Oil & Fuel Oil Bath Filter

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Travis_R

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Livingston Parish, LA
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Yanmar YM2500
My MF231 has an oil bath filtration system for the air cleaner. I cleaned the oil cup and all the wire mesh this evening.

Ok, so the oil cup has 2 parts to it. Inner and outer cups... My question is should I fill up only the outer part of the oil cup, or both the outer and inner parts of the cup? The inner cup has 6 tiny holes all the way around it. I'm getting different opinions on this question from research.

Thanks
 
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Fill it as the owners manual states. Cheaper than buying a new engine.
 
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Fill it as the owners manual states. Cheaper than buying a new engine.

I completely agree. But my tractor is second hand and the pages are torn out of the original owner's manual that came with the tractor.
 
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Are there oil fill marks on the cleaner? There was on my Ford.
 
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Yes there is an "exact oil level" marking on the outside of the oil cup... But should I also fill the inner cup to that line too? If I fill the inner cup up with oil, the oil will be right below the 6 tiny holes that go around the inner cup.
 
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Yes there is an "exact oil level" marking on the outside of the oil cup... But should I also fill the inner cup to that line too? If I fill the inner cup up with oil, the oil will be right below the 6 tiny holes that go around the inner cup.

I believe that line is just for the outer.
 
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Fill up both parts to the oil fill line. Put the same weight of oil into it as what you put into engine.
 
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Fill up both parts to the oil fill line. Put the same weight of oil into it as what you put into engine.

How sure are you on this? I can't afford to ruin my engine. I just want to be sure.

Thank You
 
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Fill up both parts to the oil fill line. Put the same weight of oil into it as what you put into engine.

So that line IS for both sides? I had a oil bath in a ford truck never a tractor.
 
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Iam postive. Have ran and still run tractors with oil bath air cleaner. Also have one on my old 3 ton grain truck. If anything your more likely to hurt the engine with too little oil than too much.
 

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