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Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 8 VA 
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2004-10-14 98358
I have a 2002 BX2200 with 161 hours. After using it for awhile I seem to get a lot of oil seeping out the small oil vent under the seat. The oil level is between the 2 marks on the dip stick with the mower deck lowered and the front loader down. I don't remember seeing this problem earlier. Is this normal? Thanks in advance.
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Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada 
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2004-10-14 98361
Is the cooling fan attached to the drive shaft still intact? ....
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 | Kendews
Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 48 New England
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2004-10-14 98364
That's not oil, it's actually tractor pee. Generally tractors excrete in private and you don't see it. You may have been using the tractor too long in one stretch and it just couldn't hold it any longer. A similar thing happened to me one time - I describe it in detail in a different forum. ....
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2004-10-14 98370
Yes, the cooling fan is attached and spinning when the engine is running.
Should I take it to the dealer and have them check it out?
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2004-10-14 98371
Could you email me the name of the different forum?
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Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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2004-10-14 98374
Next question: did you do a lot of hot, heavy work proir to seeing the oil discharge?
We have heard reports of Hydro oil boiling in BX's. ....
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2004-10-14 98379
Sometimes oil comes out after hard work. Say, moving a lot of material with the FEL. Other times it comes out after only mowing for 2 hours.
Keep in mind, when I mow, I go from forward to reverse a lot.
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Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 56 Cochise cnty Az
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2004-10-14 98383
A lot of oil to me would have it running out of the vent and all down the rearend and 3 point. I supect you have an ounce or so. I would not worry about it. It is probably just expanding from heat and coming out the vent or even sloshing out if you drive over rough ground. On mine the difference between the bottom mark and the full mark on the dip stick is about 1/2 quart of fluid. ....
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 | Art White
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 6898 Waterville New York
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2004-10-14 98384
Try and keep the oil at the lower mark. Do you have a lot of hills? ....
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2004-10-14 98417
Our property is relatively flat.
I get enough oil out the relief valve that causes a small drip on the bottom drain plug.
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Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 250 Latrobe Pa
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2004-10-15 98430
mine does that to ,when going uphill 15-20 degree grade ,if you pull out the vent cap, and extend it with vacuum hose and a vacuum line splice ,it fixes the problem! (it also does this if you go up a dirt pile etc while using the loader) ....
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2004-10-15 98432
Like jimbrown said ,i think it is more to do with sloshing ,(quick back and forth movement) mine does it hot or cold,15 minutes of use, after warm up. (lack of an internal baffe in hydro or not designed quite right?) ....
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2004-10-15 98436
Like jimbrown said ,i think it is more to do with sloshing ,(quick back and forth movement) mine does it hot or cold,15 minutes of use, after warm up. (lack of an internal baffe in hydro or not designed quite right?)
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Does this apply to all models or just the Bx 2200?
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2004-10-15 98439
Thanks everyone for the replies. Makes me feel better that others are doing the same thing. I'll give the short piece of vacuum hose a try.
Again thanks. ....
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2004-10-16 98511
Do not know if others apply? , but that short piece of hose seems to work. ....
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Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2 Maryland
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Did you ever figure out what was causing your leak? I have a BX2200 I purchased in 2000 that has an identical leak, that I just started to notice, that seems to be coming from the top of the HST directly beneath the seat bracket. A Kubota Dealer stated that the top threaded hole in the top of the HST (as well as the two side threaded holes), in a BX machine, serve no purpose and the top hole is not a vent at all. Please let me know. ....
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2010-04-13 169963
On my 03 its a vent!,mine is white with a red cap, by extending it with a small piece of hose the problem disappeared!,I used a 6" piece of hose,if thats where the leak is coming from , it will fix it. ....
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