This you after you change your oil?I just put HPL Euro 0W30 in my 14 yr old Husqvarna push mower
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Post your latest small engine oil change
- Thread starter greenaccord02
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It was time to change the oil in my push mower. It gets used by me and my tenants at the house I own next door. It’s probably going on 10 years old and gets annual changes on the “no oil change. Just check and add” briggs motor. Usually it gets T6 5w-40 but I found a leftover quart of moto oil and treated it to some exotic oil. Surprisingly the old oil comes out full of glitter every time, but it runs great.
Haha! More like
I can only afford ramen noodles and reuse my toilet paper but my old one cylinder non-turbo .5 HP fuel diluting way over treated with seafoam weeble wabble lawnmower gets the best boutique oil money can buy.
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4wd
$50 site donor 2026
CC LT with Kohler 5400 Series
Out: Pennzoil Platinum 0W-40
In: SuperTech SAE HD-30
STP XL remains (2Y plan)
Out: Pennzoil Platinum 0W-40
In: SuperTech SAE HD-30
STP XL remains (2Y plan)
4wd
$50 site donor 2026
Did the oil and hydro on the JD 316. Both took on Wix filters.
Old oil was Rotella 15w40 and was in for couple of years. Frankly it could have gone another year. Diesel oil is super juice in this Onan.
In went ~1qt of remaining 15w40 and ~.7qt of 5w40.
The hydro gave up ~5.5+qt of old low vis Hygard and took in ~5.5+qt Amsoil Tractor Hydraulic.
The old had a significant red tint from the Type F that was in there before. So, there are pockets of old that just won't drain.
Really toned down the hydro whine.
I did jack up the front ~8 inches and the draining probably gave up another half cup of fluid.
The thing could use some skin care! These pics make it look dingy!
{ slow steady top-offs from here to get it mid sight }
Old oil was Rotella 15w40 and was in for couple of years. Frankly it could have gone another year. Diesel oil is super juice in this Onan.
In went ~1qt of remaining 15w40 and ~.7qt of 5w40.
The hydro gave up ~5.5+qt of old low vis Hygard and took in ~5.5+qt Amsoil Tractor Hydraulic.
The old had a significant red tint from the Type F that was in there before. So, there are pockets of old that just won't drain.
Really toned down the hydro whine.
I did jack up the front ~8 inches and the draining probably gave up another half cup of fluid.
The thing could use some skin care! These pics make it look dingy!
{ slow steady top-offs from here to get it mid sight }
Ran the previous fill almost 2 years. Not much mowing done.
Out: Delo SDE 15w40
In: VR1 20W-50
John Deere GT225 frankenmower
some kind of Predator V twin (708cc maybe?)
Out: unknown oil, Wix 51348 filter
In: Chevron Delo 400 XLE SB 15w40, Motorcraft FL400S filter
Simpson pressure washer
Honda GCV160
Out: unknown oil
In: Chevron Delo 400 XLE SB 15w40
some kind of Predator V twin (708cc maybe?)
Out: unknown oil, Wix 51348 filter
In: Chevron Delo 400 XLE SB 15w40, Motorcraft FL400S filter
Simpson pressure washer
Honda GCV160
Out: unknown oil
In: Chevron Delo 400 XLE SB 15w40
Old briggs push mower
Out kawasaki 20w50
In fram sae 40
Out kawasaki 20w50
In fram sae 40
I really like it but only use it for the odd power outage. Starts and runs fine.
Honda HRC216K3HXA commercial mower, GXV160 commercial engine. Royal Purple SAE 30 monograde oil
Royal Purple 01030 SAE 30 Heavy Duty High-Performance Synthetic Motor Oil With Synerlec
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BRV5WY?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
x2 quarts $6.48 total each after using x2 ($5.00 off $10.00) coupons at O'Reilly's. This was the only ones I can find in stock. When I asked the guy there he looked it up and the nearest in stock was in Indiana. Im in Missouri. Interesting 
Not sure what's going on outside of what we hear.
VALVOLINE™ VR1™ RACING SAE 20W-50 SYNTHETIC ENGINE OIL
API SL
Oh, I'm putting this in the rebuilt Kawasaki 17HP single cylinder in rebuilt 1991 John Deere 260 garden tractor. I've decided to go a little thicker from using 15w-40 HDEO. This has a little more ZDDP in it and I'll assume a higher HT/HS.
Not sure what's going on outside of what we hear.
VALVOLINE™ VR1™ RACING SAE 20W-50 SYNTHETIC ENGINE OIL
API SL
Oh, I'm putting this in the rebuilt Kawasaki 17HP single cylinder in rebuilt 1991 John Deere 260 garden tractor. I've decided to go a little thicker from using 15w-40 HDEO. This has a little more ZDDP in it and I'll assume a higher HT/HS.
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