wvpolekat
Platinum Member
Ok, there are a bazillion misconceptions in this thread.
1) MFG CANNOT require you to use their oil/filter. PERIOD. Oil has SAE/API ratings, if you match their ratings, you are good and they cannot refuse a warranty claim because of this. This is nothing new. ANY dealership that tells you that you must use their oil is lying and they know it. In Texas, this was required to be posted in the service department. Now, that does not mean that they have to sell another brand, or let you bring your brand. They also cannot require you to have service done at a dealership. See Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for details.
2) There are 2 parties at fault here. #1- The oil company IF the oil was mislabled. #2- The user who ran the tractor ANY after seeing that they were obviously 2 different fluids in the 2 pails.
3) "For use in Kubota" on the package means nothing. If the SAE/API ratings are the same as Kubota's specs are what means something. I have no idea what ratings (if any) Smittys oil has nor what the Kubota in question requires. If the oil does not list an SAE/API rating, probably safe to say that it doesn't meet the specs. I also think it
At the end of the day, he will have to pay to get his tractor fixed. That's all there is too it. Too much has transpired since the incident, between the flush/change and usage, nobody will be able to say what was actually put in there with enough certainty to place blame.
If something like this happens, AS SOON as you realize something isn't right STOP and don't do anything else until you have talked to the relevant parties and sought legal advice as to what to do to preserve the evidence to establish what happened.
1) MFG CANNOT require you to use their oil/filter. PERIOD. Oil has SAE/API ratings, if you match their ratings, you are good and they cannot refuse a warranty claim because of this. This is nothing new. ANY dealership that tells you that you must use their oil is lying and they know it. In Texas, this was required to be posted in the service department. Now, that does not mean that they have to sell another brand, or let you bring your brand. They also cannot require you to have service done at a dealership. See Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for details.
2) There are 2 parties at fault here. #1- The oil company IF the oil was mislabled. #2- The user who ran the tractor ANY after seeing that they were obviously 2 different fluids in the 2 pails.
3) "For use in Kubota" on the package means nothing. If the SAE/API ratings are the same as Kubota's specs are what means something. I have no idea what ratings (if any) Smittys oil has nor what the Kubota in question requires. If the oil does not list an SAE/API rating, probably safe to say that it doesn't meet the specs. I also think it
At the end of the day, he will have to pay to get his tractor fixed. That's all there is too it. Too much has transpired since the incident, between the flush/change and usage, nobody will be able to say what was actually put in there with enough certainty to place blame.
If something like this happens, AS SOON as you realize something isn't right STOP and don't do anything else until you have talked to the relevant parties and sought legal advice as to what to do to preserve the evidence to establish what happened.