SuperTech SAE30 at Wal-mart, good stuff. Less than $3 a quart.
Florida push mower oil recommendations
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Originally Posted By: tig1
Originally Posted By: wag123
Originally Posted By: Jake777
B&S says use a straight 30wt
So, why don't you just use what B&S recommends? A good brand name SAE 30 HD motor oil is best for small air cooled 4-cycle engines used in warmer climates.
Is best? Some might disagree.
My 25 year old Toro with B&S engine used weekly in Texas heat doesn't disagree. The rest of the mower is nearly worn-out but the engine still runs like a champ.
Originally Posted By: wag123
Originally Posted By: Jake777
B&S says use a straight 30wt
So, why don't you just use what B&S recommends? A good brand name SAE 30 HD motor oil is best for small air cooled 4-cycle engines used in warmer climates.
Is best? Some might disagree.
My 25 year old Toro with B&S engine used weekly in Texas heat doesn't disagree. The rest of the mower is nearly worn-out but the engine still runs like a champ.
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Originally Posted By: tig1
Originally Posted By: wag123
Originally Posted By: Jake777
B&S says use a straight 30wt
So, why don't you just use what B&S recommends? A good brand name SAE 30 HD motor oil is best for small air cooled 4-cycle engines used in warmer climates.
Is best? Some might disagree.
I’ve used the M1 10w30 plenty, but couldn’t walk past Delo 10w30 for $2/quart …
Originally Posted By: wag123
Originally Posted By: Jake777
B&S says use a straight 30wt
So, why don't you just use what B&S recommends? A good brand name SAE 30 HD motor oil is best for small air cooled 4-cycle engines used in warmer climates.
Is best? Some might disagree.
I’ve used the M1 10w30 plenty, but couldn’t walk past Delo 10w30 for $2/quart …
Originally Posted By: bubbatime
SuperTech SAE30 at Wal-mart, good stuff.
Agreed.
SuperTech SAE30 at Wal-mart, good stuff.
Agreed.
Straight sae30 only is the ONLY way to go with air cooled snall engines.
Anything less merely destroys them
Anything less merely destroys them
I use 5W-40 Mobil 1, Turbo Diesel Truck. A very robust oil, with a fantastic additive package. It's more than capable of use in all weather conditions.
Originally Posted By: ENGINEER60
Straight sae30 only is the ONLY way to go with air cooled snall engines.
Anything less merely destroys them
I have been using anything in Sae40 for 20years now...and lawnmover & snowthrower are both still working flawlessly
Straight sae30 only is the ONLY way to go with air cooled snall engines.
Anything less merely destroys them
I have been using anything in Sae40 for 20years now...and lawnmover & snowthrower are both still working flawlessly
I use NAPA 15-40 Universal fleet in everything I own except my vehicles. Lawnmower with a Kawasaki FJ189 10 years, Yamaha F115 outboard about 300 hrs and my generators one with a B&S10 HP and one with a Honda Vtwin 20 HP none seem to care what oil I use and I have tried others. The NAPA is cheap and easy to get. I did a Blackstone test after 50 hrs in my outboard and they said it would go another 100. Thats enough for me. It also has enough ZDDP for all the things I use it in.
https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4795110/Super_Tech_Conventional_15w40_
Topic from just a few hours ago....put your googles on dude
Topic from just a few hours ago....put your googles on dude
For my self propelled Deere mower, I use whatever diesel truck oil I can find on sale from Walmart.
I change it once a year, and the oil always comes out clean. I'm probably doing it too much, but for 3-5 bucks its good sense.
The Deere has a standard Briggs engine and takes 20 ounces of oil.
I have used 10w40 and 5w40 in Texas, we mow almost year round, sometimes I find myself doing a quick mow in January to clean up the weeds.
No smoke, no blowby, no usage and the Deere is about 8 years old now.
I think the most important thing is when we get into late fall, or early winter, I start running it on the expensive canned ethanol free gas from Home Depot.
That way I don't get any gelling or anything while it sits.
So I spend maybe 7 bucks and run it on canned gas a few times to circulate it through the system.
I throw a new air filter in the Deere about twice a year, as the dusty dry grass gets sucked into the filter quickly.
I change it once a year, and the oil always comes out clean. I'm probably doing it too much, but for 3-5 bucks its good sense.
The Deere has a standard Briggs engine and takes 20 ounces of oil.
I have used 10w40 and 5w40 in Texas, we mow almost year round, sometimes I find myself doing a quick mow in January to clean up the weeds.
No smoke, no blowby, no usage and the Deere is about 8 years old now.
I think the most important thing is when we get into late fall, or early winter, I start running it on the expensive canned ethanol free gas from Home Depot.
That way I don't get any gelling or anything while it sits.
So I spend maybe 7 bucks and run it on canned gas a few times to circulate it through the system.
I throw a new air filter in the Deere about twice a year, as the dusty dry grass gets sucked into the filter quickly.
Originally Posted By: Kamele0N
https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4795110/Super_Tech_Conventional_15w40_
Topic from just a few hours ago....put your googles on dude
I don't read every thread posted in every category, but thanks for the guidance nonetheless.
https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4795110/Super_Tech_Conventional_15w40_
Topic from just a few hours ago....put your googles on dude
I don't read every thread posted in every category, but thanks for the guidance nonetheless.
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