Should I use conventional oil, or synthetic oil in my tractor.

[jyoutz]

Being a preferred customer, i get it for $8.70 cheaper than retail. That is $37.79 per jug. A jug of T6 $5w40 is $59.99.

Amsoil for me, far better oil at a better price.

I’m buying what Cummins recommends for my truck motor: Valvoline synthetic for $30/gallon. It’s the only oil endorsed by them.

 

[wisconsitom]

What kind of oil do they make synthetic oil from?. Not being snide...what does it actually mean for a motor oil to be labeled synthetic, given that in this day, that term nearly always refers to a petrochemically derived material?

I could check with Dr. Google but nah, this is more fun.

 

[jyoutz]

What kind of oil do they make synthetic oil from?. Not being snide...what does it actually mean for a motor oil to be labeled synthetic, given that in this day, that term nearly always refers to a petrochemically derived material?

I could check with Dr. Google but nah, this is more fun.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_oil

 

[wisconsitom]

....or Professor Wikipedia....but thanks.

 

[Billrog]

My backhoe with a cummings has 10 K hrs. dump truck has 300,000 miles neither have ever seen synthetic both fire up down to -10 within a couple revolutions and with probably out live me. I have a cat excavator I did breaK down a put synthetic oil in to try because as soon as it started getting cold out it didn't like starting, I'm not sure if it made a difference or not. Still required cycling glow plugs 3 or 4 times before firing up. Using the proper weight oil with regular oil changes I don't know anybody who's going to put enough hrs. on a small tractor to ever wear the engine out. I'm not going to waste money on fancy oil for my 2610 and it isn't going to let me down because of it.

 

[Williy]

A week or 2 ago I paid $23.45 a gallon
for T6 in 2.5 gallon jugs I purchased the
last 4 jugs on shelf and haven't seen any
more as of late.

willy

 

[Williy]

Billrog if it takes 3 or 4 times firing the
glow plugs are they up to par? Are they
all working?? Maybe time for new ones??

willy

 

[Billrog]

The guy I bought it from a few yrs. ago said it was hard starting when the temp got anywhere near freezing so he had new ones installed. Checked again myself and they were fine.

 

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My backhoe with a cummings has 10 K hrs. dump truck has 300,000 miles neither have ever seen synthetic both fire up down to -10 within a couple revolutions and with probably out live me. I have a cat excavator I did breaK down a put synthetic oil in to try because as soon as it started getting cold out it didn't like starting, I'm not sure if it made a difference or not. Still required cycling glow plugs 3 or 4 times before firing up. Using the proper weight oil with regular oil changes I don't know anybody who's going to put enough hrs. on a small tractor to ever wear the engine out. I'm not going to waste money on fancy oil for my 2610 and it isn't going to let me down because of it.

How often do you have to top them off with more oil??

 

[Billrog]

I've never had to top of any of my engines in between oil changes & they all run like a top. The hardest thing on equipment engines is probably dirty air filters.