Oil & Fuel So Valvoline produces ALL of Kubota lubricants...

[5030]

Pull the dipstick and lay it on a clean paper towel or cloth rag without sliding it up or down. The oil level will show on the towel/rag at whatever level it shows on the stick. You already had the towel or rag in your hand.

Me? I use my Tee shirt, it's usually dirty and sweaty anyway.

 

[goeduck]

Me? I use my Tee shirt, it's usually dirty and sweaty anyway.

Then what do you use in the bathroom? :rotfl:

 

[Chewwy]

It seems this ongoing discussion regarding oil visibility has drifted far afield from the original subject, that Valvoline makes all of Kubota’s oil products.

 

[Industrial Toys]

On a Perfectly Good AC/DC VINTAGE 80s T-Shirt?

 

[RickB]

It seems this ongoing discussion regarding oil visibility has drifted far afield from the original subject, that Valvoline makes all of Kubota’s oil products.

You’ve been her over 4 years and just noticed thread creep?

 

[Chewwy]

You’ve been her over 4 years and just noticed thread creep?

Did NOT just notice it but DID decide to point it out.
Hopefully some will take note.

 

[RickB]

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

Did NOT just notice it but DID decide to point it out.
Hopefully some will take note.

 

[oosik]

Actually - the low bidder that meets Kubota specs is the company that manufactures the oil.

 

[RickB]

Actually - the low bidder that meets Kubota specs is the company that manufactures the oil.

Maybe, maybe not. Viscosity Oil has blended and packaged oils for CNH as long as CNH has been around and for CaseIH, IH and New Holland before that. Some of these relationships transcend the bean counters.

 

[rScotty]

Maybe, maybe not. Viscosity Oil has blended and packaged oils for CNH as long as CNH has been around and for CaseIH, IH and New Holland before that. Some of these relationships transcend the bean counters.

That's right; these relationships are convoluted. From what I can find, Viscosity Oil seems to be is a blending and packaging plant that blends & sells to the huge multinational Corp AMBRA OIL.
Located in Illinois, Viscosity Oil doesn't do any refining. It seems to operate as a division of Ambra, specializing in blending GL-134 trans-hydraulic fluid ....mostly for sale in the US & Canada. Viscosity Oil only has a few employees.

Ambra is a huge multinational Corp. that is the original refiner of all kinds of high grade oils and claims to make the "only oils recommended by New Holland".

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...vice-oil.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0SWGNx3CVfsETcTpt1WcZX

Just to close the loop, my local Kubota Dealer uses Ambra's New Holland GL-134 trans/hydraulic fluid instead of Kubota oils when servicing customers' Kubotas in his shop.
The Kubota dealer told me that his experience is that Ambra GL-134 runs quieter and costs less than the Kubota Branded UDT Lubricants.
That's the same Ambra GL-134 that is blended and packaged in the USA by Viscosity Oil. He can buy it in 50 gallon drums.

Our Kubota M59 which is a heavy TLB with multiple hydraulic pumps all running a lot of flow. So just for fun, I tried Super UDT and then the Ambra GL-134 in it.
It was an expensive experiment to change the filters and oil, but my dealer was right. The difference in noise level between the two brands of oil is instantly noticible.
I'm not an oil guy and have no idea if less noise translates to less wear on the hydraulics, but it sure makes working the tractor more enjoyable.
rScotty

 

[Industrial Toys]

Anything I ever did an oil change on was noticeably quieter and seemed to run so much smoother.

 

[rScotty]

Anything I ever did an oil change on was noticeably quieter and seemed to run so much smoother.

I've had the opposite experience, and I've changed a lot of oil in the last half century.

Before my HST oil experiment I don't recall that an oil change in engine, tranny, PS, axle, or hydraulics made any audible difference.
I think I'd remember if it had, because it would sure would make me nervous about the oil I was using.
But in HST tranny's it seems that the oil does make a difference in sound. Whether fact or belief, I've heard it mentioned before on TBN & wasn't sure what to make of it.

So it surprised me when I could hear the difference with a different trans/hydraulic oils in the HST M59. I'd guess that anyone could hear the difference.
rScotty

 

[Industrial Toys]

I'm suggesting that it was highly subjective.

 

[goeduck]

Anything I ever did an oil change on was noticeably quieter and seemed to run so much smoother.

Agree. Runs smother too. :thumbsup: I hope this is not thread creep :jester:

 

[rScotty]

I'm suggesting that it was highly subjective.

It could be. That's the trouble with evaluating past experiences. There's just no way to reach back and collect real data.
All we can do is assign some value based on the researcher's other work.
rScotty

 

[5030]

Then what do you use in the bathroom? :rotfl:

Well, not my LEFT hand......:shhh:

 

[Industrial Toys]

I thought that was the hand you are supposed to use, even though for most, it does a terrible job.

 

[5030]

I thought that was the hand you are supposed to use, even though for most, it does a terrible job.

Touche' I was wondering if anyone had on their thinking cap...

Depends in how long your fingernails are.....

 

[goeduck]

Touche' I was wondering if anyone had on their thinking cap...

Depends in how long your fingernails are.....

How do women with long fingernails wipe themselves anyway? You have to wonder when you see some of them. Or does that question qualify as thread creep?

 

[smittydog]

Uh...uncivilized. I use a bidet :shocked: