hydraulic fluid temperature

[tiverton]

I have a JD300 (industrial, cousin to the 1020 model I believe) with power steering. I have noticed that the power steering valve housing (steering column) gets warm to the touch; perhaps 125 degrees F. Is this normal and consistent with the temperature of the hydraulic fluid pumped throughout the tractor?

 

[slowrev]

125 degrees is not hot at all for hydraulic fluid, many times it will run 160-180 or so.

Ben

 

[Bird]

Sometimes "normal" is considered to be 100 degrees F above ambient temperture. That's pretty hot for most of us; certainly too hot to touch.