Tx Jim
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Hyd oil cooler & AC condenser are integrated but not connected & mounted in front of radiator with no hoses connecting cooling & hyd system.
Tractor is used for field work, but since the last hydraulic oil change it has really only been used on the disc bine. When running the disc bine tractor always runs cool. Needle on temp gauge barely makes it to the green mark. Maybe it isn't getting hot enough to burn off the condensation? Or maybe the vent cap is blocked? Next spring I'll be breaking some land with it, I'll keep an eye on it then.Sure does sound like water. No clue on how or if anti-freeze could get in hydraulic system. Most common would be oil to water heat exchanger but per above post your tractor does not have that style of heat exchanger - radiator.
Do you use this for field work or more of chore tractor? If chore tractor is it possible that you are just getting it warm enough to create condensation but not hot enough to cook it out?
Right, that makes sense. Hydraulic oil cooler is oil to air exchanger, correct?Hyd oil cooler & AC condenser are integrated but not connected & mounted in front of radiator with no hoses connecting cooling & hyd system.
This might be helpful:A while back I hooked up to my cultivator. Turned out one of the vertical mounted cylinders had a seal fail, and taken on water. When I cycled the cylinders I contaminated the tractor hydraulic fluid with water.
I initially drained the fluid and refilled with new fluid. I drove the tractor for 20 min, and drained and refilled again. Fluid looked good at that point.
I used the tractor to cut hay, noticed the fluid had gone cloudy again, but less cloudy then the initial contamination. I drained and refilled with new fluid again.
Used the tractor to cultivate and the fluid is now cloudy like the time before.
A couple of questions. Do I just need to change the fluid a time or two more? Is it possible there could be coolant getting into the hydraulic fluid through a cooler or something?
I have also been flushing contaminated fluid out of implements before I use them
Hydraulic oil will absorb oil until it is saturated