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fast response re hydraulic oil

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  • 03-01-2009 2:10pm
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    GERMAN ROCKS
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    long story short one of the new workers put diesel into the hydraulic oil in the loader. terex 860. i know its probably the wrong form but ye mechanics might know something. we are draining it at the moment. will there be any damage done


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    Darragh29
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    GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »
    long story short one of the new workers put diesel into the hydraulic oil in the loader. terex 860. i know its probably the wrong form but ye mechanics might know something. we are draining it at the moment. will there be any damage done

    If you were in Cuba, you could actully leave the diesel in there and work away, the only effect it would have is to thin the hydraulic oil. I heard of water being used to run hydraulic machinery over there because they couldn't get hydraulic oil due to the trade embargo. Just drain the mixture out and replace.

    I had one particular car lift in a garage that used to get very slow in winter because the viscosity of the hydraulic oil changed with temperature and I drained out the oil and put in diesel, happy days!


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