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My Hydro had a Hiccup

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Hydro    131

Hydro
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Hey guys, my tractor sat for a couple of weeks during the engine change over and while I was away on holidays. Came back to some oil on the floor. Pulled the dipstick and the oil had backed up...not much but had with pressure backed-up and flowed out around the dipstick rubber!

I pulled the stick and that seemed to relieve the pressure, no real change in the oil level, started the tractor and everything operated as it should. No problems since, blew snow. Oil level down slightly.

What caused this?

This happened to me once before on my 520 after it sat for awhile. Nothing ever came of it.

Was it some type of an airlock? New filter and oil in December.

Thanks

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AMC RULES    37,130

AMC RULES
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Probably just a little rumbly in the tumbly Gary, or in other words...some air in the system that worked it's way out? :twocents-twocents:

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kpinnc    11,979

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Mine have done that before when they were pushed more than a few feet. No clue how that could do it, since the reservoir is the only thing under the dipstick, but I've seen it.

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can whlvr    993

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my 312h did this too,i thought i had a major problem till i saw it,ive heard that before from others here also so i did the same,plowed on

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