I recently picked back up managing some equipment for a ranch outside of Brady, TX. While this unit only had about 26h on the oil, it had been in there for almost 8 yrs due to very low use and nobody monitoring these things. I replaced it with Rotella T6 until I can establish what the actual usage on this will be, and that also allowed me to standardize oil against their work truck and tractor.
Oil was drained and replaced with Shell Rotella T6 15w-40.
Make/Model: Daihatsu 953cc Diesel
Vehicle: 2001 Kawasaki Mule 2510
Oil Filter: Wix 51394
Location of use: Brady, TX
Lab comments:
Silicon is at a MINOR LEVEL; SILICON sources can be abrasive (dirt, Alumina Silica), seals and gasket material, lube additive or lube supplement, and/or environment contaminant; Flagged additive levels (moly, boron, magnesium) are different than what should be present for the identified lubricant. This may have been topped off with a different lubricant, the fluid may be misidentified, or a different lubricant or formulation may have been in use prior to a recent change. Lubricant and filter change acknowledged. Oil was suitable for continued use at the time of sampling.
Oil was drained and replaced with Shell Rotella T6 15w-40.
Make/Model: Daihatsu 953cc Diesel
Vehicle: 2001 Kawasaki Mule 2510
Oil Filter: Wix 51394
Location of use: Brady, TX
Lab comments:
Silicon is at a MINOR LEVEL; SILICON sources can be abrasive (dirt, Alumina Silica), seals and gasket material, lube additive or lube supplement, and/or environment contaminant; Flagged additive levels (moly, boron, magnesium) are different than what should be present for the identified lubricant. This may have been topped off with a different lubricant, the fluid may be misidentified, or a different lubricant or formulation may have been in use prior to a recent change. Lubricant and filter change acknowledged. Oil was suitable for continued use at the time of sampling.
