Oil & Fuel How much sparkle is too much sparkle front gear oil, 50 hr

   / How much sparkle is too much sparkle front gear oil, 50 hr #1  

richard22c

New member
Joined
Jan 20, 2018
Messages
19
Location
SW VIRGINA
Tractor
Kioti CK2610HST
This is the second 吐lush of front gear oil. The 50hr original was or course contaminated quite a bit with particles. Make a long story short, I switched to with Mobil 1 75w-90 synthetic gear oil instead of cheaper regular 80w-90 gear oil. So when I drained a second time, there were these particles still in drain pan! I was surprised to see so much.
Too much sparkle = metal bits.? Using loader quite a bit.
IMG_20180910_174525123.jpg
 
   / How much sparkle is too much sparkle front gear oil, 50 hr #2  
This is the second 吐lush of front gear oil. The 50hr original was or course contaminated quite a bit with particles. Make a long story short, I switched to with Mobil 1 75w-90 synthetic gear oil instead of cheaper regular 80w-90 gear oil. So when I drained a second time, there were these particles still in drain pan! I was surprised to see so much.
Too much sparkle = metal bits.? Using loader quite a bit.
View attachment 570539

Put a magnet in the pan, see if the sparkle is steel,or iron. If it's alu, there might be something getting ground up.
 
   / How much sparkle is too much sparkle front gear oil, 50 hr #3  
You can't do better than full synthetic gear oil. I can't tell from your pic what quantity of particulate matter you have there, vs. amount of oil. But I would suspect on second change you're still pulling some particles of debris from the manufacturing process. It's not like draining engine oil- you can't really heat it up prior to draining it and there is no filter to draw out and hold the particles of whatever you're seeing.
I wouldn't be too worried about it - just keep doing regular intervals of change/# hours.
 

Tractor & Equipment Auctions

LOOK! (A53342)
LOOK! (A53342)
2005 Blue Bird BB Conventional Bus, VIN # 1BAKBCKA45F219634 (A51572)
2005 Blue Bird BB...
2007 Eager Beaver 35 GLB Lowboy, Tandem Axel (A52384)
2007 Eager Beaver...
Hotsy Pressure Washer (A51573)
Hotsy Pressure...
(4) 55 Gallon Drums of Mixed Laundry Detergent and Fabric Softener (A51573)
(4) 55 Gallon...
Approximately 250 Traffic Cones (A51573)
Approximately 250...
 
Top