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JSE |
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The 4020 is due an oil change, what is the suggested type and grade of oil that a guy should use? The tractor has about 7000 hours total , ( 1500 hours post a complete engine o/h), the tractor is for light duty summer use, parked in a shed for the winter. TIA | |||
deeretech14 |
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SW Ohio | Don't change it until spring and use John Deere plus 50 15W40 and a John Deere filter for longest engine life. | ||
Mark (EC,IN) |
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Schlegel Farms, Hagerstown Indiana | deeretech14 - 12/2/2016 18:10 Don't change it until spring and use John Deere plus 50 15W40 and a John Deere filter for longest engine life. I disagree with the waiting till spring.....I don't like them to set with dirty oil over winter. Get the dirt and sludge (old oil) out before it settles out over winter. | ||
SmallTimeFarmer |
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Mi | Deere filter, chevron delo or Mobil delvac 15w40 | ||
thefarmers |
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I'd change it now. Better than setting all winter with contaminated oil. | |||
JSE |
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whats the view on synthetic oil??....understand that the John Deere 50 plus II is a Chevron oil?? | |||
Mike Aylward |
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Northeast Missouri | Last I knew Deere oil is made by Northland out of Waterloo. | ||
Kenny |
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EC IA | I hope there isn't a bunch of sludge in an engine that was overhauled 1500 hr. ago. I'd wait till spring. | ||
thefarmers |
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Its the contaminates in the oil, not sludge. I always heard they eat away at the bearing material. | |||
Wheat77 |
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deeretech14 - 12/2/2016 18:10 Don't change it until spring and use John Deere plus 50 15W40 and a John Deere filter for longest engine life. +1. Best advice. | |||
jddriver |
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Greenwood Mo | deeretech14 - 12/2/2016 18:10 Don't change it until spring and use John Deere plus 50 15W40 and a John Deere filter for longest engine life. As a former mechanic this made me a lot of money due to the acids in the oil ecthing the bearings. Get it warm drain the oil andchange the filter only way to put them to bed | ||
Wheat77 |
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jddriver - 12/2/2016 19:38 deeretech14 - 12/2/2016 18:10 Don't change it until spring and use John Deere plus 50 15W40 and a John Deere filter for longest engine life. As a former mechanic this made me a lot of money due to the acids in the oil ecthing the bearings. Get it warm drain the oil andchange the filter only way to put them to bed Spring works well here, and has for 50 years. Very cold, condensation, I like new oil in the spring. | |||
Rayl |
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Saline County, Mo | I don't see how oil sitting in the bottom of an oil pan could etch a bearing it's not in Wait till spring | ||
Southern Farmer |
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West Texas | Don't know about all the oil numbers today but back in the day when I worked at the refinery, All of the motor oil that we put in cans (yes, that long ago) came to the refinery in rail cars. All of the 30 wt went into one tank and we canned oil for all of the major oil companies. Didn't make any difference what the label on the can said, it all came out of that one tank. Same deal for hydraulic oil. Some of it did require that we put a couple of drops of some additive in each can so that they could advertise it as different and better. | ||
RickB |
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Lincoln County. NC | Southern Farmer - 12/2/2016 21:59 Don't know about all the oil numbers today but back in the day when I worked at the refinery, All of the motor oil that we put in cans (yes, that long ago) came to the refinery in rail cars. All of the 30 wt went into one tank and we canned oil for all of the major oil companies. Didn't make any difference what the label on the can said, it all came out of that one tank. Same deal for hydraulic oil. Some of it did require that we put a couple of drops of some additive in each can so that they could advertise it as different and better. So you prove a point. Additive packages are what create differences between oil brands. | ||
Gerald J. |
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Bearings etch from water in the oil and in the bearings. The bearing insert is usually copper or silver and the crankshaft is steel. With water or any conductor between them makes a battery that is shorted by the rest of the assembly and that shorted battery eats away at the metals. Modern oils include anti etching additives to slow that down. Gerald J. | |||
JSE |
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Thanks for the feedback...this is a great site. As i read through some of the other items that have been posted on this site .... the old adage applies ..." you don't know what you don't know!!' | |||
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