Hey, Bror Jace
Reference my several entries on this thread, including my year-end report just above. What do you think of my theory that a splash lubricated motor is better off using a thinner (0W30) rather than a thicker (15W40) motor oil? My Honda 5.5 hp seems to like the 0W30 M1 I am now using. It has gone through the hot summer here in Tennessee, with temperatures always above 90 and several mowings when it was 95 to 98. Absolutely no oil usage in 60.3 hours. This on a consumer grade engine that probably has 300 hours on it now. The mower was purchased in 2000 and I put the hour meter on it in August of 2004, so I am estimating the total hours.
I have a stock of M1 5W30, so I will probably go back to that. It is tempting, however to try a fill of OW20 or 5W20 just to see if it would burn any. As I said previously, it had absolutely no usage in 4 years of 5W30 M1 and 1 year of 0W30.
Reference my several entries on this thread, including my year-end report just above. What do you think of my theory that a splash lubricated motor is better off using a thinner (0W30) rather than a thicker (15W40) motor oil? My Honda 5.5 hp seems to like the 0W30 M1 I am now using. It has gone through the hot summer here in Tennessee, with temperatures always above 90 and several mowings when it was 95 to 98. Absolutely no oil usage in 60.3 hours. This on a consumer grade engine that probably has 300 hours on it now. The mower was purchased in 2000 and I put the hour meter on it in August of 2004, so I am estimating the total hours.
I have a stock of M1 5W30, so I will probably go back to that. It is tempting, however to try a fill of OW20 or 5W20 just to see if it would burn any. As I said previously, it had absolutely no usage in 4 years of 5W30 M1 and 1 year of 0W30.