Oil & Fuel When do oyu change engine oil??

Nissan197 · Nov 5, 2009

The first oil change I did was at 50 hours. Now I change the oil after every 100 hours. I use WIX for my oil filter and whatever other brand for the other filters that I can cross reference. Quite a bit in cost difference when compared with the Mahindra brand.

buck12 · Nov 6, 2009

Just how expensive are the Mahindra filters? I am fast approaching my first oil change and was planning to use Mahindra filters but have not priced them.

bp fick · Nov 6, 2009

buck12, dealers charge 2 and 3 times for their tractor branded filters. Keep in mind that no tractor manufacturer makes these filters. They buy them from a filter manufacturer. And NO! Using a another quality filter will not void one's warranty. US law specifically states that if an engine manufacturer insists upon you using their oil or their filters, then they have to provide them free of charge to you, the customer. Of course, they aren't going to do that. It goes without saying that no manufacturer also produces their own oil either. They aren't oil companies and aren't filter manufacturers.

buck12 · Nov 6, 2009

Thanks bpflick. Does anyone have the WIX # (oil filter) for a 2615? I would hate to take the filter off to cross reference and the parts store have to order it.

bp fick · Nov 6, 2009

buck12 said:
Thanks bpflick. Does anyone have the WIX # (oil filter) for a 2615? I would hate to take the filter off to cross reference and the parts store have to order it.

WIX Filters : Filter Look-Up

The Wix.com website has a great look up feature.

coffeeman · Nov 9, 2009

bp fick said:
Ah.... 400 hours on engine oil/filter? It would be absolute liquid tar!!!! Manuals are printed material and are often filled with errors, translation errors and outdated information. The costs for printing are so high, thus, this info is often super-ceded. I know of no manufacturer who recommends 400 hours on the oil and filter. Some might allow a few hundred hours on the Hydro or trans fluid/filter, after initial change, but even that is pushing it.

Suggest a call to a dealer for confirmation on that. Best Wishes

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. (Most folks, who I deal with daily, agree that I am real good at confusing things.)

The manual calls for an oil change every 100 hours. The manual calls for a filter change every 400 hrs. I was just wondering if right. However, I changed today at 110 hrs and I always change filter with oil at 100 hrs. The extra cost of filter is cheap compared to oil and time already invested. I use NAPA filter.

Your right about oil. I changed at 110 and it looked like tar.

Cheers...Coffeeman

bp fick · Nov 9, 2009

Coffeeman

Good for you. 100 hours on an estate tractor is long enough. The oil capacity is small, only 3-4 quarts typically. We also run them for shorter bursts of time than a commercial machine running steady for 12 hours. Also, There's no point in draining oil and not changing the filter. NAPA is a good source for Wix rebranded, so I am told and likely a place I will get mine in the future.

Keith_B · Nov 22, 2009

bp fick said:
Coffeeman

Good for you. 100 hours on an estate tractor is long enough. The oil capacity is small, only 3-4 quarts typically. We also run them for shorter bursts of time than a commercial machine running steady for 12 hours. Also, There's no point in draining oil and not changing the filter. NAPA is a good source for Wix rebranded, so I am told and likely a place I will get mine in the future.

My Mahindra 4110 takes the better part of two gallons to change. I use the NAPA gold (the Wix made filter), or the Pure One oil filters.

It never made sense to me why manufacturers call for an oil change without also changing the filter. You get no cheaper engine protection than regular oil changes.

bp fick · Nov 23, 2009

Keith_B said:
My Mahindra 4110 takes the better part of two gallons to change. I use the NAPA gold (the Wix made filter), or the Pure One oil filters.

It never made sense to me why manufacturers call for an oil change without also changing the filter. You get no cheaper engine protection than regular oil changes.

Your 41 hp Mahindra has a very large oil capacity. The typical scut takes only 4 qts. A larger capacity is a good thing. Still, the principle remains. I never got that leaving the filthy filter on "thing" either. Especially since it holds a pint of polluted oil. For the $8-10 cost of a filter on a $15000 tractor, it doesn't make any sense. To each his own.