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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wirenut" data-source="post: 118639" data-attributes="member: 5619"><p>Haven't used my 2044 for about a year.  Its in a garage all the time.  Over the winter I changed the air, oil and fuel filters.  I also changed the oil.  I checked the Hydraulic oil and it didn't show up on the dipstick.  I got a gallon of Hy-gard and it took the whole gallon before it showed up on the dipstick.  Today I went out to the garage and found a big puddle of hydraulic oil under the loader behind the left rear tire.  I took the cap off and pulled the dipstick out and the stick had oil just about to the top.  When I look down the dipstick tube the oil comes 1/3 the way up the tube and looks green in the tube…..I brought a piece of white paper in and let the oil drip on the white paper……it has an ORANGE tint to it.  #1, what would cause the hydraulic oil to leak out like that (the past 2 days, yesterday and saturday it was in the 90's)……#2.  Why would the hydraulic oil have an orange tint to it??.  #3.  How can I drain it down to get it at the proper level on the dipstick?  Thanks in advance for any thoughts!!</p></blockquote><p></p>