Oil & Fuel First Filter and Fluid Change(50 hrs)

[dave1949]

I always believe my engine runs smoother after changing the fuel filter too.

I'm sure there is a bit of psychology at work also. Just like after washing, waxing and cleaning the interior of your car - it seems to drive better
Dave.

 

[rherold]

Quick question about the Rotella Triple T Protection oil. On the bottle itself, I found nothing that states for diesel engines. Am I being to over cautious, blind, or did I buy the wrong oil?

 

[jinman]

Quick question about the Rotella Triple T Protection oil. On the bottle itself, I found nothing that states for diesel engines. Am I being to over cautious, blind, or did I buy the wrong oil?

Check out this document.

 

[Soundguy]

Quick question about the Rotella Triple T Protection oil. On the bottle itself, I found nothing that states for diesel engines. Am I being to over cautious, blind, or did I buy the wrong oil?

blind maybee

what was the api rating.. 'S' or 'C' you want 'C'.. CI4 is a common rating you see today.


S/C are ( service / comercial ) ratings.. however as a cheat.. think of them likethis.. S for spark ie.. gassers.. and C for compression ie.. diesels.

many diesel oils you see will be 15w40 .. and sometimes you can find 10w30 in cold environments.. as well as straight 30w and 40w for some heavy equipment applications.. there are others.. but 15-40 is the more common one for a diesel in moderate climates, at least in dino oil anyway.


soundguy

 

[nov51947]

To all of you who contributed to this thread:

I know it is an old thread, but it has answered just about every question this new T1510 owner has about maintaining my tractor. I hope every reader gets as much out of this as I have!

Thanks again.

Karl

 

[rherold]

Congrats on your new tractor Karl. You just reminded me its time to do some maintenance on my tractor before the weather turns on us.

Rick

To all of you who contributed to this thread:

I know it is an old thread, but it has answered just about every question this new T1510 owner has about maintaining my tractor. I hope every reader gets as much out of this as I have!

Thanks again.

Karl

 

[devongarver]

Well, talk about dragging up an old thread, but I am planning to change out the hydraulic fluid on my tractor before winter, and after pushing snow the last few years I am wondering if I can move to a slightly thinner oil that I can still use year round. With our cold weather we have been having, especially last year, it is taking 20-30 mins to warm up the tractor enough to even use the hydraulics. I am talking +10F and colder. Last year it was as cold as -40F, which set records here. I am looking for a good year round replacement that will work with the HST requirements as well. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Soundguy]

Premium utf's perhaps even synthetic. Check viscosity specs and pour point #'s

 

[devongarver]

Premium utf's perhaps even synthetic. Check viscosity specs and pour point #'s

OK, I see why i didn't find what I needed at first, I was looking for synthetic UTF...but google kept auto-correcting it to synthetic turf lol. How does THIS look? Here is another sheet..it looks like it should work, but i don't see an actually lower temperature limit listed. Is the "Pour Point" a representation of this? It list's -42C which should be good as that is about as cold as I have seen in my life, coincidentally that was last year lol. I have had very good results using shell Rotella T6 in pretty much everything I own, I am definitely impressed with Shell products, and wouldn't mind staying with them.

 

[Soundguy]

that shell spirax sure looks good. meets NH specs Ford New Holland M2C-134, A-D,
FNHA-2 D.201.00, MAT-3525, and looks like one of it's key points is low temp operation.

No doubt it's better than any basic store branded product.