Cat 304 excavator

[opus]

There's not a lot of info on this. Friend is trying to buy it and had this done. Is there anything that jumps out at you here?

 

[wpod]

How many hours on the oils?

 

[opus]

No one knows anything. Machine has about 2000hrs he thinks

 

[wwillson]

What model year? Can he visually inspect it? If he can, then hopefully he can start it, operate it, and look at the hour meter. He should also ask for the maintenance history.

If nobody knows anything about it, then something isn't right.

 

[opus]

Dont know any of this. He just asked me if there were any red flags in the oil sample.

 

[wwillson]

There certainly are none in the engine oil, but we also don't know how many hours are on the oil. The engine oil looks close to virgin, so nothing can be learned from it. I can't comment on the hydraulic oil.

 

[opus]

Ok, thanks.