Ok guys, someone knows how to remedy this issue. Most all hydraulic oils are clear, for years in order to see the level is clear sight gauges I'd had a company that sold a colored hydraulic oil, maybe not the exact type needed but by adding a few quarts or gallons it would color it enough for anyone to see it on dipsticks and in sight gauges but now they quit making it and selling it near me.
What do you guys do in order to see clear hydraulic oil on dipsticks and in sight gauges??
These plastic tanks are killing me, just the other day we again overfilled a reservoir because you absolutely can't see how full it is, that's twice in the last month we've had to drain some out after we first blew a hose, then filled it back up thinking we were way low, only to find out where we thought the level was, was wrong to start with so we ended up overfilling it.
Is there some sort of dye available to put in clear oil to give it some color so matter what you can actually see it on a dipstick or through a plastic tank or in a sight gauge?
I was first thinking, maybe add some automatic tranny fluid to it, that's bright red and a few quarts should give the whole tank a faint color to see?
I voiced my opinion about the local company discontinuing the dyed hydraulic oil, but they were right, they only sell the stuff, they don't make it and nobody listens to them either, they too were upset its no longer available.
CaseIh hytran has some tint to it, but not as much as it used to have, what else is out there??
I can't be the only one checking levels in poor light, in the dark or through old sight gauges that are now cloudy or scratched.
If anyone has a solution to this, maybe then you can tell me where to buy impact sockets that have colored, engraved numbers on so I can read those as well years after being used and abused. LOL
What do you guys do in order to see clear hydraulic oil on dipsticks and in sight gauges??
These plastic tanks are killing me, just the other day we again overfilled a reservoir because you absolutely can't see how full it is, that's twice in the last month we've had to drain some out after we first blew a hose, then filled it back up thinking we were way low, only to find out where we thought the level was, was wrong to start with so we ended up overfilling it.
Is there some sort of dye available to put in clear oil to give it some color so matter what you can actually see it on a dipstick or through a plastic tank or in a sight gauge?
I was first thinking, maybe add some automatic tranny fluid to it, that's bright red and a few quarts should give the whole tank a faint color to see?
I voiced my opinion about the local company discontinuing the dyed hydraulic oil, but they were right, they only sell the stuff, they don't make it and nobody listens to them either, they too were upset its no longer available.
CaseIh hytran has some tint to it, but not as much as it used to have, what else is out there??
I can't be the only one checking levels in poor light, in the dark or through old sight gauges that are now cloudy or scratched.
If anyone has a solution to this, maybe then you can tell me where to buy impact sockets that have colored, engraved numbers on so I can read those as well years after being used and abused. LOL