I'm a big advocate against doing the fluid at 50 since Kubota says it isn't needed but I'd for sure do it at the 300 for the same reasons BP gave.thanks bp, I think I'll do a complete oil change....I'll feel I've done a more complete job...thanks and goodnight....
Mark
I went ahead and did the 50 hour service on my BX2660 but really think it was a waste of money, resources, and a hold over from the old days. The filters and strainer should not be plugged up and the oil should not be worn out in fifty hours.
My new car/truck purchases in the last two or three decades did not require a break in service.
It may seem like a waste off time but I found that not so. On my BX25 I even changed the HYD oil as I lost 2-3 Qts cleaning the suction strainer and I was changing to the NAPA brand. In both the engine oil and the HYD oil I found at least a tablespoon full of loose black gritty residue in the strainer and in the filters which I cut open. I ignored the fuel filters (2) thinking the same as the last poster, at 300 hrs engine was starving for fuel and died. Pulled the first filter, almost totally plugged with black gunk I could not identify. I have always been careful when the fuel cap is open and even pump through a 5 micron filter so doubt it came from the fuel, but factory residue in the tank.
QA at the factories is probably hit and miss, also casting sand and machining processes always leave stuff in craks only operation works loose.
Ron
Pulled the first filter, almost totally plugged with black gunk I could not identify. I have always been careful when the fuel cap is open and even pump through a 5 micron filter so doubt it came from the fuel, but factory residue in the tank.
Ron
Ron -
Wonder if the gunk may have resulted from algae? When buying maintenance parts for my first diesel many years ago, I mentioned that since I wouldn't be putting a lot of hours on the tractor, I wasn't planning to change the fuel filter any time soon. The parts guy replied that I should change it every couple years anyway, in case there was any algae growth in the filter.
Thanks for mentioning the NAPA discounts. I'll keep that in mind in future visits.
Howard