Gary Fowler
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- Joined
- Jun 23, 2008
- Messages
- 11,917
- Location
- Bismarck Arkansas
- Tractor
- 2009 Kubota RTV 900, 2009 Kubota B26 TLB & 2010 model LS P7010
Not to early IMO.
I went to synthetic at the first 50 hour change on my tractor. (its has 2000 hours now)
My zero turn called for the first oil change at 8 hours and I went to synthetic.
MY LS spec said to change oil at 50 hours. It for sure didn't have high detergent motor oil in it because it was still clear like a gasoline engine oil at 50 hours. I put in Shell Rotella T6 (full synthetic ) and within a few hours of run time the oil was full of carbon (black as coal) which is the way all diesel oil should look after a few hours.
50 hours should be enough to full seat in an engine if it is under load for that run time. My OEM said to load the engine and vary the throttle setting when running the first 50 hours so the rings seat correctly.