{"id":766,"date":"2018-07-14T15:05:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T15:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/?p=766"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:06:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:06:54","slug":"6-common-oil-management-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/6-common-oil-management-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Common Oil Management Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Triple R details the 6 mistakes most owners of hydraulic machinery make (and how you can avoid them).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 100%; line-height: 170%; list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Changing the oil based on hours&#8230;\n<ul class=\"indentBulletList\">\n<li>Keep it clean and have it analysed first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Changing the filters based on hours&#8230;\n<ul class=\"indentBulletList\">\n<li>Only change when 80% of the dirt holding capacity has been reached.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Running too hot&#8230;\n<ul class=\"indentBulletList\">\n<li>Keep it cool! Stay below 60\u02daC for hydraulic oil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Using the wrong oil&#8230;\n<ul class=\"indentBulletList\">\n<li>Check which viscosity grade fits your machine requirements the best.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wrong filter locations&#8230;\n<ul class=\"indentBulletList\">\n<li>Avoid a suction strainer at the pump inlet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Disregard the\u00a0start-up check\u00a0list&#8230;\n<ul class=\"indentBulletList\">\n<li>Always act according to\u00a0your machine\u2019s start-up check list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\">Triple R UK Ltd offer specialist Oil Management services. They have a unique 3-in-1 filtration system that removes SOLID PARTICLES, SLUDGE &amp; WATER. This unique feature allows Triple R to extend your oil life, whilst reducing oil related maintenance costs and production costs by up to 80%.\u00a0Get in touch to find out how you can benefit from their unique system and expertise.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24503 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/triple-r-uk.jpg\" alt=\"triple r uk\" width=\"146\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Triple R UK Ltd<\/em><br \/>\n<em>+44 1896 757999<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.triple-r.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Website<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:info@triple-r-uk.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Email<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Triple R details the 6 mistakes most owners of hydraulic machinery make (and how you can avoid them).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101012,"featured_media":3108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[329,328,327],"class_list":["post-766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plastikcity-blogs","tag-oil-filtration","tag-oil-management","tag-triple-r","post-preview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101012"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3109,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions\/3109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastikcity.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}