am not, and the closest dealer is several hours drive away. I have a 2008 Agrolux 60, with the SAME Series 1000 3 cylinder engine (no turbo) that is giving me trouble. It will start right up and idle just fine. Once brought up to PTO speed, it will continue to run fine, anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute... then it starts to run rougher and blows white fuel smoke. It never dies, or loses enough power that it can't move itself. Just runs rough, and smokes everyone with unburnt diesel. If let back down to idle, it will go back to running well, and the cycle starts over.
I've flushed out the fuel tank and the pickup screen, replaced lines from tank to glass fuel bowl, replaced fuel bowl gasket and machined the gasket surface of the housing back to flat, vacuum tested all connections from tank to shutoff solenoid, checked shutoff solenoid for contamination, disassembled and washed out lift pump, replaced main fuel filter, and disassembled and ultrasonically cleaned the injectors. I am a home Mechanic and don't have the tools to work on the injection pumps or governor, so have left those alone.
Despite vacuum and pressure checking all connections between the tank and the glass fuel bowl, I am still seeing air bubbles in the top of the bowl. This is improved if the screen filter is removed from the bowl.
Other ideas? I appreciate any responses. I'm curious whether the governor could be malfunctioning and retarding the timing. The problem started on a very cold morning (minus 17 C) and has been present since.
Thanks,
Andy
I've flushed out the fuel tank and the pickup screen, replaced lines from tank to glass fuel bowl, replaced fuel bowl gasket and machined the gasket surface of the housing back to flat, vacuum tested all connections from tank to shutoff solenoid, checked shutoff solenoid for contamination, disassembled and washed out lift pump, replaced main fuel filter, and disassembled and ultrasonically cleaned the injectors. I am a home Mechanic and don't have the tools to work on the injection pumps or governor, so have left those alone.
Despite vacuum and pressure checking all connections between the tank and the glass fuel bowl, I am still seeing air bubbles in the top of the bowl. This is improved if the screen filter is removed from the bowl.
Other ideas? I appreciate any responses. I'm curious whether the governor could be malfunctioning and retarding the timing. The problem started on a very cold morning (minus 17 C) and has been present since.
Thanks,
Andy