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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mrbb" data-source="post: 127144" data-attributes="member: 13825">I get your point, and understand things your saying BUT there is always IMO a difference in folks that OWN equipment and those that run and use others and work on others what a private owner might do, many times is FAR from what others using equipment they ain;'t paying for will do as for contamination in fluids,from mixing types?yup 100% you will never most likely drain a system to remove ALL one X fluid/fluids in it BUT the percentage will be much lower if you TRY to drain things, and after first, second time, less and less there can be a BIG difference in having 10 % water in something and 50%as an extreme exampleand meant to be~!  BUT the facts are typically the folks that MAKE the machine have degrees and backgrounds in things that TRY to make the best of this info to use best fluids for the designs  they have NONE Are perfect  that said the reasons why many OLDER NH dealers I know recommend using what they recommend is, due to , more modern fluids, can be Thinner, lube better clean better and so on, that can lead to OLD seals and such, getting leaks faster(them new fluids with better cleaners and flow abilitys can lead to leaks, seen it happen , so  CAN happen just saying )  sort of  like playing the game of , some times its  better to keep using  what you have been ,  problem free, than  swicthing and having  possibly issuesand I get the unknowing, as in when Unknown fluids are in something ME< personally, I always, go BACK to what OEM called for, drain al,l I can, some times flush a system to try to remove all, and then I KNOW I am on the right page top keep going forward, as it was Made/designed   to work from day one!SO<  MAYBE  this will ensure me the least amount of new leaks or problems! as  for them folks that run used oil, or any fluid they have handy and never have a issue well, way I see them folks is this some folks win the lottery too(know one guy personally that one over a million 3 times and his kid won over a mill twice now)  ME but as we both agree, e all do what we are comfortable with  BUT going against what OEM calls for,  is also doing just that!best of luck to you, no bash meant here either,</blockquote>

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