B&S Intek 5w40 syn ok?

[dedonderosa]

Hey everyone i have an early 2000 scotts s1742 made by john deere mower with a b&s single cylinder intek 17hp engine, which runs great. im am currently using 5w30 synthetic oil in it as per B&S recommendations. i am noticing more oil consumption as the years go on. i have a few quarts of mobil 1 5w40 in my garage that i wanted to put to use, and wanted to know if that would be ok to run to help reduce the oil consumption a little. thanks guys

 

[dwendt44]

Not problem with that oil. You could go 15W-40 as well.


My 2¢

 

[MParr]

Hey everyone i have an early 2000 scotts s1742 made by john deere mower with a b&s single cylinder intek 17hp engine, which runs great. im am currently using 5w30 synthetic oil in it as per B&S recommendations. i am noticing more oil consumption as the years go on. i have a few quarts of mobil 1 5w40 in my garage that i wanted to put to use, and wanted to know if that would be ok to run to help reduce the oil consumption a little. thanks guys

You think? Back when that engine was manufactured, B&S only specified SAE 30 HD. Plus, it’s only 20 years old. Run it if you like.

 

[jeepman3071]

Not problem with that oil. You could go 15W-40 as well.


My 2¢

+1

Will be fine to run, I run 15w40 HDEO in a lot of small engines, especially older ones.

 

[Lubener]

I seriously doubt oil consumption will be different using either 5w-30 or 5w-40. Myself, I would either use 15w-40 or straight 30. I use straight 30 in all my OLE.

 

[Ride_Red]

GO ahead and use it up in the mower!