ricardodba
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About to service my JD 6300...just wondering what peoples thoughts are on using JD plus-50 oil or just go with a good grade 15w-40?
Cheers.
Cheers.
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Any brand 15w40 with E7 in the small print is the right oil . Actually e7 is above the spec , you can use E5.About to service my JD 6300...just wondering what peoples thoughts are on using JD plus-50 oil or just go with a good grade 15w-40?
Cheers.
Only a guess but I’d say the equivalent is all that equivalent!I don’t know why but my forager with the 13.5l JD engine uses oil on the Total lubricants plus 50 equivalent but not a drop on genuine plus 50. Whether or not that’s saying something I don’t know
Why did Witham oils take jd to court and winOnly a guess but I’d say the equivalent is all that equivalent!
I’ve been saying on this forum for a long time that just because oil manufacturers sell an “equivalent” it doesn’t mean it’s the exact same formula it’s just as close as they can get without infringing on patents and copyrights.
Shell oil’s manufacturer Plus 50 II for JD and I can say with some confidence that they don’t sell it under any other brand/package name.
Yes it’s expensive but I wouldn’t use any other brand if oil in any of my JD’s.
Not arguing with you but not all blends are equal and you do have to be careful. If you find one that works for you then great but a very expensive mistake if not.Why did Witham oils take jd to court and win
When asked jd to prove their( Witham ) oil
was not as good Or match 50 oil
Got tractors here with upto 20000 hrs on , run on Witham oil
Old 3130 sat on an irrigation pump , some times only stopping on a Sunday evening to change oil ram 24/7 for weeks in peak season
Now just press a button on electric pump on one line
So if oil is upto spec hey ho jd don’t make oil they just get it blended to a spec
What @milkloss says, and I’m not going to arguing with you but when you’ve taken as many jd engines to bits as I have there’s a reason I’ll only use JD plus 50 II oil I’m my JD engines.Why did Witham oils take jd to court and win
When asked jd to prove their( Witham ) oil
was not as good Or match 50 oil
Got tractors here with upto 20000 hrs on , run on Witham oil
Old 3130 sat on an irrigation pump , some times only stopping on a Sunday evening to change oil ram 24/7 for weeks in peak season
Now just press a button on electric pump on one line
So if oil is upto spec hey ho jd don’t make oil they just get it blended to a spec
Morris Superversitrac…. The end.
But if other brands of engines sisu Cummins MB FPT etc run perfectly well on all other brands of oil does it not just mean JD engines are sh1te if they need there own super oil
Does this mean that i should go with the plus-50?It's quite simple, you have the following specs, approved spec, equivalent to, exceeds spec and Meets Spec.
Approved spec is were the oil manufacturer has paid alot of money to the manufacturers to have there oil tested and labelled "approved"
With an approved oil you are getting the same as OEM and warranty by law can not be voided no matter what brand of oil it is.
Everything else is kind of there or there abouts
For most stuff theres not really problem so long as the specs match up or exceed.
There are the odd ball ones though which tend to be axle oils and transmission oils more than engines.
So many specs of UTTO! With different brands having multiple types of utto to cover all the specs rather than just one universal oil as the orginal name implies!
Jcb and manitou axle oil is another, theres just nothing available exactly the same!
Does this mean that i should go with the plus-50?