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04-18-2018, 03:40 PM
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Synthetic Oil for My Cub GT 2000
After researching the matter, I decided to go with synthetic oil as the tractor now has about 160 hours on it. I am always concerned about heat--I had an 1863 that got so hot the muffler glowed. I know the 1863 likely was not tuned right, but the issues have made me worry constantly. I never had this issues with my Sears Craftsman tractor which had a 20 hp Kohler Command vertical engine. With that in mind, I have been reading that synthetic oil runs cooler, and I have been waiting to put synthetic oil in after the break in period. I decided to use Rotella t6, and I used a sightly larger filter--NAPA 41516 Platinum. Maybe it is my imagination, but the tractor seemed quieter after about 5 minutes, and it did not seem as hot. After about 30 minutes running, I could put my hand on the muffler for a second or so, and it was not that hot. I wish I had a temperature guage to verify the difference, but I do not. I'll update on this matter as the season goes on, but for now, I'm impressed.
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