[MikeKle]

I was out getting the mowers ready for another season, and was checking the ferris hydro oil level in those 2 little cup resovoirs, right behind the gas tank. they had dirt and crap all over them! That was a horrible spot to mount these things? Any ferris DD owner will know what Im talking about. I had to be very careful not to get any crap in the cups when opening it up, and I did clean them off good before opening, but you cant get it all.

 

[Richard Martin]

If you got some dirt down in that oil I recommend that you change it before you start the mower up. There is a filter on there but it's usually a high micron filter, around 40, and it does not get all of the dirt.

I rarely check the hydro oil, maybe once a year, in my Dixie and dirt contamination is the very reason. If you don't see oil leaking out of the hydro system somewhere then there is no reason to check it. The only place the hydro oil can go is out of a leak and if you don't see a leak then it has nowhere to go.

A lot of owner's manuals recommend against checking the hydro oil often for this very reason.

 

[MikeKle]

It isnt leaking any oil from anywhere, but the oil level was a little low according to the line on the side of the oil cup. I have no idea where its going? The level was exactly at the line(where it should be), last fall, but it is about 1/4" lower now? I checked the spot it sat all winter, and no oil stains of any kind??? I didnt get any dirt in it, but I had to wipe them down and clean off alot of dirt, Im just saying that was a bad place to mount the resovoirs when they couldve put them just about anywhere.

 

[Richard Martin]

The oil got cold and contracted. Start the mower up and run it around the yard a few times and the oil level will be back up. Remember, those are just reserve resevoirs. The mower doesn't use that oil to operate the hydro system. If the cups were almost empty then I'd worrry about it.

 

[ed2hess]

If it the same set-up as Snapper you are supposed to change it at 200hr point and more often in dusty environment. Guess you aren't familiar with where the cups are for the Walker.....there is dust all over and around them all the time.

 

[Richard Martin]

ed, his is every 500 hours.