New GC1720 Loud Drive

[bfloyd4445]

Mobil 1 is as good as any other synthetic oil.

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I've used it for years in cars but it isnt good for D's even the m1 turbo d oil as thats what i had in the tractor one time for about a week. My favorite is amsoil marine diesel oil. Its formulated for heavy duty use but it has one issue in extreme cold you need a block heater or your truck is hard to start. The reason in my opinion for this is that it is much thicker to compensate for engines that tend to water down the oil with fuel like PS 6.0's are supposed to do. I'm back to amsoils marine diesel in the old tractor she loves it.

 

[ray66v]

In my GC1720 I changed to Amsoil at 50 hours. I believe I noticed a tiny bit less hydro whine in low, but hard to tell if there was really any difference, or if I was just imagining it...

Exactly. If someone strongly wants to believe something, when the test is only based on what you think, it's easy to lose objectivity,

These are all the same drives, most of them switched at the same interval. If the synthetic oil had a significant affect hydro whine, it would do it every time. Not just on some.

 

[AxleHub]

I find it interesting that posters continue to want to debate choices of synthetic engine oil or Dino ENGINE oil but don't want to look what the OP started out with as a concern. . . Hydro whine.

Recently once again I correlated the specifics the OP stated to a possibility that the front axle fluid either needed changing, or was low, or had some inferior product fluid in it. My point is whether the front axle had good quality Dino or synthetic would make little difference compared to dirty front axle fluid or low front axle fluid are very poor quality fluid.

The type of fluid is much less important than the Condition of the fluid or it's volume. But no one bothers to comment on such points made. Everybody just like to argue with no resultant benefits?

ENGINE oil doesn't relate to hydro whine. But the OP has quite a new gc1720 . . . any one but me recognize new units typically don't get this front ale fluid checked till a service timeframe???

Jmho

 

[cdaigle430]

Just install a radio and play it loud LOL

 

[DMW]

I wonder if the OP realized that the parking brake had been engaged?

 

[fxdb96]

If the OP comes back, here are my data points.

My previous GC2400 had almost no hydro whine in high or low. My current GC1720 has some hydro whine in low, almost none in high. I only used Permatran from the dealer in the GC2400, and only had it long enough to go through the first hydro fluid change. In my GC1720 I changed to Amsoil at 50 hours. I believe I noticed a tiny bit less hydro whine in low, but hard to tell if there was really any difference, or if I was just imagining it...

Thank you. I had the same experience with my 1710 being quieter than my new 1720. Ive always used permatran at or before the service intervals.

 

[fxdb96]

I wonder if the OP realized that the parking brake had been engaged?

Haha anyone can make mistakes but not this time

 

[fxdb96]

I find it interesting that posters continue to want to debate choices of synthetic engine oil or Dino ENGINE oil but don't want to look what the OP started out with as a concern. . . Hydro whine.

Recently once again I correlated the specifics the OP stated to a possibility that the front axle fluid either needed changing, or was low, or had some inferior product fluid in it. My point is whether the front axle had good quality Dino or synthetic would make little difference compared to dirty front axle fluid or low front axle fluid are very poor quality fluid.

The type of fluid is much less important than the Condition of the fluid or it's volume. But no one bothers to comment on such points made. Everybody just like to argue with no resultant benefits?

ENGINE oil doesn't relate to hydro whine. But the OP has quite a new gc1720 . . . any one but me recognize new units typically don't get this front ale fluid checked till a service timeframe???

Jmho

Yes axlehub i think this thread is off the rails.. I had 250 hrs on my 1710 when i sold it. Always serviced at the intervals by myself and always agco filters and permatran. Yes i noticed the permatran evolution as well. Just did the 50 hr service on my 1720 and it is still much noisier than my 1710 in low range. Definitely hydro whine and not the front axle. Im used to it at this point and with 50 hrs i have confidence in the machine so all is well.

 

[DMW]

Haha anyone can make mistakes but not this time

Just seeing if you were still around.

 

[bfloyd4445]

I find it interesting that posters continue to want to debate choices of synthetic engine oil or Dino ENGINE oil but don't want to look what the OP started out with as a concern. . . Hydro whine.

Recently once again I correlated the specifics the OP stated to a possibility that the front axle fluid either needed changing, or was low, or had some inferior product fluid in it. My point is whether the front axle had good quality Dino or synthetic would make little difference compared to dirty front axle fluid or low front axle fluid are very poor quality fluid.

The type of fluid is much less important than the Condition of the fluid or it's volume. But no one bothers to comment on such points made. Everybody just like to argue with no resultant benefits?

ENGINE oil doesn't relate to hydro whine. But the OP has quite a new gc1720 . . . any one but me recognize new units typically don't get this front ale fluid checked till a service timeframe???

Jmho

good point. A new tractor can be expected to sound different untill after she fully breaks in just like my wife, and now she can be really LOUD but still works.