coastal multitrac tractor fluid

[oosik]

Hey, no big deal. It's your tractor - use whatever you want. I use Kubota UDT. It's no more expensive than other premium brands and I know it's made for Kubota.

As far as any oil being equal or better. Hard to tell with all the "factual" advertising and claims.

 

[Sam L Series]

I wouldn't call STP as a non-cheap example brand. (Your referral) The additive isn't what it used to be. It failed miserably against straight synthetic oil. If they're peddling STP motor oil now, I'd take the name with a grain of salt. As far as Warren making claims, what did the Kubota dealer say? Is it the same? That's where you'll be getting warranty work done, now doubt. :ashamed:

I don't think I'm peddling anything just stating my findings. and Yes STP is sold in Autozone and coastal multitrac tractor fluid and STP multitrac tractor fluid are packages the same and Autozone rep said that they are the same made by the same company.

 

[hosspuller]

Oil is NOT just oil. There are many additives and base oil types. The engineers that designed your tractor used certain oil properties when specifying bearings, gears, friction plates and such. Only they know the specs. Industrial equipment usually recommends certain oils by name for that reason. Except for oils with the API mark and grading, and so specified by the machine manufacturer, I only use manufacture's oil. Deere, CAT, Kubota, et al. don't produce oil but they do specify oil properties and minimum requirements. The oil producer meets those specs or faces huge financial liabilities... not only loss of a customer.

Consider: when the oil container says "recommended for ..." Ask yourself, who made the recommendation ? Or when they say meets xxx specification, who verifies that it does ?

Oil is cheap compared to parts and labor for failed equipment.

 

[Sam L Series]

Oil is NOT just oil. There are many additives and base oil types. The engineers that designed your tractor used certain oil properties when specifying bearings, gears, friction plates and such. Only they know the specs. Industrial equipment usually recommends certain oils by name for that reason. Except for oils with the API mark and grading, and so specified by the machine manufacturer, I only use manufacture's oil. Deere, CAT, Kubota, et al. don't produce oil but they do specify oil properties and minimum requirements. The oil producer meets those specs or faces huge financial liabilities... not only loss of a customer.

Consider: when the oil container says "recommended for ..." Ask yourself, who made the recommendation ? Or when they say meets xxx specification, who verifies that it does ?

Oil is cheap compared to parts and labor for failed equipment.

and I suppose you know for sure which brand or company makes there oil and tat has the best quality product, it could be that others figured it out. and no one would know with researching which is what I'm doing, made phone called and spoke directly with the manufactures.... Thanks for your opinion.

 

[fried1765]

and I suppose you know for sure which brand or company makes there oil and tat has the best quality product, it could be that others figured it out. and no one would know with researching which is what I'm doing, made phone called and spoke directly with the manufactures.... Thanks for your opinion.

Have you considered that an oil manufacturer just might embellish their equality claim when responding to a consumer call?
Does what they TELL you necessarily make it TRUE!

 

[Sam L Series]

Have you considered that an oil manufacturer just might embellish their equality claim when responding to a consumer call?
Does what they TELL you necessarily make it TRUE!

True, and that means them ALL even Orange.

 

[Diggin It]

Have you considered that an oil manufacturer just might embellish their equality claim when responding to a consumer call?
Does what they TELL you necessarily make it TRUE!

Is K brand oil really better than all others or is K embellishing their oil claims to get people to buy theirs? Again, has anybody seen an INDEPENDENT lab comparison?

Who makes K brand oils? Does that plant also make others?

 

[stevewarner1957]

As stated before. It’s your tractor do what you want. My concerns were if the unit was still under warranty you give Kubota or whoever made the machine an easy out by using oil out of spec. I just bite the bullet and by Kubota oil and filters. Two weeks ago I changed my L3830HST and ZD326 hydro oil and filters. Total was around $500 for the 15 gallons of oil and filters. Oh well, easy come, easy go. Lol. The tractor is a 2006 with 800 hrs, the ZD is 2011 with 400hrs

 

[hosspuller]

and I suppose you know for sure which brand or company makes there oil and tat has the best quality product, it could be that others figured it out. and no one would know with researching which is what I'm doing, made phone called and spoke directly with the manufactures.... Thanks for your opinion.

Your OP asked if anybody else used Coastal oil.

I was not casting aspersions on your choice of oil products. I merely laid out the reasons for my choices. Having a lifelong interest and career in manufacturing, I have some experience in the field. I have been in manufacturing facilities producing name brand products with private label production fed from common bulk source bins. I also have been in facilities producing name brand & private label products ostensibly the same, but are not. (formula and standards were different). The situation is the same as generic drugs vs name brand. Using generic oil carries some risk. Except in this case, your health insurance carrier has no say... Just your wallet.

 

[YLee Kioti]

Not sure if we will be speaking of the same oil, but I bought 2 buckets of Coastal synthetic from NAPA last year and got 400 hours out of it with no issues.
This time instead of waiting for the order got 2 buckets of UDT from local Kubota dealer at 86 a bucket versus 99 per bucket of NAPA's Coastal.

So both worked for me. I guess it's a matter of one's preference and like me, just depends on how is your day going....heh....