Case - IH Puma CVT

Coolant capacity & service interval

Case - IH Puma CVT uses coolant with a capacity range of 22,5 to 26 liters. Service intervals include checking every 10 hours and changing every 48 months or 3600 hours. The data covers 12 configurations.

The configuration chart below lists fill volumes and service intervals for each engine and trim variant.

TypeSpecifications
Puma 150 CVT (2016- )
  • Use: Normal
  • Capacity 26 liter
  • Check 10 hours
  • Change 48 months/ 3600 hours
Puma 165 CVT (2016- )
  • Use: Normal
  • Capacity 26 liter
  • Check 10 hours
  • Change 48 months/ 3600 hours
Puma 185 CVT (2016- )
  • Use: Normal
  • Capacity 22,5 liter
  • Check 10 hours
  • Change 48 months/ 3600 hours
Puma 200 CVT (2016- )
  • Use: Normal
  • Capacity 22,5 liter
  • Check 10 hours
  • Change 48 months/ 3600 hours
Puma 220 CVT (2016- )
  • Use: Normal
  • Capacity 22,5 liter
  • Check 10 hours
  • Change 48 months/ 3600 hours
Puma 240 CVT (2016- )
  • Use: Normal
  • Capacity 22,5 liter
  • Check 10 hours
  • Change 48 months/ 3600 hours
Puma 130 CVT (2015- )
  • Use: Normal
  • Capacity 26 liter
  • Check 10 hours
  • Change 48 months/ 3600 hours
Puma 145 CVT (2015- )
  • Use: Normal
  • Capacity 26 liter
  • Check 10 hours
  • Change 48 months/ 3600 hours
Puma 160 CVT (2015- )
  • Use: Normal
  • Capacity 26 liter
  • Check 10 hours
  • Change 48 months/ 3600 hours
Puma 130 CVT (2011-2014)
  • Use: Normal
  • Capacity 26 liter
  • Check 10 hours
  • Change 48 months/ 3600 hours
Puma 145 CVT (2011-2014)
  • Use: Normal
  • Capacity 26 liter
  • Check 10 hours
  • Change 48 months/ 3600 hours
Puma 160 CVT (2011-2014)
  • Use: Normal
  • Capacity 26 liter
  • Check 10 hours
  • Change 48 months/ 3600 hours

Additional Notes

  • The Case-IH Puma CVT cooling system capacity splits into two distinct values across the model range. The Puma 130, 145, 150, 160, and 165 CVT variants all carry a 26-liter cooling system, while the Puma 185, 200, 220, and 240 CVT variants carry a 22.5-liter cooling system. A 26-liter capacity is consistent with larger agricultural tractor cooling circuits that must manage sustained high-load thermal output across extended field operations.
  • The 22.5-liter cooling system capacity on the higher-output Puma 185-240 CVT models is 3.5 liters less than the 26-liter figure on the lower-output variants. In agricultural tractor engineering, differences in cooling system volume between power tiers often reflect changes in engine architecture, block design, or the routing of coolant passages rather than a simple scaling relationship with horsepower.
  • The coolant check interval across all Puma CVT configurations is set at every 10 hours of operation. A 10-hour check interval is among the shortest service check frequencies applied to tractor fluids, reflecting the critical role coolant condition and level play in preventing engine damage during continuous field work.
  • The coolant change interval for all listed Puma CVT configurations is specified under normal use conditions as 48 months or 3,600 hours, whichever comes first. The dual-trigger format, combining a calendar limit with an hours-based limit, accounts for tractors that accumulate hours slowly and would otherwise leave coolant in service beyond its effective chemical lifespan.
  • A 3,600-hour change interval is a relatively extended service life for engine coolant in heavy agricultural equipment. Modern extended-life coolant formulations used in such applications rely on organic acid technology (OAT) or similar additive packages that resist depletion over long service periods, which supports intervals of this length under normal operating conditions.
  • The Puma 130 CVT and Puma 145 CVT each appear in two separate specification entries divided at the 2011-2014 and 2015 production periods. Both the capacity and the service intervals remain identical across those two production periods for each model, indicating no cooling system specification change occurred at that model year boundary for those variants.
  • The Puma 150 CVT, 165 CVT, 185 CVT, 200 CVT, 220 CVT, and 240 CVT all carry a single specification entry with a starting year of 2016. The Puma 160 CVT, by contrast, appears in both a 2011-2014 entry and a separate 2015 entry, sharing the same 26-liter capacity and identical service intervals across both periods.

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