Cost of combine oil changes

feilding

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Mixed Farmer
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I've always worked on the principal of changing engine oil every 250 hrs or every year on tractors etc. And road vehicles every 5000 miles or every year, which ever comes first. Never any longer. As I've said before, oil is cheap at any price. And filters the same.
 

quavers

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aberdeenshire
Wtf!!! How can you change oil too often?
once read that it can glaze the bores running fresh oil all the time , really depends on what sort of work the machine is doing , full bore or back end oil driving a hydraulic motor on a one pass is going to need changing sooner by some one pushing there machine to the max than some with out such a large work load, got a jd engine tractor here and you can smell the oil when its freshly changed for the first 20hrs or so
 

nelson

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Mixed Farmer
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herefordshire
£50 a year might be a luxury for 80 hours of cutting. But TX34 engines are like hen’s teeth, and after having had one *”stick a leg out of bed” I’d suggest you spend the cash, and a bit more.

[*~ In our case a belt drive mysteriously caught the oil drain hose that runs down the LHS of the combine. The low pressure warning system was also defective, and the first the driver knew about it (apparently) was when it went bang. Dealer said that it was a known issue on TX34’s, and now they advise the owners on their books to coil up the drain hose and secure it to the engine mount.
A short engine was £8k plus fitting, 15 years ago ]
claas have a tap on the sump as well so if something happens to the pipe its all ok though thats was a good idea
 
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Change it at the end of the season. This prevents condensation in the crankcase, coating bare parts with something no better than an acidic liquid, from all the residue in the oil after a short, but intense working period.
During the year, keep giving it a run every couple of months.
 

dod1e

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Aberdeenshire
Your all skimping, a Ford 7000 and 7600 needed changing every 100 hours, along with the inline pump.
Thats based on the oil available when they were new, modern day oils with good additives etc can run much longer than that.

For the OP, I think the corrosion inhibiters etc in the oil will be far from consumed in 80 hours, every 2 years would be plenty. Well worth turning over every couple of months, no need to run for minutes or until hot, thats just prolonging the cold running for no need, just long enough to get oil pressure up and coat all the surfaces.
 
Your all skimping, a Ford 7000 and 7600 needed changing every 100 hours, along with the inline pump.
Ah, now there's a man with a good memory! But how many 7000's or 76's ever had their engine oil changed that frequently? All too few if I remember rightly and it was some black, watery sh*te when it finally saw the light of day. Guess the truth is (apart from the STOU oil specs of the time) that the limited (Ford 5000) sump capacity which the '76' was saddled with wasn't really sufficient for the demands of the engine. A limited volume of oil that got a hard time, so it required more frequent change intervals. Come to think of it, the tractor's fuel tank capacity was also severely limited.

And now today we've forgotten all those restrictions & regard them as marvelous things! ......... Reckon we only remember the good bits :)
 

ford 7810

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Location
cumbria
Just modern and better tolerances in manufacturing and oils. Standard Fordson recommended oil change every 50 hours capacity just over 2 gallon about 10 litre’s 4.4 litre engine or nearly.ford 7610 recommended every 150 hours capacity 8 1/2 litres 4.4 litre engine.my valtra n121 every 500 hours 13 litre capacity 4.4 litre engine.that’s ranging between 25 hp and 130 hp
Ah, now there's a man with a good memory! But how many 7000's or 76's ever had their engine oil changed that frequently? All too few if I remember rightly and it was some black, watery sh*te when it finally saw the light of day. Guess the truth is (apart from the STOU oil specs of the time) that the limited (Ford 5000) sump capacity which the '76' was saddled with wasn't really sufficient for the demands of the engine. A limited volume of oil that got a hard time, so it required more frequent change intervals. Come to think of it, the tractor's fuel tank capacity was also severely limited.

And now today we've forgotten all those restrictions & regard them as marvelous things! ......... Reckon we only remember the good bits :)
 

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