How to Fully Service a 4x4 Utility Vehicle (All Fluids and Filters)

How to Fully Service a 4x4 Utility Vehicle (All Fluids and Filters) - Kubota RTV-X1140

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In this video, I show how to fully service a Kubota RTV-X1140. This includes changing the engine oil, transmission case fluid, hydraulic fluid, fuel filter, coolant, air filters, and gear oil. I also show all of the grease points.
Additionally, I discuss how a hydrostatic transmission works and explain some of the nuances regarding how to service it. These points are not outlined clearly in the operator's manual.
Link to video showing how to make tire ramps: • How to Make a Set of T...
**** Timestamps ****
00:00 - Intro
00:33 - Engine, Transmission and Hydraulics Overview
03:39 - How a Hydrostatic Transmission Works
05:12 - How Power is Transmitted from the Engine to the Wheels
05:53 - Components Under the Hood & Fuel Filter
06:24 - Ramps
06:53 - Remove Skid Plates
07:18 - Change Engine Oil and Filter
09:46 - Service Transmission Case
13:05 - Change Fuel Filter
16:40 - Change Hydraulic Fluid and Filters
19:44 - Change Coolant
22:41 - Change Air Filters
22:54 - Change Oil in Front Axle Case
23:51 - Change Oil in Knuckle Case
25:03 - Grease
26:25 - Conclusion
**** Part Numbers ****
Engine Oil Filter: HH150-32094
Transmission Oil Filter (HST): HHK70-14073
Transmission Oil Filter (Suction): HHK32-16772
Primary Air Filter: 1G319-11212
Secondary Air Filter: K7591-82360
Fuel Filter: 6A320-59930
**** Product links (I do not make any money from the purchase of these products) ****
Drain Pan: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Oil Filter Wrench: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Dewalt Socket Set:
www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DWMT815...
Small Funnels:
www.amazon.com/Annurssy-Multi...
Large Funnels: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...

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@vanlife247 4 ай бұрын

Possibly the best KZfaq I’ve seen, very thorough and well organized. If KZfaq videos were considered for Emmy an awards this would get my vote…..bravo sir!!

@TheEscondidoExperiment 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Sadly though, I think that 99.9% of people who watch the Emmys would have no interest in a video about servicing a Kubota

@hornerhillfarm4017 5 ай бұрын

This was just outstanding! Not only did you stay on task, there was no yammering. You even indexed the video so we could find pieces we wanted to review. Very professionally done. I was unable to find the link to your plans for the home-made ramps.

@TheEscondidoExperiment 5 ай бұрын

Thank You. The link to the video for the ramps is in the video description, but if for some reason you can't find it, here it is again: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qdhgl7We1tWxnqM.html

@hornerhillfarm4017 5 ай бұрын

@@TheEscondidoExperiment Sorry, I actually found it a few minutes later when I subscribed. Thanks for some really great quality content.

@nicksacco6024 19 күн бұрын

Excellent! Yep! Better than a manual.

@larryanderson599 Ай бұрын

Yes, I believe you deserve a award for the effort you put into showing all of us how to maintain our 1140s Excellent video

@TheEscondidoExperiment Ай бұрын

Thanks! Liking the video and subscribing to my channel is all I ask for. I have a lot more content coming the second half of this year.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer 4 ай бұрын

Best Kabota service video on planet earth. Great job.!

@farmking5088 Ай бұрын

Thanks a ton, getting ready to do my first 50hr service on my 1100c this will help tremendously!👍

@timking2194 4 ай бұрын

Great video

@jasonnorris8371 2 ай бұрын

wow. you deserve an award for this video. Thanks for making it. I never knew the HST oil was in the tank. I thought that was for the steering and lift cylinder. I have 500 hours on mine and never changed this oil. looks like I'll be doing that ASAP. Again, great video that was effective and straight to the point. Oh and I also didn't know about the front driveshaft lube point.

@PawPaw-yu7lw 3 ай бұрын

Phenomenal job! Thanks so much!

@user-eh5ek5jc3u 4 ай бұрын

Very nice Thank you!

@UTLakelizard 2 ай бұрын

I agree, great video!!

@veggiewvo 4 ай бұрын

This is great! Tks.

@jimwiddis6580 2 ай бұрын

Good job.

@ourrvtravels7183 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video. I had no idea of the amount of service that is needed.

@GregJoneson 6 ай бұрын

That was great, thank you for the time that you spent going over all points of the proper service of the 1140, again good job

@MyTechWebTV 6 ай бұрын

Excellent! As the owner of an X1140 this video was great! I saved it for review before my next service. Thank you for making and posting this!

@davidpowley8336 4 ай бұрын

really appreciate this video as an owner....thankyou

@allenmarkrussell 2 ай бұрын

Just bought one today. Thanks for the informative video. Excellent.

@icu1236 4 ай бұрын

Now that is how a video should be done. Thank you so very much for taking the time to do this video. It was straight forward, informative, to the point and well documented. Have not looked at your other videos yet, but I will. I hope there is one on the RTV-X1100C like this one.

@TheEscondidoExperiment 4 ай бұрын

Thank You. Over time I will make more videos for the other equipment that I have, but I don't have an X1100C so I won't be making a video for it. However, with that being said, the layout of that machine is very similar to the X1140. Most of what I covered here should apply to your machine.

@jeffreyjohnston4080 6 ай бұрын

This has been the most informative teaching video for my Kubota RTV X Machine. Thank you so much.

@TheEscondidoExperiment 6 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@1jonat Ай бұрын

thankyou very informative video, i just bought a RTVX1130 and I love it. I will be watching your video to learn more, again thank you!

@marlar58 3 ай бұрын

Great video. I would have definitely been happy to see a video like this 6 months ago when I did the first 50 hour maintenance on our X900. Appreciate the other way you explained how things worked. I just know the Kubota works well, but not necessarily the why fors.

@harrykirk7415 3 ай бұрын

This is stellar and excellent. Was about to first time change my rtv x900 fuel filter (not even touched on in owner's man.) and you added some great points I was about to miss.

@TheEscondidoExperiment 3 ай бұрын

Glad you found it useful. The manual for the X1140 also does not cover the fuel filter. I don't know why Kubota has decided to omit it.

@sarelvanrensburg3233 2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for a proper detailed video. What tipe and spec of oil did you use that work the hydrostatic transmission?

@TheEscondidoExperiment 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome. The hydrostatic transmission and the transmission case both take Kubota UDT fluid

@llewellinfelon 6 ай бұрын

This was a great video! Any chance you can do one for a Sidekick?

@TheEscondidoExperiment 6 ай бұрын

This is the only 4 x 4 I have to service unfortunately... Hopefully the information in this video will help you service your own equipment. Changing engine oil, coolant, etc is pretty similar across different vehicles.

@JamesOliverHK 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for an excellent video - I watched it half way though my 400 hour service, while waiting for the engine to cool while flushing the coolant system after the first drain. Out of interest how many hours had you logged at the time of doing this service? The 400 hour/4-year service that I am doing calls for a number of items that I am not doing - for example replacing some of the fluid lines - which to me look just fine on inspection.

@TheEscondidoExperiment 5 ай бұрын

This service was performed at about 2 years/250 hours. I could have waited another 150 hours to service the transmission case, but since I was making a video I just went ahead and took care of it. The manual is sometimes extremely conservative with recommended services... I would never replace a fluid line that is not leaking or visibly worn. There are a few things I omitted too, such as cleaning carbon out of the muffler and changing the brake fluid. If you regularly change all of the fluids and filters I showed in the video and grease every 50 hours or so, you should be good to go for a long time.

@m.cooper1854 29 күн бұрын

This is an excellent video and very helpful in explaining that the transmission fluid is separate from the HST tank (although it all uses the same type of fluid).Nowhere is this explained in the owner's manual. The same is true for your demo of changing the coolant. My question is: Is it safe to use a car hoist to lift at the frame rails?

@TheEscondidoExperiment 28 күн бұрын

I assume you're talking about raising the whole vehicle from four points so that you can stand underneath it. As long as these points are on the frame, I see no reason why this would be a problem. The frame is going to be particularly strong around where the control arms for the four wheels connect to it. I would look around this area for the best lifting points.

@m.cooper1854 27 күн бұрын

@@TheEscondidoExperiment Thanks. I have not found any reference on KZfaq or the Kubota Forum about using a standard two-post, four-pad car hoist on the RTV 1140. Keep making more videos.

@TheEscondidoExperiment 27 күн бұрын

@@m.cooper1854 I have a lot more coming. Stay tuned

@johncraig406 16 күн бұрын

Thank you, just inherited an X1100C, that looks like a lot of work. mine has 340 hours on it, and no clue if anything was ever done at all for it???

@TheEscondidoExperiment 12 күн бұрын

At a minimum, change the engine oil and grease it.

@chiplilley5490 6 ай бұрын

Great video - thanks. I just had my x1140 serviced at Kubota dealer and they mentioned there was some water in the fuel/water separator. Does your model have a separator?

@TheEscondidoExperiment 6 ай бұрын

My X1140 doesn't have a fuel/water separator. You must have a different version of the machine. I know that Kubota makes lots of these... they've probably made some changes throughout the production cycle.

@craigchristian3436 6 ай бұрын

Great video. Question, I seem to recall that UDT2 is preferred to UDT? Also, I assume UDT/2 is used everywhere in this video other than the grease, motor oil and coolant. Correct?

@TheEscondidoExperiment 6 ай бұрын

My local Kubota dealer only stocks standard UDT fluid (no UDT2), so I asked them that exact same question. They said that UDT2 fluid has better lubricating properties when operating in cold temperatures, but here in San Diego there is no demand for it because it never drops below freezing. And yes, you're correct about the fluids. The transmission case, hydraulic tank and front gear/knuckle case all take UDT fluid. For the grease, any NLGI2 grease will do. The motor oil is 15W-40 and the coolant is just standard 50/50 water/ethylene glycol mix.

@craigchristian3436 6 ай бұрын

Have you done the spark arrester service yet? Seems to be a mystery on how to do it, yet is supposed to be done every 100 hours. The 1140 came with 2 different muffler setups. Yours is like mine. There is a youtube video by a guy that has the other muffler setup. It seems really strange that maintenance would be performed the way he does it (rubber mallet).

@TheEscondidoExperiment 6 ай бұрын

I haven't done that yet. Cleaning the muffler out every 100 hours is extremely conservative on Kubota's part. The manual also says to change the brake fluid every 2 years, which is unreasonable. As long as the brake fluid remains sealed from the outside, it should be fine for many years. Think about how often you change the brake fluid on your car... not very often and this Kubota uses the same fluid (DOT-3). As far as how to service the spark arrestor, here are the steps outlined in the operator's manual. You do need to tap on the muffler with a rubber mallet to dislodge any built up carbon: 1. Set vehicle in an open area away from combustible materials and on flat surface. 2. Apply the parking brake and shift range gear shift lever into the "NEUTRAL" position. 3. Remove the drain plug located on the bottom of the muffler body. 4. Start engine and raise and lower engine revolution while tapping on the muffler with a rubber mallet until the carbon particles are purged from the muffler. 5. Stop the engine. 6. Reinstall the drain plug.

@mikemurphy7711 5 ай бұрын

@@TheEscondidoExperiment I have a 1140X with only 10 hrs so far, but when I saw the muffler clean out , that sounded like the most ridiculous maintenance task I've ever heard. I've had many tractors for 55 yrs, and seeing any sparks out the muffler is not common (unless you have a turbo charger!), this would be the last thing I'd ever care to do Kubota! But your video was awesome... by the way!

@rdking8001 Ай бұрын

very thorough but what are the hours intervals for the different items like engine I'm sure is more frequent than hydraulic or coolant

@TheEscondidoExperiment Ай бұрын

Here is what Kubota recommends: Greasing: 50 hours Engine oil and filter: 200 hours Hydraulic tank oil and filters (VHT and Suction): 200 hours Transmission case fluid: 400 hours Front axle and knuckle case fluid: 400 hours Coolant: every 2 years

@bobbygrecco9387 2 ай бұрын

How about checking the hydraulic tank suction strainer before refilling.

@TheEscondidoExperiment 2 ай бұрын

There's no harm in checking that. You'd only need to replace it if it's damaged so I didn't cover it.

@UTLakelizard 2 ай бұрын

What are the cross reference filters - say to Fram or other common brand - I am not near a Kubota dealer.

@UTLakelizard 2 ай бұрын

Oil Filter - Wix 51334 Transmission Hst - Wix WL10013 Transmission Pressure - Wix WL10043

@TheEscondidoExperiment 2 ай бұрын

I love it when people solve their own problems!

@trevormish6219 2 ай бұрын

What oil goes in the transmission? You said it’s basically gear oil but looks like you put hydraulic fluid in

@TheEscondidoExperiment 2 ай бұрын

It's Kubota UDT fluid.

@trevormish6219 2 ай бұрын

@@TheEscondidoExperiment thanks

@gabrielschipor6744 3 ай бұрын

What are the fluids you used?

@TheEscondidoExperiment 3 ай бұрын

Engine oil: 15W-40 full synthetic Transmission/hydraulic fluid: Kubota UDT fluid Radiator: 50/50 water/ethylene glycol mix (just standard green coolant) Grease: Any NLGI#2 grease will do

@gabrielschipor6744 3 ай бұрын

Did you use any gear oil?

@TheEscondidoExperiment 3 ай бұрын

The front gear cases also take UDT fluid