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Read articles →This is a hands-on, step-by-step oil and filter change on an owner's own L3301, done at just over 200 hours rather than the manual's 400-hour interval. It covers draining both drain-plug locations, swapping the filter, refilling with Pennzoil 15W40 synthetic blend (not Kubota-branded oil), checking the dipstick, plus bonus checks of the air filter, radiator screen, coolant level, and fuel-water separator. Good for owners wanting a full DIY maintenance walkthrough.
Posted by the Peterson Farms of Nashville DIY channel, an owner-operator homesteading family sharing their own hands-on tractor maintenance rather than a dealer or professional mechanic.
The book calls for 7.1 quarts of oil, according to the owner during the change.
Pennzoil synthetic blend 15W40 diesel engine oil, the same oil he uses in his Ram 2500 Cummins diesel.
You need to be at least within the two hash marks shown on the dipstick when checking the oil level.
The manual states the first oil change should be at 50 hours, then every 400 hours after that.
