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Originally Posted By: Dean85
Originally Posted By: Clevy
Originally Posted By: Dean85
Originally Posted By: Clevy
I've got more small engines than I can count. I use conventional rotella 15w40 in everything from my motorcycles to my air compressors and generators.
Cheap,meets JASO for wet clutches and can be found in 5 gallon pails.
Being north of me I am sure you see colder temps. You don't use 15w40 during the winter in your outdoor equipment do you?
No. I wouldn't be able to get it to turn over.
In the winter I buy a 5 gallon pail of 5w30 at Walmart and shorten the drain interval.
My Small engines seem to have a fuel dilution issue. The fuel gets in but never evaporates out in the winter,so I check everything weekly.
I've got 14 air compressors now,an 7 generators,so buying jugs of oil is pointless.
Dang, thought I had alot of stuff.
We've got anywhere from 15-30 hourly rated guys and from 2-4 sub framing crews,and I supply alot of stuff.
I don't want a crew out there pounding nails. Pointless and doesn't make money. I'll drop a compressor and some hose with a couple guns and that same crew doubles in speed,which means we turn over houses faster,making me more money.
They eventually get all their own stuff but in the mean time I need houses finished,so I've got enough stuff to keep the turnover rate consistently fast,which keeps the builders happy and giving me all their houses.
We've also got 2 condo projects and I've already tried using 1 big monster compressor to feed all the site air,and it doesn't keep up. So I put 3 compressors on the floor. No gun runs off more than 100' of hose. Guns shoot faster.
Originally Posted By: Clevy
Originally Posted By: Dean85
Originally Posted By: Clevy
I've got more small engines than I can count. I use conventional rotella 15w40 in everything from my motorcycles to my air compressors and generators.
Cheap,meets JASO for wet clutches and can be found in 5 gallon pails.
Being north of me I am sure you see colder temps. You don't use 15w40 during the winter in your outdoor equipment do you?
No. I wouldn't be able to get it to turn over.
In the winter I buy a 5 gallon pail of 5w30 at Walmart and shorten the drain interval.
My Small engines seem to have a fuel dilution issue. The fuel gets in but never evaporates out in the winter,so I check everything weekly.
I've got 14 air compressors now,an 7 generators,so buying jugs of oil is pointless.
Dang, thought I had alot of stuff.
We've got anywhere from 15-30 hourly rated guys and from 2-4 sub framing crews,and I supply alot of stuff.
I don't want a crew out there pounding nails. Pointless and doesn't make money. I'll drop a compressor and some hose with a couple guns and that same crew doubles in speed,which means we turn over houses faster,making me more money.
They eventually get all their own stuff but in the mean time I need houses finished,so I've got enough stuff to keep the turnover rate consistently fast,which keeps the builders happy and giving me all their houses.
We've also got 2 condo projects and I've already tried using 1 big monster compressor to feed all the site air,and it doesn't keep up. So I put 3 compressors on the floor. No gun runs off more than 100' of hose. Guns shoot faster.
Just did my first oil change in this 810 CC 28-horse Briggs twin powered machine:
The manual recommends straight 30 or synthetic 5w30 for my temp range (it was 104F Saturday...), but for commonality I used 5w40 HDEO same as I have been for many years on my 6-horse Briggs walk-behinds and 15-horse Kohler powered JD tractor. Nary a hiccup and zero oil consumption on all the others, so I expect the same here. I had a little queasiness going a grade heavier than what the factory recommends, but I just couldn't bring myself to run a passcar synthetic 5w30 in these air-cooled engines. I'd run a straight 30 HDEO before doing that.
Molakule- I trust your knowledge a lot and I'd like to hear why you think a 5w40 would run hotter- just more energy from shearing the thicker oil getting turned to heat? FWIW, the 28-horse Briggs has an oil cooler, and is the first air-cooled OPE engine I've owned that has forced-air oil-to-air cooler.
I also went off the reservation filter-wise, and found the Wix interchange for the Briggs&Stratton filter type. Tiny little thing! My old Kohler runs the same filter as my wife's PT Cruiser, which is tiny for a car but seems huge for a one-lung 15 horse engine. the B&S takes a filter maybe 2/3 the size of what the Kohler uses.
As a "PS..."
After changing the oil on the Ferris, I took it out for about a 45 minute mow. I rarely get to use it since the farm employee normally takes care of mowing that property along with his regular work. Dang! That thing is a mowing MONSTER. Absolutely amazing cutting speed and maneuverability. Almost makes me wish I had enough grass to justify using it for my own lawn!
The manual recommends straight 30 or synthetic 5w30 for my temp range (it was 104F Saturday...), but for commonality I used 5w40 HDEO same as I have been for many years on my 6-horse Briggs walk-behinds and 15-horse Kohler powered JD tractor. Nary a hiccup and zero oil consumption on all the others, so I expect the same here. I had a little queasiness going a grade heavier than what the factory recommends, but I just couldn't bring myself to run a passcar synthetic 5w30 in these air-cooled engines. I'd run a straight 30 HDEO before doing that.
Molakule- I trust your knowledge a lot and I'd like to hear why you think a 5w40 would run hotter- just more energy from shearing the thicker oil getting turned to heat? FWIW, the 28-horse Briggs has an oil cooler, and is the first air-cooled OPE engine I've owned that has forced-air oil-to-air cooler.
I also went off the reservation filter-wise, and found the Wix interchange for the Briggs&Stratton filter type. Tiny little thing! My old Kohler runs the same filter as my wife's PT Cruiser, which is tiny for a car but seems huge for a one-lung 15 horse engine. the B&S takes a filter maybe 2/3 the size of what the Kohler uses.
As a "PS..."
After changing the oil on the Ferris, I took it out for about a 45 minute mow. I rarely get to use it since the farm employee normally takes care of mowing that property along with his regular work. Dang! That thing is a mowing MONSTER. Absolutely amazing cutting speed and maneuverability. Almost makes me wish I had enough grass to justify using it for my own lawn!
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