Ever feel like your tossing money down the drain?

[SPYDERLK]

Originally Posted by Soundguy

Soot is abrasive. Heavy metals are present from engine component wear.. this can all be found in waste oil. just look at a used oil report.

I don't see any new vehicles or machines that instruct you to use your waste [crankcase oil] by adding it to your engine. ( And I'm not talking large marine vessle's either... )

soundguy
soundguy

It sure is odd that some people will notice when you change the subject, isnt it? I think Lincoln addressed that with a quote passed down thru the years.
larry

[Builder]

Originally Posted by pitt_md

I changed my hydraulic oil last weekend on my MX5000. It has the mechanical shuttle tranny. The dealer said wait until 100 hours but I couldn't stand it when I hit 65 hours I had to change it. When I drained all 46.5 quarts from the 5 different drains it looked like it was new. $189.00 for oil and filter.

That's nothing. The typical 1000 hr service (change all fluids) on a backhoe like mine is $1,200!

Wanna see a massive amount of hydraulic fluid? Open up a backhoe!

[Soundguy]

Originally Posted by SPYDERLK

It sure is odd that some people will notice when you change the subject, isnt it? I think Lincoln addressed that with a quote passed down thru the years.
larry

That was actually an honest mistake on my part. i'm participating in a thread on a near identical topic in another forum, re: recycling used oils into the diesel tank. As you can see I got confused about this one being only about hyd oil.. re: my comments on soot.. (crankcase) etc.

Still.. the hyd oil will contain metalic contaminates, grit and possibly acids and moisture.. all depends on the oil and the add package. None of that is meant to go thru the injection system.. diesel however is.

soundguy

[daTeacha]

Motor oil in place of chain oil will leave you with a cleaner looking bar and chain because it isn't designed to cling to the metal as much as the chain oil is. The bits of tree aren't doing any harm, just indicating that your chain and bar are coated with oil as intended. Using motor oil is better than nothing, but chain oil is better for the purpose as long as you cut only wood. If you occasionally saw dirt by mistake, or cut logs that have been dragged and have a lot of dirt in the bark and such, the motor oil might be better than the bar and chain.

How well does Mr. Funnel work at filtering out the dirt from lube or hydraulic oil? Has anyone tried it? I just took my old oils to be recycled at Advanced Auto Parts. They accepted it, but they don't give you anything for it.

My manual calls for either 15W - 40 or 10W - 30 in the crankcase. The stores around here don't seem to have 10W - 30 diesel grade oil. The manual doesn't specify heavy duty or diesel grade, just 10W - 30 and 15W - 40. Do you guys all use heavy duty diesel grade motor oil?

[Soundguy]

Diesel oil is marked with a 'C' rating.. gasoline only oil will have an 'S' rating. Not uncommon to see oil with both an 'S' and a 'C' rating.

Lots people running oils with 'C' ratings in some gas engines.. especially hi-performance ones.. or flat tappet engines.. especially if they like zinc..

soundguy

[Egon]

I changed my hydraulic oil last weekend on my MX5000. It has the mechanical shuttle tranny. The dealer said wait until 100 hours but I couldn't stand it when I hit 65 hours I had to change it. When I drained all 46.5 quarts from the 5 different drains it looked like it was new. $189.00 for oil and filter.

Industrial equipment surely does not use this type of time frame for changing fluids.

[PaulChristenson]

Get the hydraulic information you need!

[daTeacha]

HOLY COW! That site has about 3 years worth of reading on it. It looks very good. I'll have to look at it at home.