200 advice needed
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Topic: 200 advice needed
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Subject: 200 advice needed
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 7:10pm
| I bought this 200 a while ago, has 75 hours on it since last complete service. I was changing oil/etc today and I changed the water filter. It looks like thick liquid rust in the old filter. This is the first tractor I bought with a water filter. I drained out a gallon and it got to looking like normal green antifreeze. Is this a common occurrence with a water filter? |
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Posted By: ACJake
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 7:46pm
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I would completely flush cooling system by filling with water getting hot and draining and see what you have. That is not common but in the truck world I have seen it many times. 1 common mistake is changing the coolant filter every fall or twice a year. Most coolant filters are loaded with sedatives, you might think too much is better than not.....WRONG. Go to your auto parts store and get a coolant test strip usually Napa has them. Once you fill the cooling system with your coolant mix test the system and the test strip will tell you your ph balance and Nitrite percentage. Then you can either install a filter with sedatives or buy sedatives. I removed the coolant filter from my 200. I test all my machinery every fall for coolant protection and ph balance and Nitrite and adjust accordingly. Also change your coolant every 3 to 5 years max. ------------- 3 WC's, 2 WD's, 3 WD-5's, D-14 w/HenryBackhoe, D-17, 4 D-19's, 185, 190XTsIII, 200, 210, 7010, 10 L&G Allis's. Nunn Better Farms Bleed Orange!!!!! |
Posted By: ACJake
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 7:48pm
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Damn auto correct Additives not Sedatives ------------- 3 WC's, 2 WD's, 3 WD-5's, D-14 w/HenryBackhoe, D-17, 4 D-19's, 185, 190XTsIII, 200, 210, 7010, 10 L&G Allis's. Nunn Better Farms Bleed Orange!!!!! |
Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 9:06pm
| Are we talking coolent filter, or water separator for fuel? MACK |
Posted By: Jim Hancock
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 11:32pm
Yeah Jake, we sure don't want any yawning coolant lying down on the job running through that engine with those sedatives!  ------------- How blessed we are by HIS GRACE! |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 12:10am
| I think it is the coolant filter, up by the cab door. Will pick up coolant test strips tomorrow. Thanks guys. |
Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 7:25am
| Coolent filter will be a round screw on, water separator for fuel will be a square filter. MACK |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 9:19am
| Yep coolant filter. Thanks guys |