Posted by Steve Mason on December 07, 2007 at 07:46:11 from (207.177.31.118):
In Reply to: Winter Oil posted by Steve Mason on December 05, 2007 at 08:57:24:
thanks for all the info Gentlemen! It is much appreciated.
I am still struggling with this though - I've narrowed my choices down to 15w-40 or 10w-30. Am I making too much of this? Should I just toss a coin, pick one and go?
I assume the 10w-20 is a thinner oil than the 15w-40?? Running straight 30w my tractor doesn't appear to burn much oil but she does blow some blue smoke.
Another question, hydraulic oil. My hydraulic system is not perfect. The big 40" cyclinders on my loader leak pretty good around the seals. I have not been able to identify a mfg so I have been hesitant to tear them apart for fear of not being to find any parts. I used to run IH HyTran but last summer switched to a heavier hyd oil. ISO 86 is what its called if my memeory is correct. Since running the heavier hyd oil the leaking is much less and I seem to have better response on my hydraulics. Will this stuff be OK for cold weather too? Or do I need to go back to a thinner hyd oil for winter?
I really rely a lot on this old tractor in the winter time and I don't want to screw anything up.
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