New RC1060 leaking oil from gearbox plug

landor · Jun 11, 2022

I'm still relatively new to tractors and implements, and my dealer is closed till Monday so I figured hey, I'd ask here in case this is a serious thing.

The dealer got my RC1060 in Wednesday, delivered it yesterday. I ran it for ~30 minutes yesterday, then an hour today. When I got it out today the oil wasn't there, but when I put it away I saw a nice puddle around the gearbox, the trail leading directly to the plug.

Any idea what would be causing this and what I should do to mitigate? Everything was greased up really nicely by the dealer, and they're a solid place so I don't think they did anything wrong, but I'm concerned that if I use it again I could cause some issues.

Photo attached of leak.

ptsg · Jun 11, 2022

I say it was just overfilled and then once it ran for some time and got some temperature on it, the oil expanded and the excess came out from the vent plug. Nothing to worry about.

It will probably do the same once you run it more time, till it eventually stops.

landor · Jun 11, 2022

ptsg said:
I say it was just overfilled and then once it ran for some time and got some temperature on it, the oil expanded and the excess came out from the vent plug. Nothing to worry about.

It will probably do the same once you run it more time, till it eventually stops.

Thanks VERY much! I really appreciate it. I'll breathe easy for now

ptsg · Jun 11, 2022

landor said:
Thanks VERY much! I really appreciate it. I'll breathe easy for now

No worries. At least you know it has oil in it.

In the current times with dealers selling faster than they can stock, we never know if they did the job right.

Oh and some times, depending on the design, the front axles can do the same, specially if working on the inclines were the vent is on the low side.