Earliest anyone has done 50hr service?

[Reg]

I'm off the chart.
With cars, trucks, motorcycles, tractors, whatever...
As soon as I get it home; Engine oil and filter, transmission oil and filter, rear end oil if applicable.
Just about everything that might have run-in swarf will have the worst of it in the first few hours of running.
I don't HAVE oil burners, although I can't say for certain that it is a direct result of this paranoia.

I do air filters close to schedule.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

I'm off the chart.
With cars, trucks, motorcycles, tractors, whatever...
As soon as I get it home; Engine oil and filter, transmission oil and filter, rear end oil if applicable.
Just about everything that might have run-in swarf will have the worst of it in the first few hours of running.
I don't HAVE oil burners, although I can't say for certain that it is a direct result of this paranoia.

I do air filters close to schedule.

Wow, If I had done this on the over 100 cars and trucks I have bought it would have cost me some major bucks. I also don't have oil burners. This reminds me of a story I once read in a car magazine. An interview of a molecular engineer. He was asked how often to change the oil. He said according to the factory recommendation. Those have gotten to be pretty high now on some cars. He explained that oil never wears out or looses it's lubrication value, it only gets dirty. He said it can last forever. Course this gets everyone all excited since they have all heard these (for those of us in our 60's 3000 miles) at what mileage to always change the oil. This encouraged the interviewer to tell of these intervals and ask if he's 100% positive about what he is saying. He said he was and he and most all knowledgeable molecular engineers agree. This leads the interviewer to ask him how often he changes his oil. He said every 3000 miles. he said "For $25 why take a chance!" Guess we all have to fight our past beliefs and teachings rather than go with the advancements that have been made. I have finally switched to 4500 miles on cars that recommend 6000 to 7500 mile intervals. Still get tempted to pull in at 3000 though and sometimes still do.

 

[Doug in NNY]

I bought a new BX2350 in June 2008. By October I had about 35 hours on it. The dealer picked it up for warranty work (the HST in reverse was way too touchy -- they changed the external linkage and that corrected maybe three-quarters of the problem) and I had them do the 50-hour filter and oil change at the same time. I didn't want to get into spring work and have to get to this. I have the stuff to do the oil-filters change myself next time. I favor sooner rather than later, though with modern lubricants later is a lot later than later used to be (I think that makes sense).

This is a great piece of machinery. But part of that is having an excellent dealer.

Doug

BX2350, LA243 loader, 54" MMM, Markham tooth bar, Redlandhill Handi-Hitch and Carry-All.

 

[JimMorrissey]

50 hours. 10% sounds reasonable if you must do it early.

 

[Reg]

Wow, If I had done this on the over 100 cars and trucks I have bought it would have cost me some major bucks. I also don't have oil burners. This reminds me of a story I once read in a car magazine. An interview of a molecular engineer. He was asked how often to change the oil. He said according to the factory recommendation. Those have gotten to be pretty high now on some cars. He explained that oil never wears out or looses it's lubrication value, it only gets dirty. He said it can last forever. Course this gets everyone all excited since they have all heard these (for those of us in our 60's 3000 miles) at what mileage to always change the oil. This encouraged the interviewer to tell of these intervals and ask if he's 100% positive about what he is saying. He said he was and he and most all knowledgeable molecular engineers agree. This leads the interviewer to ask him how often he changes his oil. He said every 3000 miles. he said "For $25 why take a chance!" Guess we all have to fight our past beliefs and teachings rather than go with the advancements that have been made. I have finally switched to 4500 miles on cars that recommend 6000 to 7500 mile intervals. Still get tempted to pull in at 3000 though and sometimes still do.

I doubt that it has cost me MORE money, EARLIER yes, probably less in TOTAL.
I like to think that it has saved me at least one oil burner or trouble trannie over the years.
I just BELIEVE in getting the factory oil out of there ASAP, I think of it as the machine shop cutting oil.
With the Duramax I go with the oil life gauge; supposedly it bases the remaining oil life on number of cold starts, run time, mileage and somewhatever else.
I'm not a total Luddite, mentally stuck with 3,000 mile, 3 month, 6 month intervals.
It may be partly to get favorite brand juices in there too, but that is a whole 'NOTHER topic.

 

[john_bud]

This reminds me of a story I once read in a car magazine. An interview of a molecular engineer. He was asked how often to change the oil. He said according to the factory recommendation. Those have gotten to be pretty high now on some cars. He explained that oil never wears out or looses it's lubrication value, it only gets dirty. He said it can last forever.

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The oil may not wear out, but the additive package, the acid neutralizers, and the viscosity modifiers certainly do get used up. That's why companies do oil analysis to determine when to change oils.

jb

To the OP, i would wait until spring to change the fluids.

jb