I've got a 4-year-old Snapper self-propelled with a B&S Intek 190cc "8.75" engine. I've just finally switched to a mulching blade, which is said to tax the engine even more than the Hivac setup.
I've been changing the oil, probably not often enough, with whatever xw30 I had around, usually (perhaps always) GC.
Trying to maintain it better, I just did another change with my last leftover GC after washing amazing amounts of carbon splinters out with B-12. The oil that came out wasn't all that old, and came out (by vacuum pump) as thinly as if it was hot, which it wasn't.
(I also washed some paint off with that B-12. With what do you prime a Snapper non-commercial deck? Are these alu or steel?)
I started reading around here and found mentions of everything from "cocktail of leftovers" to GC and M1 5w40 being used in B&S engines.
This one spends much of its mowing time at 85-95 degrees ambient in high humidity and lots of grass/dust, and I don't have any way (except a garden hose? is that safe?) to clean dust off the cooling fins, so it probably runs pretty hot when it runs (not a huge lawn(1-2 hours when not bagging), but very frequent mowing due to Bermude grass).
I always have 5w40 around due to my TDI. Would 5w40 be a simple, good choice given these conditions? Or am I better off changing something cheaper like 0w40 or 5w30 more often?
I've been changing the oil, probably not often enough, with whatever xw30 I had around, usually (perhaps always) GC.
Trying to maintain it better, I just did another change with my last leftover GC after washing amazing amounts of carbon splinters out with B-12. The oil that came out wasn't all that old, and came out (by vacuum pump) as thinly as if it was hot, which it wasn't.
(I also washed some paint off with that B-12. With what do you prime a Snapper non-commercial deck? Are these alu or steel?)
I started reading around here and found mentions of everything from "cocktail of leftovers" to GC and M1 5w40 being used in B&S engines.
This one spends much of its mowing time at 85-95 degrees ambient in high humidity and lots of grass/dust, and I don't have any way (except a garden hose? is that safe?) to clean dust off the cooling fins, so it probably runs pretty hot when it runs (not a huge lawn(1-2 hours when not bagging), but very frequent mowing due to Bermude grass).
I always have 5w40 around due to my TDI. Would 5w40 be a simple, good choice given these conditions? Or am I better off changing something cheaper like 0w40 or 5w30 more often?