What hydraulic oil to use in DK50SE HST?

[Poopdeck Pappy]

What hydraulic oil do you guys use in your DK35/40/45/50's? My manual is very non-specific on what type of hydraulic oil to use. My dealer is a New Holland/Mahindra dealer that just recently picked up Kioti, so I suspect they will stock and, thus, recommend the same hydraulic fluid they use for servicing NH and Mahindras.

Don't want to start an oil war, but thought I would ask.

 

[Gil Case]

It is not that complex, go to Wally World or Tractor supply and buy the best one they have on sale.

 

[k0ua]

I used the Mobile fluid 424

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

It is not that complex, go to Wally World or Tractor supply and buy the best one they have on sale.

I went to Tractor Supply and the "best" one they had said "Not designed for use in tractors manufactured after 1974." LOL!

 

[rjwerth]

Yikes. I really have to suggest using the search function for this.

 

[murphy1244]

TSC premium UTF.

 

[ritcheyvs]

My (now defunct) dealer said any premium oil would be OK. I think it's important to use an oil intended for use with wet brakes, particularly since (I assume) you also have wet clutches for the PTO and 4WD. My DK45S had a factory sticker that said to use Shell Donax TD (among a couple others). Donax TD has been superseded by Shell Spirax S4 TXM, which is what I used because my local Walmart had two 5-gal tubs sitting on the shelf. Note that with (at least) these two oils, the TD and S4 TXM are the critical parameters because there are many other Donax and Spirax oils. Other posters here assure me that TSC Premium will work fine but seems to be poorly labeled; some containers do not indicate the specs the oil satisfies. My belief is that any premium hydro oil designed to work with wet brakes should be OK

 

[grm61]

I bought the wrong fluid the first time... Kioti calls for a multi weight tractor fluid.Rider7767 did a bunch of research on the Napa oil Part number 85-405, 5 gallon pail, it meets spec. Thats what I wound up using, as the napa store in town had it on the shelf. Link to the thread is below if you care to sift through it.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/291291-super-s-premium-hydraulic-tractor.html

 

[rider7767]

Napa Premium Heavy Duty Tractor Hydraulic and Transmission Fluid and many others are approved by Kioti. See thread below with correspondence from Kioti Product Support.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...92136-napa-premium-heavy-duty-traactor-3.html

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

To all who responded, thanks very much for the info. I think I'll go with the NAPA Premium fluid. I was just there on Tuesday getting hydraulic hoses made, and I saw it so I know they have it in stock. I can only hope they're not as proud of it as they are their hydraulic hoses.

My local Tractor Supply did not have the Traveller Premium. They only had the stuff that said it's not recommended for tractors manufactured after 1974.