I wonder this too. Most small engines are around the one quart capacity and it makes no sense as to why you can’t use fresh oil.
The mentality seems to be:
Expensive OPE gets run its normal course for a season and exposed to the appropriate elements of heat and moisture. Time to change the...
I read it as 10k miles too lol yeah OP is good on a 6k mile interval for sure. Just keep an eye on the oil level every so often on the dipstick and use a quality filter.
The same thing happened to me on that pricing error with Walmart on the Castrol Edge Euro oil a month back or so. I ordered six jugs and received three with one of those three leaking the same way.
2005 EZGO TXT golf cart with the 295cc Robins engine. One year on oil and cleaned the mesh filter.
Out: 1.5qts PHM 10W-30
In: 1.5qts Supertech 10W-30 FS
Just ordered a three pack of Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 0W-20 in 5 quart jugs from Walmart. Trackers says it’s at “Preparing” stage an hour ago. We shall see.
Yeah, same here mostly. It’s mostly adults driving the kiddos around on this one because they’re in the 4 to 6 age group. Even with the fouled spark plugs the engine still ran pretty well, but it was very noticeable when I installed the new spark plugs as it seemed to have more response.
Wife’s grandad needs the oil changed on his golf cart. It’s the 295cc version with the wire mesh oil filter. Last year I put Pennzoil Platinum High Mileage 10W-30 in it with a new oil and air filter and spark plugs. I was leaning towards a 10W-40, but he had already bought the oil by the time he...
Wife’s grandads two zero turns.
-Craftsman Z5800 24hp 86 hours.
Out: 2 quarts of Pennzoil Platinum High Mileage 10W-30
Off: Kohler 1205001-S
In: Same
On: Same
It also got a new drive belt.
JD E325E 24hp 72 hours
Out/Off- same as the craftsman
In/On- same as craftsman