Posted by Charlie Biler x on March 06, 2010 at 21:20:30 from (64.201.85.120):
In Reply to: OIL in tractors posted by Banditfarmer on March 06, 2010 at 19:53:55:
Banditfarmer, I admire you. Asking a question about motor oil is akin to asking about politics, religion, and nasty in-laws. Generally the same result occurs. With that said; please don't shoot the piano player.
Engine oils of today have had most of their suspension and dispersants reduced, except for the better diesel oils. For years I have run diesel oils in all of my engines. Back when Kendall was a real oil company, I used their super DSL diesel oils in 30 wt and 15w-45. Now that Kendall is a name slapped on mouthwash, I buy Shell Rotella by the barrel. Many of my friends use other brands of oils, but all of them use diesel oils in their lawnmowers, cars, and gas tractors.
I can only tell you that my personal car, a Chevy Caprice, has been beaten like a rented mule for almost 300,000. miles and I have never even popped a valve cover pan off. In my family, that is common. When we sell a car, friends line up to buy them. I once ran a 1948 Jeep until the pistons literally rattled in the bores. She never blew and the bearings were still fine. The stock pistons had to be replaced with 0.040" over to find a clean bore. Tonight I can take you for a ride in that Jeep. When I am gone, someone else will be running it.
My father was a professional mechanic and he went through about five barrels of engine oil a month. He kept a fleet of factory equipment serviced that ran 24 hours a day. He could experiment by doing different service procedures on a fleet of identical machines. He taught me and I stubbornly toe the line that he drew. Every time that line is not followed, I learned a hard lesson.
To me, any quality diesel grade oil will give excellent service in a classic gas tractor. My tractors are all getting 15w-40 Rotella right now. I only use the 30 weight Rotella for air cooled engines in summer service. If I had a well worn tractor; 30w would be used to keep things spinning.
Like my father; there is just one thing I despise, and that is synthetic oils. When a forklift engine dies at seven thousand hours from synthetic slop, while the petroleum oil fed units are still going after fifteen thousand hours, that tells me what synthetics are for.
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