Just got done mowing for about 3hrs on the ole craftsman and decided I would drop the oil to fix the leak I've had all year.
For giggles I shot the drain pan with my IR gun to see what what kind of temps the oil runs.
After sitting for about ten minutes the oil came out of the sump at about 284 f!
This reinforces my decision to stick with an HDEO from here on. I tried mystik 10w30 for the first time this year, and I have to say I'm surprised how good the oil looked coming out compared to the trop artic I had been using. Both are a syn-blend, but the mystik was much less black coming out after a season.
For giggles I shot the drain pan with my IR gun to see what what kind of temps the oil runs.
After sitting for about ten minutes the oil came out of the sump at about 284 f!
This reinforces my decision to stick with an HDEO from here on. I tried mystik 10w30 for the first time this year, and I have to say I'm surprised how good the oil looked coming out compared to the trop artic I had been using. Both are a syn-blend, but the mystik was much less black coming out after a season.