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Read articles →Distinctive for its real-problem discovery angle: during a 50-hour service on an RK25, the owner spots milky hydraulic fluid, traces it to a cracked weld tab on the hydraulic suction tube, and walks through the diagnosis with close-up footage and arrows. Part 1 ends before the repair, that comes next video. Most useful for RK25 owners doing their own maintenance who want to know what to watch for on that specific tube.
Posted by the Gathering Rust Hobby Farm channel, which appears to be an owner-operator documenting hands-on maintenance from their own experience.
Milky white fluid usually means water or air getting into the system. Since no water was present, the owner traced it to a cracked weld tab on the hydraulic suction tube letting air in.
Check the hydraulic suction screen and the tube connected to it, looking for a cracked tab where the bolt holds the tube, which can let air into the oil.
Remove the bolt holding the tab before doing anything connected to that tube, including removing the hose on the hydraulic suction screen, to avoid putting pressure on it.
