Oil change time got away from me

fixerupper · Sep 27, 2015

Maybe this is a kind of a mundane post about an oil change, but I'm very religious about proper oil change intervals and this practice has rewarded me with long engine life. Anyway, the other day I checked the oil in my 1086 and it was a quart low. It doesn't use oil even with 6000 hours on the last overhaul so my ears perked up a bit. I walked around to the other side of the tractor to look at the oil change hours I had scratched on top of the oil filters and discovered the last oil change was in April and from looking at the hours I discovered it had 250 hours on the last change!! I always change at 100! Where did the time go? It will be changed this afternoon!!!!

buickanddeere · Sep 27, 2015

A non issue. With ULSD the oil is still not dirty or depleted at 250hrs.

Tx Jim · Sep 27, 2015

I've been changing the oil in my JD4255 @ 250 hr intervals since 1993. It now has 11,400 hrs on tach with no overhaul. It only uses 2 qts of oil between oil changes.

fixerupper · Sep 27, 2015

Soooo? Maybe I'm changing too often now? When this tractor was new the suggested oil change interval was 100 hours with the 30W and 10W oil IH had available at the time. Then IH went to a 'new' oil that was supposed to be able to go for 200 hours with a filter change at 100 hours. I've stayed at 100 hours using 15-40. The technology in this engine was old when the tractor was new and it certainly isn't any newer now. I have the idea it is a 'dirty' engine compared to the new ones. When I crack open the throttle the black smoke shows it's ugly face, unlike the new engines today. Smoke means incomplete combustion and I would think some of the byproducts from incomplete combustion will end up in the crankcase. Maybe I'm over concerned?

Tx Jim · Sep 27, 2015

Recommendations on oil change intervals has changed drastically since your tractor was built.

notjustair · Sep 28, 2015

I'm with you Fix - I do about 150 hours on each
tractor. I spread out the hours so it works out to
once a year. 8430 for cultivation, 4440 for spraying
and some planting and haying, 7800 for planting
and haying, and 4020 for chores.

There's the letter series farmalls for grinding feed
and auger work. Those are once a year, too.

Oil is cheap insurance as far as I am concerned.

buickanddeere · Sep 29, 2015

(quoted from post at 13:58:34 09/27/15) Soooo? Maybe I'm changing too often now? When this tractor was new the suggested oil change interval was 100 hours with the 30W and 10W oil IH had available at the time. Then IH went to a 'new' oil that was supposed to be able to go for 200 hours with a filter change at 100 hours. I've stayed at 100 hours using 15-40. The technology in this engine was old when the tractor was new and it certainly isn't any newer now. I have the idea it is a 'dirty' engine compared to the new ones. When I crack open the throttle the black smoke shows it's ugly face, unlike the new engines today. Smoke means incomplete combustion and I would think some of the byproducts from incomplete combustion will end up in the crankcase. Maybe I'm over concerned?

Do you have a stash of 1990's high sulphur fuel that still being used in the tractor ?
Are you aware of the differences with ULSD ?

Oil change time got away from me

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