2021 RTV1100c Coolant leak

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Wow, Not sure what going on with Kubota quality? 99 hours and unit looks like new until you look at the cooling system. Started to smell coolant and overflow was down some. Dropped the skid plates and was shocked to find that
there was coolant leaking for a bunch of different spots. The water pipes are both so corroded on each end that they need to be replaced. And the block drain plug is also leaking and its corroded. WTF The coolant looks good until I looked at it in the bucket. It has a foamy crud that you can scoop up with your hand. Inside of the hoses look coated with waxy crud. I really afraid what the rest of the system looks like.
I will of course flush the system a few times and wonder if a flush agent or cleaner should be used.
Anyone have any idea of why this looks so shitty already, Been around engines and diesels all my life and have never seen anything look this bad so soon.
 

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That is horrible.
Have you owned it since it was new? Stored inside or out? Wondering if weather elements could have played a role in your issue?
 
No I'm second owner, It came from the upper part of lower Michigan and I think the owner had a block heater installed. I was wondering if maybe they used a inferior coolant or mixed two different kinds.
I have b21 tlbh and its a 2008 model that I bought second owner and it is just incredible. Very well engineered and well built. This unit is definitely different. --Two radiators? WTF, and just lots of coolant hoses and clamps that are hard to reach and tighten. Seems like they may have started building it and then made mods as they went. I will get it straightened out but I was really disappointed in the way it is put together. Some hardware is more rusted that a 20 year old truck. Lower nuts that hold the side mirrors on were really rusty. I replaced them with chrome lock nuts. Cable underneath rubbing on the drive shaft? Should have a better mount than a rod that it hooks over.
I guess I should be happy to have found this condition before it became worse. Had I not smelled coolant I would not have been looking to hard.
 

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