floor jack maintance

[snakejeep]

Just a thought popped in my head while looking at the
3 floor jacks in my garage-I've never checked or changed the
hydraulic fluid in them since bought 9-10 years ago.Should floor
jacks have the fluid changed every so often.

 

[peteco]

I was wondering the same thing.

Just a thought popped in my head while looking at the
3 floor jacks in my garage-I've never checked or changed the
hydraulic fluid in them since bought 9-10 years ago.Should floor
jacks have the fluid changed every so often.

 

[crewchief888]

i'm sure GJ member hiball will chime in.

if not,

shoot him a PM

he's the king of all things jacklike 'round these parts

 

[devoncoolman]

Its a sealed system. I would say no point in changing it. Ive seen 30yr old jacks with the same fluid in it.

 

[G20-Budo]

Subscribed..

 

[Hiball]

IMO I feel yearly oil changes are a waste of time and money, obviously if you leave your fill plug/vent off or leave your jack outside in the elements you greatly improve your chances of ingesting contaminants into the system. As far as doing oil changes to remove these contaminates, you will Never come close to flushing the system without a complete tear down of the reservoir. The best course of action is to make sure the reservoir plug is installed and wipers (if equipped) are in good condition.

Didn't feel like typing it again, stolen from a previous thread.