Substitute For Floor Jack Oil

Use a funnel to avoid spills.

Substitute for floor jack oil.

What you may be better off to do is to take the bottle jack out a floor jack is usually just a bottle jack laying sideways in a frame and replacing it with a similar one. Jack oil substitution 03 04 2010 3 32 pm do not use brake fluid it is not really an oil it is more closely related to anti freeze than oil it will destroy the seals. How to change the oil in either your floor jack or bottle jack. View profile view forum posts diamond join date jun 2001 location st louis posts 18 594 post thanks like likes given 2101 likes received.

Pour until the oil is just below the lower rim of the fill hole then stop. I can get it from the auto parts store in sae 20 30 40 wt. How to make a simple and cheap replacement for a hydraulic jack oil cap. The jack oil i have used is lighter than dte 24 so sae 10 looks like it would be sluggish.

Bill 03 06 2017 12 30 am 11. Wipe away any excess oil on the rim before replacing the plug. May need to drill some holes though. Do not use any other type of oil besides hydraulic jack oil.

I believe 46w hyd oil is sae 20wt. I get dte 24 in 5 gallon buckets for hydraulic systems. 2 59 qt i use it in compressors floor jacks air tools lawnmowers chainsaw oilers my bandsaw cylinder. Motor oil or brake fluid will not work.