Kubota mx5200 first oil change. Book says 10 quarts, 6.75 came out..

[Chewwy]

Kubota is very vague about fill capacities on all their machines, mine included. Just use the dipstick and fill accordingly Mine calls for 12 quarts and it holds 13.5 with the filter on one machine, the other identical machine but 2 years older holds 12.5 quarts. I just go by the dipstick. Same with the hydraulic fluid level.[/QUOTE]

 

[Chewwy]

Kubota is very vague about fill capacities on all their machines, mine included. Just use the dipstick and fill accordingly Mine calls for 12 quarts and it holds 13.5 with the filter on one machine, the other identical machine but 2 years older holds 12.5 quarts. I just go by the dipstick. Same with the hydraulic fluid level.

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Sorry. Did not mean to reply to this posting. Fat fingers hit wrong button.

 

[Chewwy]

I put 8 quarts in and it is at the top of the dipstick full level. My manual says it holds 10 quarts. I changed the filter also. This has to be a typo in the manual. What are your experiences with the 5200 or the 5800?

Maybe a dumb question, but did you run the engine before checking dipstick level? Filter will hold at least a quart, maybe more. Not sure about your machine, but on all of mine, engine has to run to fill the filter volume.

 

[MechanicalGuy]

Maybe a dumb question, but did you run the engine before checking dipstick level? Filter will hold at least a quart, maybe more. Not sure about your machine, but on all of mine, engine has to run to fill the filter volume.

Yeah.

Thanks for the replies. I think it's a great machine it's just 2 quarts low to the manual which it super weird to me.

 

[5030]

My ex wife accused me of being 2 quarts low as well.:laughing:

 

[orezok]

Kubota is very vague about fill capacities on all their machines, mine included. Just use the dipstick and fill accordingly Mine calls for 12 quarts and it holds 13.5 with the filter on one machine, the other identical machine but 2 years older holds 12.5 quarts. I just go by the dipstick. Same with the hydraulic fluid level.

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Have you ever compared the dipstick lengths? The oil volume might not be wrong the dipsticks might.

 

[5030]

Have you ever compared the dipstick lengths? The oil volume might not be wrong the dipsticks might.[/QUOTE]

I have in as much as I own 2 M9's, 2 years in build date apart and both dip sticks are the same length. Having said that, the operators manuals state different lube oil capacities.

 

[5030]

As an FYI, as long as the transmission fluid level is just below the lower edge of the PTO output shaft on any Kubota (sitting on a level pad), the level is fine.

 

[GamblerAcres]

I've changed the oil twice so far on my MX5200. Both times I bought the 2.5 gallon container (10 qts) to cover the 9.9 courts as stated in the manual. Both times I had a lot left over. Probably about 2 quarts. Won't be buying the 2.5 gal anymore.

 

[5030]

I buy all my lubricants, motor oil, hydraulic oil, gear oil and grease in quantity. Motor oil and hydraulic oil in 55 gallon drums, gear oil in 5 gallon pails and grease in 150 pound open head drums, all delivered to the farm by my supplier and my supplier takes my drained fluids too so recycling isn't an issue. been doing that for years.