I would like to run SS in my BX, but it does not carry the API certifications or whatever that Kubota states is a minimum requirement. I have been slightly concerned of there were ever an engine issue and my oil doesn't meet their stated requirements (on paper) I might be in hot water. I am curious if Kubota tends to be a stickler for stuff like that.
I can tell you that my new L3560 had excessive particulate in the oil at my 50 hour service I did the oil change and ran the oil past a paint filter. Oil was drained into a perfectly cleaned catch basin.
I poured the used oil back into the Kubota oil jug used to fill my machine.i put a latex glove over the filter to seal it.
I took the debris from the paint strainer to the dealer, a mechanic looked at it and agreed that it's highly unusual to see this much and type of hard debris. I left the plastic sandwich bag of debris with the mechanic who contacted kubota. They asked if I could provide the engine oil and the filter. I drive that all back to the dealer who sent the entire oil change material to a kubota lab in Texas, corporate paid to ship it all, ran the lab tests and provided my dealer with results.
Kubota has requested that I run to 100 hours and repeat the process, deliver all fluids and filter to the dealer to be again sent to the lab in Texas.
My feeling is that kubota does care what oil is in there and they will have it sent to a lab in Texas if there is a problem suspected. At the 100 hour point we will get the determination to replace the engine or to perform additional testing at whatever internal Kubota requests.
I do have to eat the cost of the oil and filter, but weighing that against my near $60k purchase.... I'll jump through the hoops to get things documented.
And I will, sure as ****, be using only kubota branded oil and filters for this.
