Re: Oil type/weight recommended

Posted by Doug in OR on December 18, 2004 at 21:57:49 from (24.20.250.197):

In Reply to: Oil type/weight recommended posted by kw on December 17, 2004 at 09:23:32:

IMHO, 15W-40 is a bit too heavy from your climate conditions. Something that is a bit lighter at the bottom end will give you better lubrication during warmup on those colder mornings. I would recomment a high quality 10W-30 oil. Go for something with a CF or CH rating.

I will say that you tractor could be a candidate for switching to synthetic oil. If your tractor uses very little oil, I'd even go so far as to recommend a high quality 5W-30 synthetic oil. Again, stick with something rated for diesel service. Before someone screams at me for saying this oil is too thin... Our fleet of new Volvo diesel heavy trucks come with a recommendation to use 5W-30 oil. Winter or summer.

Now to those of you who dissed me a few days back for not recomending synthetic oil for that M - this is a completely different tractor. I tend to look at the application and age of the engine, as well as the benefits and cpsts of going synthetic.

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