I have a John Deere F510 mower with a Kawasaki 14 hp engine/transmission unit. JD recommends 5w30 oil and this is shared with the tranny. When changing oil half gets changed and the oil in the motor goes into the tranny (or so I think).
he problem is the oil gets too hot and I feel the tranny is slipping as the mower slows down after an hours use or so. I switched to 20w50 weight Amsoil motorcycle oil and feel this is too thick. I checked the oil temp after the usual two hour mow last week and was shocked to see 275F in the crankcase and 245F in the tranny.
Since then I have found a sandwich adapter for the oil filter and plan on putting a power steering cooler in with a fan for an oil cooler.
I plan on also going back down to Amsoil 10w40 motorcycle oil.
Comments????
he problem is the oil gets too hot and I feel the tranny is slipping as the mower slows down after an hours use or so. I switched to 20w50 weight Amsoil motorcycle oil and feel this is too thick. I checked the oil temp after the usual two hour mow last week and was shocked to see 275F in the crankcase and 245F in the tranny.
Since then I have found a sandwich adapter for the oil filter and plan on putting a power steering cooler in with a fan for an oil cooler.
I plan on also going back down to Amsoil 10w40 motorcycle oil.
Comments????