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Hello. Last September, my friend bought a JD 7800 Powrquad for his 60 hectare farm. The tractor is mainly used for ploughing and cultivating. Last autumn and this spring it had no problems towing a 5 furrow reversible plough and cultivating with a 6 meter cultivator. However, a couple of days ago, the alarm beep started to sound and the instrument panel started to show "Transmission Oil Pressure" and "Stop Engine" lights when ploughing.
The warning light is not on all the time, it only starts to flash after ploughing for around an hour. Sometimes sooner, sometimes later. Some days the warning light and alarm beep won't appear until the evening, even though the tractor was started and running from afternoon. Also, it is only blinking when the plough is raised up and the engine is running at idle. When you lower the plough into the soil and the engine is running idle, the warning light still flashes and the alarm beeps. But if you rev it up, the warning light disappears for as long as you hold the revs higher. My friend can actually plough as long as he holds the revs high enough. When it's time to raise the plow, and the RPMs drop to the idle, the alarm and warning light comes back.
Other than that, the tractor seems to be working as normal. All the ranges, gears seem to work as intended, there is no loss on power, 3 point hitch raises/lowers the implements just fine.
When my friend bought this tractor, there was some oil leakage through Auxiliary Steering Pump seals, but there were no warning lights flashing whatsoever. We have replaced those seals last week, and it seems that there still is some minor oil leakage, but nothing excessive – something like an oil sweat after a whole day of working in the fields. The leakage was definitely bigger when the tractor was bought.
We have already changed transmission and hydraulic oil filters, we have also cleaned the suction screen in the differential housing. The hydraulic oil has been changed last year, if I recall correctly.
The guy from local John Deere dealer checked the transmission pressure and he said that is is close to ideal. If I remember correctly, the oil wasn't hot when the pressure was checked. Would it be better to check the pressure when the oil is hot?
When we put back the hydraulic oil after changing the filters and cleaning the suction screen, we have filled it to the upper mark with a 3 point hitch in the lowest position, just as the manual says. Few days ago somehow the oil level was a bit higher than the upper mark. Could we have somehow put too much oil?
Diagnostic mode shows only one code: CCU 026.
I've also checked the hydraulic oil temperature via CCU when the tractor was hot, and the hydraulics temperature was 77-78 Celsius.
The dash shows a bit more than 10,000 hours on this tractor. We live in Eastern Europe.
Is the sensor the next step we should look at?
The warning light is not on all the time, it only starts to flash after ploughing for around an hour. Sometimes sooner, sometimes later. Some days the warning light and alarm beep won't appear until the evening, even though the tractor was started and running from afternoon. Also, it is only blinking when the plough is raised up and the engine is running at idle. When you lower the plough into the soil and the engine is running idle, the warning light still flashes and the alarm beeps. But if you rev it up, the warning light disappears for as long as you hold the revs higher. My friend can actually plough as long as he holds the revs high enough. When it's time to raise the plow, and the RPMs drop to the idle, the alarm and warning light comes back.
Other than that, the tractor seems to be working as normal. All the ranges, gears seem to work as intended, there is no loss on power, 3 point hitch raises/lowers the implements just fine.
When my friend bought this tractor, there was some oil leakage through Auxiliary Steering Pump seals, but there were no warning lights flashing whatsoever. We have replaced those seals last week, and it seems that there still is some minor oil leakage, but nothing excessive – something like an oil sweat after a whole day of working in the fields. The leakage was definitely bigger when the tractor was bought.
We have already changed transmission and hydraulic oil filters, we have also cleaned the suction screen in the differential housing. The hydraulic oil has been changed last year, if I recall correctly.
The guy from local John Deere dealer checked the transmission pressure and he said that is is close to ideal. If I remember correctly, the oil wasn't hot when the pressure was checked. Would it be better to check the pressure when the oil is hot?
When we put back the hydraulic oil after changing the filters and cleaning the suction screen, we have filled it to the upper mark with a 3 point hitch in the lowest position, just as the manual says. Few days ago somehow the oil level was a bit higher than the upper mark. Could we have somehow put too much oil?
Diagnostic mode shows only one code: CCU 026.
I've also checked the hydraulic oil temperature via CCU when the tractor was hot, and the hydraulics temperature was 77-78 Celsius.
The dash shows a bit more than 10,000 hours on this tractor. We live in Eastern Europe.
Is the sensor the next step we should look at?
