Oil & Fuel L3400 oil change frequency.....

[Scott in IN]

Per Kubota you are to change the oil every 200 hours. I put maybe 50 hours per year on my tractor (mainly snow plowing and bush hogging) so should I change the oil once a year at 50 hours our wait a couple of years and change it at 200?

 

[Shimon]

Change the oil at least once a year no matter how many hours.

 

[wushaw]

What Shimon said would be the best oil change plan when you put little hrs on your tractor.

 

[canoetrpr]

I'm in the same boat as you - about 50 hrs per year. I did the full 50 hr service at the one year mark. From now on unless I hit the next maint hr interval I will at minimum change the engine oil/filter once a year and do all the other fluids and filters ever other year.

 

[TalonDancer]

The base concept behind changing your oil once a year regardless of hours (milage) is that water is one of the contaminants that reduce the lubrication effectiveness of oil. Water condenses inside all gas/diesel engines due to temperature / humidity variations. Engines that are run frequently, "boil off" this condensation regularly. So it is less of a problem. And of course, engines that are run frequently, also get more hours / yr. So they would probably get the oil changed yearly anyway

AFAIK the auto industry's 12,000 mile oil change is based on the average car being driven roughly 1,000/mo. In other words -- a yearly oil change interval.

Talon Dancer

 

[Marcussen]

My manual for the L2800/L3400 shows oil changes at every 100 hours not the 200 it shows on the website. If you don't put a 100 hours a year on it I would change oil/filter once a year. See Talondancer's post about moisture.

 

[Soundguy]

Per Kubota you are to change the oil every 200 hours. I put maybe 50 hours per year on my tractor (mainly snow plowing and bush hogging) so should I change the oil once a year at 50 hours our wait a couple of years and change it at 200?

Ditto what Shimon said..

200hrs or 1/year minimum.. whichever comes first.

Don't want that old oil setting in there with all the acids and contaminants.. etc..

Soundguy