Link Belt 3400 Excavator Oil Change
Yes, I'm hanging my head, admitting my shame. I have NEVER changed the oil in this machine, and am going on 3 years of ownership. In my defense, I really haven't put that many hours on the engine. If anything it needs an oil change just from months of time that the oil has just been degrading in general.
Since our last cold snap, I've noticed the oil leak started leaking worse. I had just assumed it was a pan seal or some other "old engine" sort of leak. But once I realized it was just the filter, I decided to do the change immediately.
The engine holds about 5.1 gal of oil I think, so just make sure to have two buckets on hand so your first doesn't spill over. Plus the second bucket was handy for a quick place to drop the oil covered old filters.
All in the oil change was super easy, maybe easier than my pickup truck. Super easy to get to all the parts and pieces.
