It's a gusher!

[JohnS]

Re: It\'s a gusher!

Keep an eye on it. Air bubbles and foaming, could also mean there is a leak on the suction side of the hyd pump, or indication of the pump failing. You can remove hyd fill plug, and watch the oil with a flashlight. Let the tractor warm-up, and run an additional 10 minutes. When my pump failed, it would spew within this time frame. If it is an issue, you should still be covered by TSC warrentee. Many would be interested in how TSC performs in that dept.

Please keep in mind, it may be just the type of fluid (prior posts) or just overfilled by TSC.

 

[JohnS]

Re: It\'s a gusher!

Keep an eye on it. Air bubbles and foaming, could also mean there is a leak on the suction side of the hyd pump, or indication of the pump failing. You can remove hyd fill plug, and watch the oil with a flashlight. Let the tractor warm-up, and run an additional 10 minutes. When my pump failed, it would spew within this time frame. If it is an issue, you should still be covered by TSC warrentee. Many would be interested in how TSC performs in that dept.

Please keep in mind, it may be just the type of fluid (prior posts) or just overfilled by TSC.

 

[greg_g]

Re: It\'s a gusher!

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Greg,
Where do you buy that Shell hydraulic oil at for your Kama at? I have heard you recommend and say good things about it and I want to flush mine as well. )</font>

Just looked in the yellow pages for the closest Shell distributor. But since originally buying the Spirax HD, Shell has retracted the claim that it's "safe for yellow metals". Gonna have to come up with a replacement gear oil. Think their Donax might work, but haven't dug into it too deep yet.

//greg//

 

[greg_g]

Re: It\'s a gusher!

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Greg,
Where do you buy that Shell hydraulic oil at for your Kama at? I have heard you recommend and say good things about it and I want to flush mine as well. )</font>

Just looked in the yellow pages for the closest Shell distributor. But since originally buying the Spirax HD, Shell has retracted the claim that it's "safe for yellow metals". Gonna have to come up with a replacement gear oil. Think their Donax might work, but haven't dug into it too deep yet.

//greg//

 

[Soundguy]

Re: It\'s a gusher!

Penzoil makes a 'gearplus gl4/gl5 gear lube that is yellow metal safe. i hear castrol does as well.

Soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

Re: It\'s a gusher!

Penzoil makes a 'gearplus gl4/gl5 gear lube that is yellow metal safe. i hear castrol does as well.

Soundguy

 

[greg_g]

Re: It\'s a gusher!

I'm going to have enough hours on this tractor to go synthetic soon anyway. It's my understanding that synthetics don't have the active sulpher ingredient(s) that are responsible for yellow metal etching by fossil fuel lubricants. It's the first 300 hours or so on these Chinese tractors that are critical with respect to selecting the right fossil fuel lubricant. Synthetics are just too slippery, and can actually impede the break in process. So after about 300 hours on fossil fuel lubricants that are labeled safe for yellow metal, the gears should be broken in sufficiently to switch to synthetics.

It's also my understanding that synthetics are all non-foaming as well. But if I've got any of the above wrong, I'd appreciate somebody letting me know - before I go out and buy hundred dollar buckets of oil.

//greg//

 

[greg_g]

Re: It\'s a gusher!

I'm going to have enough hours on this tractor to go synthetic soon anyway. It's my understanding that synthetics don't have the active sulpher ingredient(s) that are responsible for yellow metal etching by fossil fuel lubricants. It's the first 300 hours or so on these Chinese tractors that are critical with respect to selecting the right fossil fuel lubricant. Synthetics are just too slippery, and can actually impede the break in process. So after about 300 hours on fossil fuel lubricants that are labeled safe for yellow metal, the gears should be broken in sufficiently to switch to synthetics.

It's also my understanding that synthetics are all non-foaming as well. But if I've got any of the above wrong, I'd appreciate somebody letting me know - before I go out and buy hundred dollar buckets of oil.

//greg//