Amsoil Marine 4-Stroke Oil in Honda GCV160 Lawnmower?

[ThirdeYe]

Hey everyone,

I am planning on purchasing some Amsoil 4-stroke Marine 10W-30 oil for $2 a quart today from someone locally and wanted to know if this would be alright to use in a Honda GCV160 lawnmower? I see no reason why oil for a 4-stroke marine application would not suit a small air-cooled 4-stroke lawnmower engine, but maybe I am missing something. To me it seems like it would be a very robust oil. The Honda recommends 5W-30 or 10W-30, if I remember right. It does not require synthetic or anything special. Any thoughts/advice would be appreciated!

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

It will take you much longer to get your lawn mowed the thing is going to slow to a good trolling speed!

 

[CT8]

It would be exactly like using gas truck /SUV oil in your car. You need lawn mower oil in the lawn mower

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Perfect.

I used to promote 4T Motorcyclce oil for hot rodders looking for ZDP,

But the photo of a Motorcycle on the bottle stopped them in their tracks.

Cant teach anybody anything about oil sometimes.

API SG/SH service category - duhh !

 

[Gebo]

Buy it! What a steal! And use it in your mower.

 

[jeepman3071]

Lawn mower engines will typically run for years on anything resembling oil as long as they have enough of it in the crankcase. Use that oil with confidence!

 

[Cujet]

No prob using that oil

 

[ThirdeYe]

I ended up getting them. Thanks everyone!

 

[bubbatime]

Walmart clearnaced our 25W40 marine oil here at $1 per quart. I bought everything. It's a FANTASTIC small engine oil.