Trouble changing oil in K161
 

I was changing the oil in my Cub Cadet Original. The manual specified to put in 2 pints and a half of oil. I did that and oil came spilling out of the fill hole. Is that normal? I put the dipstick in and it was way over the full mark. Is this normal or should I let some more oil out, so its right on the fill mark?

YUP, the manual says 2.5 pints of oil. Are you sure you let "all" the old oil drain??
:bigthink:

I'm sure I did, I took off the drain plug and the dip stick and let it sit for 10 minutes after the majority of the oil came out

Are you sure you put 2.5 "pints" (1.25 Quarts) in, as opposed to 2.5 Quarts..??

:bigthink:

I figured it out, ya that was my mistake, I did the wrong math. I feel so stupid :Forgot:

That'll do it!

There's remarkably little oil in those pans.

No need to feel stupid. My guess would be that a whole bunch of
mistakes have been made by all the folks here. Glad it was an
easy fix.

Ken

I agree. No harm, no foul. :beerchug:
Now if you would have started it up with all that oil in there...
my guess is you still would be in the shower, trying to get all
that oil off of you. :biggrin2:

Sounds like good PM to me!!
Consider it an extra second flushing drain!!:beer2:

If we were to start a post titled "really dumb things I've done while working on machinery" each and every person who has ever spun a wrench could contribute a sizeable list.

No worries, and it's all good....