200hr oci for kubota L2501?

[wander2039]

The LS we just got has a 250hr oci, first change is at 50 then every 250 after. No idea what I’ll follow, probably every 2 years or 250hrs. I did put 20hrs on a borrow tractor in a month though.

 

[oil pan 4]

I've never been a fan about how car makers are stretching out oci. 10k miles seems to be the standard nowadays. Now back to the kubota, looks like the L2800 which was the similar sized model before the L2501 was brought out called for a 100 hour engine oil change interval, well the 2501 calls for a 200hr oci. Some manuals say 400hrs for some reason depending on whether it's the paper manual or the electronic manual.

Anyways, with that being said is changing a 6 quart sump on a little 3 cylinder 1.4 liter diesel every 200 hours sufficient? I'm definitely not doing 400hrs, this thing can eat a lot of dust when I break out the brush hog and go out and mow.

Have you seen any of my Kubota posts where they go hundreds and sometimes thousands of hours on an oil change?

 

[dlundblad]

Have you seen any of my Kubota posts where they go hundreds and sometimes thousands of hours on an oil change?

Are you the one with the Kubota generator?

 

[oil pan 4]

Are you the one with the Kubota generator?

I have a Kubota tractor and I work on many Kubota generator flood lights.

 

[dlundblad]

I have a Kubota tractor and I work on many Kubota generator flood lights.

I guess I have missed your UOA’s.

 

[oil pan 4]

I guess I have missed your UOA’s.

The oil in the tractor changes it's self until I get around to fixing it and the generators don't belong to me.

 

[hemitom]

Not an apples to apples comparison but here are my thoughts.
As an example my wife's Hyundai Accent runs out to a around 130 to 150 hrs at 3000 miles .
Your tractor has a 6 quart sump so twice the oil as the car but works probably two to three times harder.
Kubota's are expensive and oil is cheap . 200 hrs tops for me and depending how long it takes to run up the hrs I would be very comfortable at 100 hrs.

 

[The motor guy]

Not an apples to apples comparison but here are my thoughts.
As an example my wife's Hyundai Accent runs out to a around 130 to 150 hrs at 3000 miles .
Your tractor has a 6 quart sump so twice the oil as the car but works probably two to three times harder.
Kubota's are expensive and oil is cheap . 200 hrs tops for me and depending how long it takes to run up the hrs I would be very comfortable at 100 hrs.

There is a discrepancy in the manuals on the Kubotas. The older ones 2000-2012 called for 200hr oci. The newer L series calls for 400hr depending on which manual. I just stay at 200

 

[hemitom]

There is a discrepancy in the manuals on the Kubotas. The older ones 2000-2012 called for 200hr oci. The newer L series calls for 400hr depending on which manual. I just stay at 200

yes ! I would not go over 200hrs myself.
like i said oil is cheap.

 

[The motor guy]

yes ! I would not go over 200hrs myself.
like i said oil is cheap.

I actually think it used to be 100hrs, but that was when they had super high Sulphur diesel fuel, like 5,000ppm

 

[crashz]

I believe the fine print has "or annually" in it somewhere. You'd be surprised how few hours you accumulate. My L2501 has 465hrs and its a 2017. And I use it for my business. With that said, it gets an oil change and all filter change at least once a year.

 

[The motor guy]

I believe the fine print has "or annually" in it somewhere. You'd be surprised how few hours you accumulate. My L2501 has 465hrs and its a 2017. And I use it for my business. With that said, it gets an oil change and all filter change at least once a year.

The hour meters are mechanical and slow. At best at full throttle it will read 3/4 of an hour. I installed at meter on mine and the Hobbs has like 80hrs more than what the dash reads. The dash reads like 165 and and the Hobbs is like 235 if I remember right last time I looked

 

[crashz]

That's funny, I never checked mine. I just assumed the hour meter was a an electric clock that ran when the key was on. It must be driven by the tach cable then.

Which, btw, has been my only non-maintenance repair on my machine. For some reason the tach cables snap at the pump drive end every 2 years.

 

[The motor guy]

That's funny, I never checked mine. I just assumed the hour meter was a an electric clock that ran when the key was on. It must be driven by the tach cable then.

Which, btw, has been my only non-maintenance repair on my machine. For some reason the tach cables snap at the pump drive end every 2 years.

Thats what I hear. Mine hasn't yet