I put a motorcycle oil in my Briggs lawnmower!

[j_mac]

I've got a 550 series OHV Briggs & Stratton enine on my lawnmower.
I had leftover Mobil 1 Racing 4T from my motorcycle and used it to change the oil in my lawnmower. Its an SG oil with presumably high levels of ZDDP.
Did I screw up or was this a good idea?

 

[chubbs1]

Crank that bad boy up. I think you did no harm, You will soon find out what kind of idea it was though.

 

[SLCraig]

Knowing people run lawnmowers for like 10 years without changing the oil and they still seem to run fine, I would say you're ahead of the curve.

 

[MrMeeks]

Nothing wrong with it.M1 is expensive lawnmower oil,but a good mower is expensive now and worth taking care of.

 

[spasm3]

That oil is way overkill, it will run fine!

 

[oggb]

I threw together some 10w-40 Honda motorcycle oil, 15w-40 Rotella, 5w-30 Pennz. Platinum, and 10w-30 Maxlife blend and my mower couldn't be happier.

I think.

To be honest, it just runs. It never really gives me any grief about anything aside from big rocks, big sticks, and wet grass.

 

[boraticus]

Never met a lawnmower engine yet that was fussy about what oil was dumped into it. They'll run well on virtually any oil that can be poured into it.

 

[Oldwolf]

As long as your mower doesn't have a catalytic convertor it will work great. I think the high ZDDP levels will plug up a catalytic convertor, that is why M1 doesn't recommend using them in cars.

 

[kballowe]

I ran SAE 30 in my power equipment for years and years and years and then went to 15W-40 Rotella. That Motorcycle oil has more zinc and phosporus than either and it's synthetic so how bad can it be? Other than being expensive.

 

[Robenstein]

I run Mystik JT8 HDEO or Valvoline 10w40 moto oil in my Tecumseh powered MTD

 

[super20dan]

i have been using mobil 1 in my techumche engines for several seasons of commercial duty-has made a big diff vs reg oil