First post here, so take it easy on me!
Glad to be here though, looks like a great community.
Ok, so I unpack and assemble a new B&S 3000psi Pressure Washer and the thing looks great. The manual said it did not have any oil from the factory, so I should add SAE 30. I checked, and it clearly had oil in it. I figured it was a store model, and perhaps had been tested, so to be on the safe side I changed the oil and put in SAE 30 Engine Oil.
That's where I messed up terribly. And where I wince at the embarrassment this causes.
What I had changed was the pump oil. The engine was dry, so I filled that with the SAE 30, but now I'm afraid to start the thing due to the pump oil being SAE30 Engine Oil, and not the recommended SAE30 non-detergent Pump Oil.
Am I ok with the SAE 30 Engine Oil? Or, can this be fixed with a simple change back to the pump oil? Or... have I ruined it before I even got it started?
Total bonehead move on my part, but I hope it's fixable.
Ok, so I unpack and assemble a new B&S 3000psi Pressure Washer and the thing looks great. The manual said it did not have any oil from the factory, so I should add SAE 30. I checked, and it clearly had oil in it. I figured it was a store model, and perhaps had been tested, so to be on the safe side I changed the oil and put in SAE 30 Engine Oil.
That's where I messed up terribly. And where I wince at the embarrassment this causes.
What I had changed was the pump oil. The engine was dry, so I filled that with the SAE 30, but now I'm afraid to start the thing due to the pump oil being SAE30 Engine Oil, and not the recommended SAE30 non-detergent Pump Oil.
Am I ok with the SAE 30 Engine Oil? Or, can this be fixed with a simple change back to the pump oil? Or... have I ruined it before I even got it started?
Total bonehead move on my part, but I hope it's fixable.