albertarancher
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- Joined
- Jun 17, 2020
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- Tractor
- 1996 JD 7410, 2001 JD 7210, JD 4440
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
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