Case 2050M - Hydraulic and Hydrostatic Drive Fluid

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Hydraulicandhydrostaticdriveuid
Contaminationinthehydraulicsystemisamajorcauseofthemalfunctionofhydrauliccomponents.Contamination
isanyforeignmaterialinthehydraulicoil.
Contaminationcanenterthehydraulicsysteminseveralways:
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Whenyoudraintheoilordisconnectanyline
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Whenyoudisassembleacomponent
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Fromnormalwearofthehydrauliccomponents
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Fromdamagedsealsorwornseals
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Fromadamagedcomponentinthehydraulicsystem
Allhydraulicsystemsoperatewithsomecontamination.Thedesignofthecomponentsinthishydraulicsystemper-
mitsefcientoperationwithasmallamountofcontamination.Anincreaseinthisamountofcontaminationcancause
problemsinthehydraulicsystem.
Thefollowinglistincludessomeoftheseproblems:
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Cylinderrodsealsthatleak
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Controlvalvespoolsthatdonotreturntoneutral
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Movementofcontrolvalvespoolsisdifcult
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Hydraulicoilthatbecomestoohot
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Pumpgears,housing,andotherpartsthatwearrapidly
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Reliefvalvesorcheckvalvesheldopenbydirt
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Quickfailureofcomponentsthathavebeenrepaired
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Slowcycletimesareslow.Themachinedoesnothaveenoughpower.
Ifyourmachinehasanyoftheseproblems,checkthehydraulicoilforcontamination.
Therearetwotypesofcontamination:microscopicandvisible.
Microscopiccontaminationoccurswhenveryneparticlesofforeignmaterialaresuspendedinthehydraulicoil.
Theseparticlesaretoosmalltoseeorfeel.Laboratorytestingcandetectmicroscopiccontamination.Inaddition,if
youexperienceanyofthefollowingproblems,microscopiccontaminationcouldbethecause.
Examplesofproblemscausedbymicroscopiccontamination:
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Cylinderrodsealsthatleak
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Controlvalvespoolsthatdonotreturntoneutral
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Thehydraulicsystemhasahighoperatingtemperature
Visiblecontaminationisforeignmaterialthatyoucanndbysight,touch,orodor.Visiblecontaminationcancausea
suddenfailureofcomponents.
Examplesofproblemscausedbyvisiblecontamination:
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Particlesofmetalordirtintheoil
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Airintheoil
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Darkorthickoil
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Oilwithanodorofburnedoil
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Waterintheoil
Ifyoundcontamination,useaportableltertocleanthehydraulicsystem.
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