[AT] Hydraulic oil vs. motor oil

[Ralph Goff]

On 6/13/2011 8:38 AM, jahaze at aol.com wrote:
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> I have a leak between the power steering pump and the engine block on my Case 430 industrial.  I have about two hours of run time left before I finish the project I'm working on.  Will it hurt the engine if I keep using it knowing that the engine oil is getting contaminated by hydraulic oil?  I can tear it all apart before I finish, but I'd really like to get this project done first.
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> Enjoy, Joe
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My "guess" would be that a little hyd oil will not hurt the engine oil . 
We used to add some type A automatic trans fluid to the engine oil 
sometimes if a sticky hydraulic lifter was suspected.

Ralph Goff