1st service - Fluid recommendations

[RobJ]

BTW. the dealer I bought service parts from sold (genuine!) Kubota Canada branded 15W-40 oil also.

Man you DON'T want to go there.. Begs the question if Kubota hydro oil is so important, then why is the motor oil less important. I bet less than 0 people buy that Kubota oil. Hey it's Kubota's special mixture!! And the engine oil gets more abuse than the hydro oil.

Rob

 

[teg]

oops, make that 1 person that buys that Kubota oil. I didn't know better, I didn't have time... I was stupid... I just ask for everything for the 50 hour change for an L2800 - which also consisted of a fuel filter and an air filter. Needless to say, it the last time I buy ANYTHING from the TV town, Mayberry.

 

[Michael Knight]

Yeh, I need to find the filters too. I dont usually put too much stock in OEM stuff unless I can tell that its actually better. I changed the hoses for the crankcase breather system on a friends 02 Audi. They had all fallen appart because of the crappy materials they used. He wanted OEM, so thats what we got. 280 bucks for 3 ft worth of hoses with a pcv valve. OUCH!

 

[canoetrpr]

I will admit that I bought the Kubota oil too. I was there to buy the rest of the stuff, the oil was there.

Next spring at 100hrs will will be switching over to 0W-40 synthetic anyway. I really liked how the 15W-40 runs in the summer compared to the factory recommended 10W-30. The tractor stays much cooler with the 15W-40. It gets cold here so would be nice to have the 0W-40. I've seen Valvoline and Rotella 0W-40 at the TSC store here for about what I paid for the "OEM" Kubota 15W-40.

 

[RobJ]

Hopefully the oil is not that much more expensive than the regular oil. But if going synthetic, you are going to pay more anyway.

For the record I do buy OEM parts, filters and such. I don't know if there is a non OEM air filter I can buy and I only use about 1 oil filter a year. I think they were still only 5-6-7 bucks anyway. I swapped out the fuel filter for a Racor and those are only $10 or so each. The current one has been there for 18 months.

Rob

 

[Volfandt]

Yikes, I just did the 300 hr service on my BX23 and I've always used Kubota oil(s) & filters and so far no problems and I haven't had to add any fluids in between scheduled service's.
Lets see, thats 4 engine oil & filter changes and 2 HST oil & filter changes over the course of 3 yrs. Course since we're only talking about 3 gals of HST and less then 1 gal on engine oil I can live with staying w/the OEM branded products

Needless to say, it the last time I buy ANYTHING from the TV town, Mayberry.

The Mrs and I paid Mt Airy a visit last Nov and enjoyed the "Mayberry" atmosphere for a day & night. It was a nice short excursion for a couple Andy of Mayberry fans

 

[pitt_md]

OK,
I didn't want to have to do this but I can't take it any more.....

What the He!! does UDT mean? I looked and this is all I could find:

Acronym Definition
UDT Ujian Darjah Tiga (Malaysia)
UDT Under Deck Tonnage
UDT Under Declaration of Trust
UDT Underage Drinking Taskforce
UDT Underwater Demolition Team (US Navy SEALs)
UDT Uni縊 Democr疸ica Timorense (Timor Democratic Union, East Timor)
UDT Uniform Data Transfer (COM-based technologies)
UDT Unit Data Message (SS7)
UDT United Dominions Trust Ltd (UK)
UDT Universal Data Translator (modeling and simulation)
UDT Unstructured Data Structure
UDT Uridine Diphosphate-N-Acetylgulucosamine Transferase
UDT User Data Type (Microsoft)
UDT User Defined Type
UDT User Design Team
UDT User-Defined Table
UDT Utility Dog Tracker (AKC title)

 

[teg]

"...Kubota Super UDT Fluid is a multi-purpose all-weather tractor hydraulic fluid..."

(BUT I have no idea what UDT actually stands for...) Sorry...

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

What the He!! does UDT mean?

I was wondering the same thing. I use TDH fluid which is "Transmission-Differential-Hydraulic" required for equipment that utilizes the same fluid for hydraulics and trans/diff. Not to be confused with regular hydraulic fluid. Maybe UDT is the same as TDH. Can't imagine what it might stand for? Universal Diff. Tranny?

 

[RobJ]

What the He!! does UDT mean?

It means big profits for Kubota. And SUPER means super profits for Kubota.