Hydraulic system fluid capacity (Type-44)

[Brett Dikeman]

At 6:19 PM -0700 5/3/04, Ti Kan wrote:
>illuminaudi at comcast.net writes:
>>  [ hydraulic fluid ]
>>  -M
>
>Absolutely not!  The Mobil fluid is a *different* substitute,
>with lower specifications than the Pentosin version.  If you
>choose to use the Mobil, flush the system first.

Correct.  Cold pump and top temp limits are inferior to synthetic 
pentosin...mainly because DTE-13M isn't synthetic.  I don't think any 
of us ever got around to investigating if there was a compatible 
synthetic version.

That said, I didn't have too much trouble with the stuff when I was 
in upstate NH for our winter driving school, where it got so cold the 
seat cushion foam turned rock hard. -25 degrees F.  That first 
morning it was a good 5+ minutes of idling before I had PS assist 
back, if I remember right.  No problems that evening after the car 
sat all day in 0 to 10 degree weather.

If anyone ever wants some, I've got 4.5 gallons still sitting in the garage :-)

Oh, and I've been running the stuff for years now.  Not a single 
problem.  I suppose I should flush it soon, given that it is 
non-synthetic, and to get rid of any accumulated cruft.

B
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