HighFlyerAK
Well-Known Member
Happy New Year fellow HeavyEquipment Members!
First things first!
Serial #CAT0299CJJSP00667
6,195.0hrs
I had a new cylinder head gasket replacement/repair done by the local CAT dealer in Februar of 2019.
I asked to look it over and take care of things which stand out and replace them at that point, rather than do the least necessary and then have to bring it back again.
I am 60 miles away from the next town, where the closest (and only) CAT dealer/repair is located.
$12,000 later, I got the machine back and was quite happy all summer, running my mulcher, some bucket work and occasionally moving things with my forks.
Over all, I spent about 40hrs running the machine in 2020.
Now - I needed to do some snow clearing last week and plugged my engine block heater in over night, started it up the next day and ran it for about 30-40min to let the hydraulic oil come up on temp as well.
As soon as I started moving the machine, the engine coolant temperature started to go hot.
If I would stop moving and let it run on idle, it would every so slowly come back down.
I had the beep, the yellow exclamation mark, come on. I shut it down and let it cool off.
Went into maintenance mode on the display to look at the temperatures, it got up to 224°F before I shut it down.
Also - I have absolutely NO CAB HEAT! Ice cold air, fan is going strong. But no matter what, I can’t get any temperature out of any of the air fins.
I did not run the heat since I got the machine back, until now.
SO!
I drove to town to talk to the dealer, they have no suggestions, other than bring it all the way to town and pay a ton of money on something what was just repaired. (just a a tiny lit frustrated - Sorry)
My buddy suggested a valve, a heater valve, which might have been forgotten to be turned back on when doing the work. CAT dealer said they don’t touch them when doing any work on the machines.
Problem is - I can’t find it to check myself!
Radiator cap was replace in summer of 2018.
Thermostat was replaced in summer of 2018.
Water pump is on order (just in case).
Water pump belt was lose, which I tightened, no change.
No error codes!
I searched through the (very expensive) maintenance manual, but no help there.
PLEASE - ANY ideas or help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
~Andreas
First things first!
Serial #CAT0299CJJSP00667
6,195.0hrs
I had a new cylinder head gasket replacement/repair done by the local CAT dealer in Februar of 2019.
I asked to look it over and take care of things which stand out and replace them at that point, rather than do the least necessary and then have to bring it back again.
I am 60 miles away from the next town, where the closest (and only) CAT dealer/repair is located.
$12,000 later, I got the machine back and was quite happy all summer, running my mulcher, some bucket work and occasionally moving things with my forks.
Over all, I spent about 40hrs running the machine in 2020.
Now - I needed to do some snow clearing last week and plugged my engine block heater in over night, started it up the next day and ran it for about 30-40min to let the hydraulic oil come up on temp as well.
As soon as I started moving the machine, the engine coolant temperature started to go hot.
If I would stop moving and let it run on idle, it would every so slowly come back down.
I had the beep, the yellow exclamation mark, come on. I shut it down and let it cool off.
Went into maintenance mode on the display to look at the temperatures, it got up to 224°F before I shut it down.
Also - I have absolutely NO CAB HEAT! Ice cold air, fan is going strong. But no matter what, I can’t get any temperature out of any of the air fins.
I did not run the heat since I got the machine back, until now.
SO!
I drove to town to talk to the dealer, they have no suggestions, other than bring it all the way to town and pay a ton of money on something what was just repaired. (just a a tiny lit frustrated - Sorry)
My buddy suggested a valve, a heater valve, which might have been forgotten to be turned back on when doing the work. CAT dealer said they don’t touch them when doing any work on the machines.
Problem is - I can’t find it to check myself!
Radiator cap was replace in summer of 2018.
Thermostat was replaced in summer of 2018.
Water pump is on order (just in case).
Water pump belt was lose, which I tightened, no change.
No error codes!
I searched through the (very expensive) maintenance manual, but no help there.
PLEASE - ANY ideas or help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
~Andreas