Well, I think a lot of people do what I do and scan through these things and don't read them carefully or they simply don't read well.
I did NOT put unapproved oil in the machine. I put oil that was approved by the dealer, the manufacturer of the oil states PLAINLY on the pail that it matches specs for Kubota. I have been using that oil for years. I have probably a dozen empty pails I use around here for "buckets". What has happened the oil was not packaged correctly. That can happen with ANY manufacturer, EVEN Kubota.
I take about $700 dollars per month of medications. I take generics al the time, every chance I get. Sometimes I will pick up a prescription and the color of the pill has changed. The size of the pill changes, I ask the pharmacist "is this the same?' and I get an explanation and take the medicine. The pharmacist substitutes the generics for the very expensive medicine IF they are the same chemical composition.
It is the same with oil. If the chemical compsosition is the same the there is NO DIFFERENCE except the NAME and the PRICE.
Kubota does NOT make oil. The license their name to a manufacturer. It is the same or it used to be the same with Hesston hay cutters and IHC. Made by the same people.
Does anybody use Motorcraft oil in their Ford truck or car, or Delco in their GM? I don't and never will. I'm sure SOMEBODY does because they still sell it. I run RPM DELO 400 in my Ford power stroke. Ford "recommends" Motorcraft, WHY?? BECAUSE THEY SELL IT, that's all.
The dealers all use Kubota oil because they can pass the cost on to the purchaser.
What has happened is some body put the wrong stuff in the right container.
It is the same way with drugs. I have been prescribed a drug called Loped. However a drug called Gemfibrizol is the same chemical composition and is MUCH cheaper so that is what I take.
This is America and anybody can pay for a name if they want to but when somebody else makes the same thing and it is a lower price that is where I go.
Once again it is ILLEGAL for a manufacturer of ANYTHING to DEMAND you only use their brand. Even the government recognizes the issue. If you can come up with the same SPECIFICATIONS with another maker of the product they CANNOT demand you use ONLY their oil. It is a violation of Fair Trade Laws and is a form or "price fixing". A dealer will tell you that. Ask one. The courts settled that one YEARS AGO.
I would not be afraid to use the same oil AGAIN IF and ONLY if the people that made the mistake poney up the damages. If they would make it right I would use their product and recommend it to anyone. I have never had this happen before and I have NEVER heard of it happening to anyone else. That was my original intent of posting on this thing, to find out if anyone else has had this happen.
If you want to pay DOUBLE for a "name" on a product that is no differnt or no better than the other guys, that is fine with me. Obviously I am not as wealthy as some of you folks.
The guy that sells the stuff is in the same position as a pharmacist that puts the WRONG medicaine in a pill bottle, it is EXACTLY the same thing.
I will bet if you bought some medicine and it poisoned you or somebody in your family you would see this differently.
Doesn't anybody remember the Tylenol scare about 20 or 25 years ago?? Some crazy guy put poison in a bottle of Tylenol and killed some people and that's when the government made them go to those sealed packages that show tampering if it occurs.
I haven't had the time to read all the replys, but as far as I know, so far, no one else has had this problem.
One more thing, a tractor with 48 hours on it is equivalent to a car with 2,400 miles on it. If you bought a Ford truck and at 2,400 miles you put some Exxon oil in it and it was mispackaged and ruined the engine you would see this differently. That is unless you buy MOTORCRAFT oil. I do not use Motorcraft in my Ford trucks and never have. In the 80's I owned a fence and welding business and I had a fleet of them. I ran Delo 400 15W-40 in every single one of them and never had a problem. I bought that oil by the 55 gallon drum. If THAT oil was mispackaged and ruined an engine I would feel the same way.
You are entitled to your opinion. Right now this is where I am, I bought an oil that was held out to be the equivalent of the Kubota OIL. I still believe it to be and would use it again IF the people make it right. I believe this is one of those one in a million things, but the person that made the mistake was not me. One drug I take, I am supposed to take 60 millagrams per day. When the pharmacy has run out of the 60 millagram pills they give me the 30 millagram pills and I simply take twice as many. These pills are DIFFERENT in color but THEY are the same chemical composition. The differnce in color is to tell the user that it is the samne but different. Two 30 ml. pills equal one 60. Different colors but the same thing.
Fuel is differnt colors depending on the manufacturer. They do that for a multitude of reasons.
Once again, you can buy the dealer brand if you want to and pay double if you want to, but ask yourself this, if you bought the DEALER brand and IT WAS MISPACKAGED AND RUINED YOUR MACHINE, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL???