Hi I have a 94 753 Bobcat with a V2203-B Kubota engine. It currently has 2800 hrs. What is the life expectancy of these engines? Am I near the end?? The machine will basically get light use....snow removal in the winter and lanscaping our house when we build in the summer. I might put 150-200 hrs in a yr on it? How many hours is everyone else running?? Thanks!
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Ok great. I have seen ads of other skid steers with around the same hours, but with "replaced" engine. Just wasnt sure circumstances or overall life expectancy. Thanks
I would suspect thats on engines that have been neglected and have cooked. When the heads crack they can fill a pot with coolant and you go to start it and POP you can send a rod through the block and the engine is essentially stuffed.
Its not un-common to get 6,000 hours out of a Kubota. I had one with 6,000 on the clock. It was a bit of a pig to start but oil pressure was great and whan it was running it would run sweet as! It took a good 30 second glow and it would fire up.
Keep it serviced and it till look after you for may many years!!!
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2800 hours is nothing. You gots lots of life left in it. If it sounds and runs great now, it will continue that way for a while.
