Bio hydraulic oil ??

[MattyF]

Got on to thinking after the escapade the other day with the hydraulic pump blowing it’s back out again that maybe on an average year the crane is dropping and dripping probs about 15 litres of oil straight in to the floor , not good especially if it’s in concentrated areas where we are processing timber or that a lot of our sites are near water courses.

Would like to know folks opinions if they are running or have ran it in there machines ,Especially if they have had problems!

[GA Groundcare]

Back in the day I am sure a few commercial mower manufacturers had issues with bio oil in their machines.

 

It does come as standard in some golf course machinery now. Most customers / operators like it until they have a price to replace it then chuck standard back in. From memory 20L of biodegradable oil can be £150-£200. V expensive to fill a big system! 

 

 

[Elmsdown Forestry]

Was in a hydraulic supplier last week and he asked if I run it, nope, his reply good is no good for pumps. If you want to change it’s a major operation, tanks pumps blocks pipes hoses all need to be Flushed as they won’t mix. Once that’s done apparently oil seals may need changing also. Avoid like the corona 

[PeteB]

We always had to pit it in chippers sold to the EA.It was massively expensive and didnt last long. If it degraded, it could ruin every component! We had decals made up to point out that the stuff was in there as the two do not mix. An EA Fitter said that at the first yearly service, it was replaced with ordinary hydraulic and the decal removed!

[Watercourse management]

We’re running it in one of our latest projects, 160 pounds for 25 litres and for oil supposedly being environmentally friendly it has been causing a few cases of dermatitis when in contact with skin, good idea but would not use it again.