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I was looking at the Kohler 10w30 today while at TSC (price was $3.49/quart) and it is CH-4 rated. I thought this might be interesting to note because now knowing that it is also a HDEO I do feel a little differently about it. This combined with the idea that these manufactures oils might also...

Originally Posted By: airbusdrvr The lead mechanic at a large commercial mower dealer said they use Kohler SAE30 engine oil 90% of the time. He also concurred about the anti-foaming package in mower oil. He said that small engines tend to cavitate oil easier and the anti-foam package helps...

I was planning on switching all of my equipment (from 6HP Briggs to 23HP Kawasaki) to Rotella 5w40 but I am rethinking my choice. I originally wanted to run the Rotella since I have this on hand because it is what I run in my trucks. However after a little more reading I am wondering if running...

I read one post, but I cannot remember who now, that suggested that an xW30 oil would show lower wear in these types of engines than a xW40. Any truth to this? I cannot see why this would be true because I have not found this to be the case in my vehicles but maybe these small air cooled...

Just curious, but why the switch to 15w40 in an engine without a filter?

I am running the RTS 5w40 in my 528i BMW and my Dodge Cummins and to make things simpler and possibly provide a little better protection to my other engines, I am considering running RTS 5w40 my lawn maintenance equipment. I am in the lawn care industry so I have several small, air cooled...

Here are the number from an UOA on a 1996 Dodge Cummins. The truck has 132,000 miles on it. It spends 90% of the time towing 4,500lbs. (hardly a load for the truck) in city traffic. FWIW - The truck has been modified with several enhancements to increase fueling and HP. Miles - 3,848 Copper - 1...

I'm finding this very hard to believe. What year is the truck?

Update: One bottle of LSD additive solved my problems. Thanks for the replies.

Thanks for the feedback. I must admit that this is the first sample from this engine and I did not have any idea what to expect out of this 2.0L motor. I didn't think 10ppm of iron was too bad, but I guess I didn't consider the big picture, only 2k miles. I have Pennzoil HM in the car now as...

Thanks Patman, that makes more sense. The real issue I have with this oil is the fact that is thinned to a 20w in only 2k miles. Seeing how we have ruled out fuel dilution as the culprit, is this really that good of an oil. Certainly the wear numbers are great as I would expect them to be with...

Sorry I forgot the fuel dilution. The analysis was done by Schaffer's. It doesn't list a numerical value for fuel dilution. In the box it has an "N" I assume it stands for normal????

I got the results back from the oil sample I pulled from my girlfriends Neon. The car is a 1996 and had 79k miles on it at the time of the sample. The sample only has 2,019 miles and just over 2 months of driving. This car is mostly short trip driving. I think the numbers are great with the...

Thanks for all the replies. I understand that 1.5 quarts in 2000 miles is not overly excessive, but it is more than I think a 80k miles engine should consume. Perhaps the previous owner did not care to well for this car? Maybe buring a little oil is just the nature of these engines? Well I...

FWIW - The one I installed had the orange ADBV.