swapping hydraulic system to bio oil

[madmatt]

ey Charlie, we put bio hydraulic oil in chippers that go to the EA. It costs about 6 times the rate for ordinary stuff and lasts no time at all. One EA depot said when I delivered the last lot, "Useless stuff, we will have that out next week, it degrades too fast and completely screws the whole system and you then have to replace every component from the pump, hoses, filter housing and motors!" One mechanic said that there was no point in having bio hydraulic oil if you are using chemical anti-freeze, ordinary engine oil and ordinary diesel as they have every chance of being spilled too. He actually went on to say that if the machine is left idle for too long, the oil degrades faster!

 

I agree with this our machine driver has been on an EA owned 360 that the manufacturer assured the EA could cope with bio oil, the driver and the fitters disagree completely the downtime is incredible. Some hire firms refuse to hire to the EA as all machines need to have bio oil and some firms consider the risk to much.