How often does eveveyone change the hydraulic oil in their splitter? The manual says 100 hours but that seems excessive.
Mine says to change the filter after the first 25 hours and I don't think there is any change interval beyond that.
Yup a little leaked out when I changed the valve so I topped it off. But that last it. I believe I purchased it in 09.
Naw, that's not excessive, unless you are running at an extreme high temp, or have some sort of contamination in the oil. I'd change the filter and run it, unless the oil looks bad for some reason.
time to change mine. 1 because it sat outside for the last 3 winters and 2 because i need to install new valve, might just toss a bigger pump on it also along with the lovejoy. Nothing wrong with either but they are 20+ years old and would hate to go through the mess twice. been about 10 years since the last change and the oil is pretty dark. Doesn't smell burned though.
I’d say get an oil sample kit from caterpillar and send it in for testing before changing it. $13 includes the mailer to send it in and get the test results.
mine is the original oil and is 20 years old , it's still clean looking , I change the motor oil every year and air filter every other year. and have had no issues or repairs yet.
As long as it doesn't look milky or smell burnt, run it. My splitter has to have around 500 cord through it. It feeds 4 OWBs heating 6 houses for the past 10-12 years. I changed the fluid and filter 1 time, spark plugs and air filter twice, and oil change once a year. Its about due for a refresh though, down on power and cycles noticably slower.
