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<blockquote data-quote="Philosaw" data-source="post: 91174" data-attributes="member: 11355"><p>Thanks for the input. After reading your responses, I decided to see if I could find anything on what the heck an iso designation is. I ran across a pretty good article that leaving aside the engineering mumbo-jumbo, was pretty helpful. There was also an interesting chart that compares the different ratings: (http://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/213/iso-viscosity-grades) (http://media.noria.com/sites/archive_images/Backup_200107_viscosity_table_2.gif) What these tell us is that iso is a viscosity grade standard and that it does compare to the standard sae grades although not directly. I went to the Chevron website and looked up their tractor hydraulic fluid (THF 1000) specs and found that it has a viscosity in the high sae 20 range and the iso 46 is in the low sae 20 range. The next thing I need to find out is if the Bobcat fluid is indeed an iso 46. It also seems, from reading the chevron page, that their THF 1000 would work fine, but may be a little overkill. It's main advantage to me is that I already use it in my other machinery. The disadvantage is that I would need to drain out the fluid already in my Bobcat before adding it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Philosaw, post: 91174, member: 11355"] Thanks for the input. After reading your responses, I decided to see if I could find anything on what the heck an iso designation is. I ran across a pretty good article that leaving aside the engineering mumbo-jumbo, was pretty helpful. There was also an interesting chart that compares the different ratings: (http://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/213/iso-viscosity-grades) (http://media.noria.com/sites/archive_images/Backup_200107_viscosity_table_2.gif) What these tell us is that iso is a viscosity grade standard and that it does compare to the standard sae grades although not directly. I went to the Chevron website and looked up their tractor hydraulic fluid (THF 1000) specs and found that it has a viscosity in the high sae 20 range and the iso 46 is in the low sae 20 range. The next thing I need to find out is if the Bobcat fluid is indeed an iso 46. It also seems, from reading the chevron page, that their THF 1000 would work fine, but may be a little overkill. It's main advantage to me is that I already use it in my other machinery. The disadvantage is that I would need to drain out the fluid already in my Bobcat before adding it. [/QUOTE]
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