Visit our tractor and agricultural equipment communities:

Ingersoll Forum Case IH Forum Combine Forum Hay Forum

JCB Forum John Deere Forum Kubota Forum Mahindra Forum

Massey Ferguson Talk New Holland Forum Valtra Forum Yanmar Forum

Zetor Forum Farming Forum

Reply to thread

Help Support SkidSteer Forum:

Message: <blockquote data-quote="nikk" data-source="post: 51441" data-attributes="member: 4142"><p>I have owned my 1998 lx665 turbo skid steer for almost 2 years. I purchased it with a blown turbo and oil was pouring out the exhaust. The inlet had bent turbine blades. The previous owner said the dealer had performed a bad service and pinched the lines. That dealer went out of business at the time. I replaced the turbo with a A&I products SBA135756151 turbo. At the same time, I replaced the engine oil/filter and all the intake air filters (2). I have run this skid trouble free for 50 hours until this winter when I noticed oil coming out of the joint between the exhaust and the turbo. I could actually watch the engine oil slowly stream out. I removed the exhaust and the connector pipes/mounts to the turbo and ran the engine at idle. I could see oil seeping out through the exhaust turbine hole. The question I have is: 1. Did I operate it badly on cold days. I did not let it idle for 3 minutes at 1500 rpm before using. In fact I seldom let the skid warm up. I normally start it, then increase revs to somewhere around 2000 and move out of its storage. 2. I do always let the skid idle for a minute or more after use before shutting down. 3. Did I buy a cheap aftermarket turbo (A&I products SBA135756151 turbo) which is destined to fail at a cost of +-$850 with shipping. 4. Or is there something else I should be looking at to diagnose before installing another turbo.</p></blockquote><p></p>

Verification