Posted by MaxDamage on December 15, 2013 at 21:14:45 from (216.235.175.14):
In Reply to: IH560 hydraulic woes posted by MaxDamage on December 05, 2013 at 20:12:00:
After it froze up again this time (about 3 minutes of running) I drained the oil yet again, pulled the filter, and man alive was it clogged up. Just an icy slush all over the relief valve screen. The last 2 gallons to drain were very milky, though the first 12 or so were fairly clear. Turns out the ice floats.
Given I'll have to do this a number of times before all the moisture is out, I'm thinking of investing in a turkey fryer to use as an oil heater. I should be able to boil the water off 5 gallons at a time and simply re-use the oil until it drains clear.
Another possibility (thinking long-term here) is to switch to a mineral-based oil in the fall, run it a while and let that sit. Without emulsifiers, that oil should allow any moisture to settle out and be drained off. Then new hi-tran by end of October and hopefully that has it good for the rest of the winter.
I'll post on how well the turkey fryer and/or mineral oil ideas work.
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