Post your latest small engine oil change

[JR]

Craftsman dls3000 20hp 500cc briggs intec.
out: st16 filter and unknown oil
In: Quaker State Conventional 5w20 and xg3600 fram

Honda em400 gen
Out: Pennzoil 5w20 68hrs
In: Quaker State Ultimate Durability 0w-20 45hrs so far 105 left to oci

Kaw fc150v 6.75hp
out: unknown factory fill. Tons of hours.
In xg4967 fram filter, nextgen maxlife 5w20

Toro recycler brigg 5.5hp 9c.i.d 1991 model
Out: Pennzoil conventional HD-30 25hrs plus 15hrs idle during storage
In: nextgen maxlife 5w20

Plannedin next thirty days:

Coleman 3.5kw tec power ohv5.5
Syn only 5w30 only if 5w20 is not available. 0w20 perferred

Case224 k321as kohler
Usually 30 weight or 15w40
May go syn since engine is only acouple hundred hours tops of rebuild.

 

[JR]

Saturday is pm day at the cabin. Lights provided by 1950's kohler 4hp 4cylinder flathead watercooled 3kw AC gen set. Auto-start, apply load it starts, shed the load it shuts down. 20psi at 1800rpm no filter pressure lube.

Current fill around 18months of use. Oil unknown
Not sure what to use. I would think anything would work.

Darn thing holds three gallons (twelve quarts).

 

[dwcopple]

Originally Posted By: SEMI_287
Powermore 4200cc
impossible. A 4.2L mower engine???

 

[SEMI_287]

Originally Posted By: dwcopple
Originally Posted By: SEMI_287
Powermore 4200cc
impossible. A 4.2L mower engine???

ROFLMAO. Whoops. 420cc*

 

[dmaxtech]

Just purchased a 2011 JD x530 with 40hrs on it. 54in deck, HDAP rear tires.
Engine oil: Out: ?????
In: Schaeffer 9000 5w40
Hydrostatic Trans: Out: factory fill (?)
In: Amsoil Synthetic Tractor/hydraulic oil

 

[JR]

Honda em400 genpack
Out: Quaker State Ultimate Durability 0w29 had 125hrs on it.
In Quaker State Ultimate Durability0w20

Kohler k181
out: unknown
In: fs 5w20

 

[JR]

Kohler camand pro 27hp 370hrs
Out: amsoil ope oil
In: amsoil ope oil

Ken

 

[Errtt]

Honda HRX mower & 2k Inverter Generator
out Rotella 5w-40
in Rotella 5w-40

 

[JR]

Craftsman highwheel string trimmer. Powered by tecumseh 143.995002.
Out: first fill( 10yr Pennzoil Conventional 10w30 oci)
In: shell 5w-20

Ken

 

[jeepman3071]

2010 22" Poulan push mower I fixed up and sold

3.5 HP Briggs and Stratton
Out: black nasty factory fill
In: Rotella T5 10w30

Also did:
-New air filter
-New Champion J19LM spark plug
-New blade
-Cleaned carb


My friend's dad was going to throw it out since it was sputtering. I fixed it up and it ran great afterward. I would've kept it for myself if I didn't already have my Toro.

 

[wander2039]

Originally Posted By: Eric Smith
98(?) Briggs and Stratton 5.5HP
Out.. I have no idea been 2 or 3 years since the last change
In.. Pennzoil Conventional 5w30


In Rotella T6 10w30 seems to like it. Not sure how much longer it'll last the coil getting weak.

 

[JR]

1955 briggs model 8
Out: uknown
In: formula shell 5w-20 a.p.i. SN
history of engine unknown. Aquired it for $30 at a mans sale. It has sat for quite awhile. I got a new platnium plug, new condensor, and a used muffler is what i have so far. I will get to that this weekend along with 'cleaning the points.
I will run it on lp vapor to get a few hours and the shell oil flush oci. Before i get carb rebuild parts..

Ken

 

[JR]

Briggs 205cc 5.5hp .. powers my log splitter. Has 700-750 plus hours.
Out: Pennzoil conventional sae30 a.p.i. SN 75+hrs, no usage.
In: amsoil 4stroke sae30/10w-30 syn oil.
I have about 100-125hrs of wood to get split. I have forty cord to split for sale already reserved, 35-40cord for me. 10cord cord ma and dad, and 35cord at the neighbors.
It see use. Syn or dino they aint picky.

Ken

 

[TurboLuver]

John Deere Z950A/Kawasaki FX850V
Delo 400LE 5W-40
Napa Gold 1394

 

[jeepman3071]

Giant Vac walk behind leaf blower

Tecumseh OHH50 (OHV 5HP engine)

Out: Rotella T6 5w40
In: Rotella T5 10w30

I'm normally not a fan of Tecumseh engines, but these OHH engines are pretty decent. I found this leaf blower on the curb out for the trash a few years ago. A little carb cleaning and it runs like new. The oil was low and black when I got it, probably original.

Now it starts first pull, and hardly uses any fuel. Keep the oil full, splice a fuel filter into the fuel line, and they can be great engines.

 

[dernp]

Honda HRX GCV 190 lawn mower

Out: Valvoline 10w30 conventional
In: Rotella T5 10w30

 

[jeepman3071]

MTD Yard Machines tractor for a customer, 14.5 HP Briggs, 42" deck

Out: Black tar
In: Rotella T5 10w30

 

[FFeng7]

Neighbors Troy Bilt 21 inch push mower with a 6.0 Briggs and Stratton Quantum engine.

Out: Very black sludge that was just below the add line on the dip stick. Probably the factory fill.

In: 20 ounces of Peak 10w30 that I picked up on sale at Big Lots.

 

[UNC017]

B&S 810cc 28 horse V-twin on Ferris zero-turn:

Dumped the break-in oil after 5 hours.
Replaced with Delvac 1 5w40, and wix oil filter.

 

[95busa]

Troybilt Briggs 5500w generator. Rotella 15w40