Newer Tractor- Change Out Fluids Early

[bp fick]

I change out all manufacturer fluid within a week or two of owning anything including all my cars and trucks. I want any residual stuff that may have been built in the vehicle , shavings, dirt etc.

On my GMC trucks I have noticed they short fill all the fluids and it's not caught by the dealer. On the rear end and front differential both were about a quart low.

Knowing it's teh manufacturers job to produce something as cheap as possible and it's my job to make something last as long as possible their .50 cent a quart oils come out and I put in high quality synthetics.

I can hear the howling everywhere at your post, Cat-Driver. "Don't use syths that early, it will prevent break-in!!!"

Not to get off on a bunny trail, but GM has a half dozen models that are factory filled with slippery Mobil 1.

Seems the adage of using plain jane dino to allow for break-in is at odds with those fancy Camaros, Corvettes, and other Chevy hotrods. I am at a loss to explain it, I just report it.

 

[MicroPilot]

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I believe in changing the the engine oil early, as far as the hydraulic oil, i do the 1st at approximately 150 hours. most oem recommend hydro @ 50 hours, i myself feel thats overkill.

I found much metal debris in my hydro screen at 50 hours, which i believe is the point of changing the hydro oil at 50 hours. Get that stuff outa there.

 

[bp fick]

When I purchased my tractor, the dealer suggested that it was very, very common place for their customers to drop the fluids quite early. He is such a straight shooter, and this wasn't to boost his back room labor sales, as his context was absolutely a DIY tone. Getting the metals flakes out was exactly that to which he was inferring. I didn't bring it up, he did.

Without testing, one is left with visual inspection of just how much metal we're talking about here. Funny thing was that he mentioned the front axle with such clarity and hinted, just hinted, that while the udt in there was fine and acceptable, they sort of preferred semi-synthetic gear oil. I know this kind of stuff is sooooo filled with variables and personal preferences and opinions, but I still wonder about the briefly used, but worked rather hard, estate tractor that might take years to get to its very first fluid drop. Two or three years seems like a long time to have the initial metals filings circulating. I dunno.

 

[lawn_king]

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I found much metal debris in my hydro screen at 50 hours, which i believe is the point of changing the hydro oil at 50 hours. Get that stuff outa there.

When i did my hydraulic service @ 150 hours, on my 3540, there were some metal particles on the magnet under the filter ridge. The hydraulic oil itself was crystal clear clean!

 

[LBrown59]

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[RalphVa]

I changed the engine oil and filter at 13 hours. Waited until 50 to do the other fluids & hydraulic filter. The engine oil and filter still get changed once/year with less than 100 hours generally. The other fluids go the full 200 hours (after the first change at 50). May go longer on the front gear oil since it has no filter that could build up and collapse.

Ralph