I have been poking around Y-TMAG since 1996 and now I am going to ask something that has been bugging me for a long time.
these old TO model tractors and others called for mineral oil for the hyd./trans. now many folks are using 10/30 detergent oil as a replacement. the way I understand it mineral oil allows the crud in the oil to drop to the bottom of the tranny/hyd. housing hoping I guess that the tractor owner will eventually flush the system thereby getting the settled crud out of the tractor. the detergent oil, as I understand it, suspends the crud allowing a filter to remove said crud.
since the TO models do not have a tranny or hyd. filter why would you then want to use the detergent oil which keeps the crud suspended ???
please forgive my ignorance but I had to ask.
thanks.
these old TO model tractors and others called for mineral oil for the hyd./trans. now many folks are using 10/30 detergent oil as a replacement. the way I understand it mineral oil allows the crud in the oil to drop to the bottom of the tranny/hyd. housing hoping I guess that the tractor owner will eventually flush the system thereby getting the settled crud out of the tractor. the detergent oil, as I understand it, suspends the crud allowing a filter to remove said crud.
since the TO models do not have a tranny or hyd. filter why would you then want to use the detergent oil which keeps the crud suspended ???
please forgive my ignorance but I had to ask.
thanks.