Today, I was over at the local Bobcat dealer and two Bobcat factory reps from Fargo, ND were at the dealer. I was scheduling my Ct235 for the 50 hour service and asked the Bobcat factory reps why the hydra/trans oil needs changing at the first 50 hour service. It is around 8.75 gallons of fluid to change. I said it seemed like a waste to discard that much product after 50 hours. They both jumped on it saying it was absolutely critical to get that original fluid out of there. They said that fluid carries all the leftover machining and initial gear meshing filing out of the system. One of them pointed out that once you do the 50 hour service the next trans fluid change is at 400 hours.
They also said original oil filter for the engine is specially designed to have higher filtration than the ones we buy from the dealer to capture machining particles. I bring this up because I have read various threads on the forum of people skipping the 50 hour hydra/trans fluid change. It seems like the manufacturers have some reason why they are saying to do the service.
They also said original oil filter for the engine is specially designed to have higher filtration than the ones we buy from the dealer to capture machining particles. I bring this up because I have read various threads on the forum of people skipping the 50 hour hydra/trans fluid change. It seems like the manufacturers have some reason why they are saying to do the service.