Posted by flyingace on July 25, 2013 at 06:59:05 from (64.77.223.199):
In Reply to: Oil consumption... posted by Chip812 on July 24, 2013 at 11:31:20:
I was using quite a bit of oil myself. It was going into the hydraulic fluid via the hydraulic pump. I know this because I leveled the hydraulic fluid, then used the tractor. After adding 2 quarts of oil I opened up the level plug in the diff. Guess what - 2 quarts came out.
I certainly would not pay the $ for synthetic oil at that rate of consumption. If you are losing this amount of oil thru the engine, it must be smoking a lot. I have found that adding an oil stabilizer with 15/40 diesel oil provides pretty good oil mileage for a 45 year old tractor.
This post was edited by flyingace at 06:59:37 07/25/13.
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