Oil change

[void777]

Can someone help how many qts of oil for oil change and filter i forgot for a yanmar 2000

thanks old is a pain in the brain

 

[mguitas]

If you are not sure, I would add a quart at a time an watch the dip stick.

 

[HoyeTractor]

The engine should hold a little over 5 quarts.

 

[void777]

Thank you for the quick response.

 

[FleetMan]

Check your dip stick and then measure how much you drain out. Add as necessary to bring it up to the full mark. My three cylinder engine holds in the vicinity of five quarts including filter.

 

[California]

For the YM2000, there is English-language documentation: the manual for its US twin, YM240. That says a fill takes 5 quarts.

However my YM240 is semi-retired to 99% backhoe use where it idles along at 1300 rpm turning the hydraulic pump and seldom is loaded enough to make any smoke. I run with 4 quarts which puts the oil level at the mid point on the dipstick between full/add. It never uses any oil so it remains at that level until the next change.

I used to run 5 quarts when it was used for mowing, rototilling etc running hard at full output.

Here's a photo I posted when someone asked about their missing original dipstick. I put the wire to point out a very small dimple I made in the dipstick to show where 4 quarts fills it to. 5 quarts fills it to the upper line after the new filter has filled up.

 

[normde2001]

Yup buy 6 qts. and fill to the full mark. Are you aware that the oil is checked with the dipstick just sitting on the threads, not screwed in?

 

[clemsonfor]

Yup buy 6 qts. and fill to the full mark. Are you aware that the oil is checked with the dipstick just sitting on the threads, not screwed in?

I have always don't this and read that's the way to do it but over on a lawn mower landscape guy forum they were talking about checking oil is suppose to be done threading it in. There talking kholer or kawasaki though and maybe those are different that we check all other things?

 

[normde2001]

I have always don't this and read that's the way to do it but over on a lawn mower landscape guy forum they were talking about checking oil is suppose to be done threading it in. There talking kholer or kawasaki though and maybe those are different that we check all other things?

I have read on small engine forums that it's a Japanese thing, (Kawasaki, but not Kholer), assumimg they screw in.

 

[California]

Has anyone found Yanmar's advice on screw in to check level?

I push in dipsticks that have a rubber slide-in fitting, (on the YM186D) but for a threaded dipstick I just rest it on the opening. Dunno if that's what Yanmar intended.

 

[TX mower]

Has anyone found Yanmar's advice on screw in to check level?

My YM336D has screw-in dipsticks for engine oil, transmission fluid and front axle lube. My original 336D Operation Manual, in the Service section, has the same line of text in the separate level-checking instructions for all three of those :

"..... Insert dipstick to rest on threads, but do not screw it in. ...."

FWIW, no guarantee that applies across-the-board for all Yanmars with screw-in dipsticks (but IMHO likely).

^That's^ the procedure most common in industry but I have encountered a few cases of explicit 'screw-it-in' instructions over the years. Obviously, it's always best to check the applicable specific servicing instructions if at all possible.

 

[clemsonfor]

There it is. If its that way for a 336 i would bet money that its that way across the board on all models with those type sticks. I think i have seen it somewhere before, maybe for my 4 wheeler??? Its a honda which follows suit with what norm said.

The smaller engines are more critical and will blow smoke if overfilled which is what can happen if you dont thread in and your suppose to , to check. I doubt our tractors with suck it up and blow it out like a mower will. Probaly more room for error on the tractor than a small engine.

 

[California]

My YM336D has screw-in dipsticks for engine oil, transmission fluid and front axle lube. My original 336D Operation Manual, in the Service section, has the same line of text in the separate level-checking instructions for all three of those :

"..... Insert dipstick to rest on threads, but do not screw it in. ...."

Thanks. I'm going to assume that's Yanmar's general design philosophy and it applies to the other models as well.

 

[TX mower]

Thanks. I'm going to assume that's Yanmar's general design philosophy and it applies to the other models as well.

You're quite welcome, glad to help, IMHO your conclusion is a very safe bet :thumbsup:

I'd also bet that your earlier comment about 'press-fit' dipsticks is correct, too ..... absent threads, push it 'fully home' to check level.

 

[4570Man]

I’ve always screwed the threaded plugs in to check. I feel like if it was an important issue the stick would say so.

 

[TX mower]

I've always screwed the threaded plugs in to check. I feel like if it was an important issue the stick would say so.

Interesting philosophy, I suppose there might be an argument about differences between "important" and "proper" when it comes to maintenance procedures.

If all of the "proper" maintenance procedures covered in an operator's manual were fully detailed in-situ on the tractor, it'd be a solid mass of instruction stickers.

But hey, whatever works for you!

(Yes, I understand that in the case of most fluid levels, the difference between 'threaded-in' and 'sitting on threads' is likely within the acceptable 'immediately safe' tolerance range; just means that with the resultant slightly lower fill level you've reduced some of the design capacity intended to provide best lifetime service, IMHO. And yes, lots of folks do lots of less-than-proper things without ever suffering a consequence.)

 

[Coda1]

For my YM2000 one manual said to check the engine oil with the dipstick threaded in and another manual said to check the transmission oil with it resting on the threads. My manuals are at the cabin so I can't check them right now. If I remember correctly I think it was the Hoye owners manual for the engine oil and the I&T service manual for the transmission oil. Thought it was strange that there would be a difference on the same tractor so maybe one manual is incorrect. I try to keep them at a level that would be correct either way I check them.

 

[Ritothebull]

When I need an oil capacity for a piece of equipment I look it up on the engine manufactures website for that engine model, shop and owners manuals are not always accurate.

 

[California]

In this case the engine manufacturer's manual and the dipstick agree, 5 quarts.

 

[careyo63]

For me it's in to the threads and always have to go a little over 5 Quarts.