I have been using AW32. Do you run the heavier oil because all these old systems have wear in them at this point? The hydraulics just don't seem to work well on AW32, but that was what the owner's manual said to use.Lavoy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:39 pmI run AW48 or AW62 hyd fluid. On occasion where we have a crawler that has hyd couplers on the back, and it may share a piece of equipment with a later model tractor, we use HyGard or equivalent to prevent cross contamination. You typically lose about 100PSI with HyGard, and the pumps seem to howl a little bit more, but I have never had damage occur.
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Hyd fluid or motor oil????
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Re: Hyd fluid or motor oil????
Yes, I run a little heavier oil than recommended for just that reason.
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