ck2510 after 11 hrs

tiogajoe · Oct 26, 2014

I cant believe how tough this little tractor is. We keep it at the house we are building so I do not get to use it as much as I would like since we only are there on weekends. Trying to get close to 50 hours on it before it gets real cold to get synthetic oil at least in the motor. Only issue I found was the coolant level was one the low mark in the holding tank so I top it off to half way between low and full. Might have been an air bubble in the system from new? Im looking forward to shopping for a brush mower to start cleaning up our property. Ive installed a piranhna tooth bar and I can truly say it has made the fel more useful. Big improvement over my old 8n! Looking forward to learning all the neat things this little tractor can do. My wife even likes it!

tiogajoe · Oct 27, 2014

...Has anyone changed their engine oil and filter before the 50 hour service? Winter up here can have temps below zero and I would like to get synthetic oil in the the motor to help with starting. The monual states a 15w40 grade. Anyone use anything lighter? The tractor is stored in a un heated pole barn. i'm kicking around the idea of one of those magnetic block heaters??

murphy1244 · Oct 27, 2014

tiogajoe said:
...Has anyone changed their engine oil and filter before the 50 hour service? Winter up here can have temps below zero and I would like to get synthetic oil in the the motor to help with starting. The monual states a 15w40 grade. Anyone use anything lighter? The tractor is stored in a un heated pole barn. i'm kicking around the idea of one of those magnetic block heaters??

I would go with 5w 40 and a block heater.

firemanmike69 · Oct 27, 2014

tiogajoe said:
...Has anyone changed their engine oil and filter before the 50 hour service? Winter up here can have temps below zero and I would like to get synthetic oil in the the motor to help with starting. The monual states a 15w40 grade. Anyone use anything lighter? The tractor is stored in a un heated pole barn. i'm kicking around the idea of one of those magnetic block heaters??

Put some 5w40 in there and see if you can find an actual block heater not one of those magnetic ones

holeycow · Oct 28, 2014

0/40 synthetic like chevron delo is good stuff. Shell seems allright too. Not all "0" weights are created equal. Some don't seem to stay thin in cold weather like others.

magnetic heaters don't do much. I have one stuck on the bottom of my dk90 transmission. I don't think it does very much, but it is better than nothing. It is merely a supplement to the block heater that I wouldn't be without. I live where it is cold in the winter. Where it is cold in the winter everybody has at the very least a coolant ("block") heater. IT IS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. There is no questioning, no humming and hawing. Just get a block heater and plug that thing in. When it is very cold, my engines are plugged in all night.....so are every-bodies. Many, many people run "0" weight oils year round. The difference is noticeable the first cold start (oil pressure comes up faster and there is no prolonged valve clatter). I recently looked at a Perkins Engine chart that recommends 0/40 from -40c to +40c.

I would go with 0/40 and a block heater.

tiogajoe · Oct 28, 2014

I'm concerned about changing the breakin oil before the first 50 hr. service? Do you guys think ther would be an issue with using a lighter wt. oil esp. when the manual states 15w40? I did not see any other oil wt mentioned in the owners manual. What coolant heater are you guys using? Thanks for all the replys!

Amvcane · Oct 28, 2014

I was told by my dealer to run the regular oil for at least the 50 hr. change and even recommended it for the next cycle. Also he said to make sure the engine saw several good long heat cycles to let the piston rings cut and seat properly. His theory was that the new synthetic oils were so good and slick that they may not let the rings seat properly. I did not research what he said because it sort of made some sense. I am now at 125 hrs. and in the process of dumping the dyno oil and filling the engine with 5w-40 Mobil 1 for the winter and the rest of its life.
Again, I am only repeating what I was told. I know many cars come from the factory with full synthetic in the engine, so I am not sure if there is any merit to this idea.

ksbrdmkr · Oct 28, 2014

My DK 45 has aluminium oil pan so a magnetic heater has a hard time finding a flat place to stick. I put Shell T6 5w40 in my New Holland TN55 early and it took 500 hrs before it stopped using a bit of oil but for the last 2200 hours very little oil use.

DK35vince · Oct 28, 2014

I did my first oil change on my DK 35 at 35 hours switching over to Rotella T-6 5w-40 synthetic.
Been using that same oil ever since. (13 years and 1900 hours)
Rings seated just fine. Never uses any oil at all between changes