MT85 Wont Start

Good afternoon everyone

I recently rented a new (160hrs on it) bobcat MT85. It was all going well, and on the last pass for the night, the hillside gave way and the bobcat fell on its side, bit a white smoke came out and it shut off.

After about 2hrs, we were able to get it back upright, although it is on the hill slope still, with no way to get it to level ground.

The bobcat will not start, and will not crank over.

I have checked the batter with a volt meter, it reads 12.03, and I do have a mobile battery jumper box that I tried, thinking maybe it just needed that little bit of extra kick, but it still won't start.

It looks like most of the fluid that spilled out was the last bit of diesel fuel, and I think some hydraullic fluid, although I am not 100% sure on that.

I have added more fuel to it, found the "grenade air pump" thing that was mentioned in the manual, and bled out any air in the system, as far as I can tell.

Unfortunately the company that I rented this from isn't open on the weekends, so I am hoping that someone on here can maybe give a few ideas to try to get this thing started.


Thanks in advance

Don't mess with it. Laying on it's side that long probably allowed oil to leak past the piston rings and now it is hydro locked and damage to the engine "will" occur if you crank it over. The dealer will have to pull the injectors and relieve the cylinders of oil. Yes you will probably get charged for it and any damage that they can dream up so repeating don't mess with it.

Well hopefully the lil rental damage waiver will cover that.. But if what you are saying is true, they will have to find a way to get it from our backyard to their truck.. with only a 36" opening on one side of the house.. Was hoping I could at least hobble it to the driveway.

Whatever the problem is, if they send a reputable mechanic he should be able to get it operational as it sits (as long as it's not severe) and get it moved under it's own power. I've been called out on much larger machines and was able to at least get them moving on their own although some were not to pretty.