WVBill
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2000
- Messages
- 1,505
- Location
- Whidbey Island, WA
- Tractor
- Sold my Kubota B6100 when I moved to WA
Oil Change heads up - \"true confessions\"
Don't make the same stupid mistake I did. Those "gallon" jugs of Mobil 1 and Syntec actually have 5 quarts in them - not 4.
I wasn't paying attention so I changed my oil and dumped in the whole "gallon" jug plus a little out of a quart container. My B6100 takes 4.1 Quarts.
I had actually put 5.1 quarts in it.
The "dipstick" is only about 2" long and does not have "add" and "full" marks on it so when I checked the level after the oil change the dipstick was wet with oil so I figured OK.
Next time I ran the tractor, a quart (or so) of oil blew out the breather tube. I couldn't figure out why until I was in Wally World last night and noticed the "gallon" jugs are marked "5 Quarts". Duh...
Don't make the same stupid mistake I did. Those "gallon" jugs of Mobil 1 and Syntec actually have 5 quarts in them - not 4.
I wasn't paying attention so I changed my oil and dumped in the whole "gallon" jug plus a little out of a quart container. My B6100 takes 4.1 Quarts.
I had actually put 5.1 quarts in it.
The "dipstick" is only about 2" long and does not have "add" and "full" marks on it so when I checked the level after the oil change the dipstick was wet with oil so I figured OK.
Next time I ran the tractor, a quart (or so) of oil blew out the breather tube. I couldn't figure out why until I was in Wally World last night and noticed the "gallon" jugs are marked "5 Quarts". Duh...