![]() Recommended Oil Viscosity Grades John Deere prefers that. We ship all of our genuine John Deere parts, including this John Deere Low Viscosity Hy-Gard Oil 5 Gallon Bucket TY6342, five days per week. When speaking with one dealer in town, they said to use the regular hygard, not the low-viscosity. What seemed to be nonsense was the disconnect between a component supplier and a manufacturer regarding fluid viscosity specs. John Deere Low Viscosity Hy-Gard Oil 5 Gallon Bucket TY6342 Have a larger project Get this John Deere Hy-Gard hydraulic and transmission oil in a 5 gallon bucket. Just to be clear, I was NOT saying any of your statements are nonsense. There is no doubt that the Mobil fluid you have selected will work just fine, but there are many many units running with lowvis without issue, and many of them don't get serviced as they should. Deere is a very large company and aren't going to spec a wrong fluid for years with anything, warranty claims would tell them they were wrong and it would be changed if need be. and have had lowvis in them since new, without issue, just changed at 250 hrs. Also if you see any 303 fluid and it says that it meets deere specs, they are about 30-40 years behind the ball. ![]() A few extra bucks up front will save you big in the end. Get this John Deere Hy-Gard hydraulic and. We have one of these units with over 1,000 hrs., and another with over 500 hrs. I also work at a Deere dealer and I have seen parts fail because of cheap oil. Low Viscosity HY-GARD TM - LOW VIS HY-GARD, 32 OZ 946 ML: Find parts & diagrams for your John Deere equipment. The way these units get damaged is to not clean the cooling fins/fan area, they clog up with grass clippings and can't keep themselves cool. The 4.4 is the oil capacity for the K70.Īnd if you were to use the JD lowvis you wouldn't have a problem. Of course my JD owners manual says to use JD LO vis.they want to sell me they're oil! I have used Mobil1 15w50 for years in my TT K61 with never a problem, and I expect it to do the same in my TT K70. I'm sure TT would have said the JD Lo Vis would work fine if I had asked, but I was looking for a synthetic oil that would handle the heat of a hydro transmission better than an old spec Dino oil. I didn't say TT stated you MUST use 15w50.those are your words. I couldn't find the 5w50 locally and called TT and they said the Mobil1 15w50 would work fine in my TT K70 Hydrostatic transmission. ![]() The 5w50 synthetic is the new TT recommendation. ![]()
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