Last fall i put Valvoline Synthetic 5-30 in my 24hp B&S as the temp's were dropping and i was using the tractor for things other than cutting, i probably put 20 hours on that oil last fall early winter.
Ive had the tractor out cutting grass three times this spring so far and pulled the dipstick today before cutting and it was a little dark *I attribute this to doing some cleaning* Ive owned this tractor three years and only used SAE30 in it at all times. the straight 30 wt goes in pretty clear, comes out about the same. So i was pretty floored when black oil came flowing out of the tractor thins as water (Mind you the tractor was warm) but ive never seen any oil come out of anything than thin/soupy..
Im sure no harm was done running the 5-30 for 20-25 hours, and i am sure some cleaning was done.
thought id share.
Ive had the tractor out cutting grass three times this spring so far and pulled the dipstick today before cutting and it was a little dark *I attribute this to doing some cleaning* Ive owned this tractor three years and only used SAE30 in it at all times. the straight 30 wt goes in pretty clear, comes out about the same. So i was pretty floored when black oil came flowing out of the tractor thins as water (Mind you the tractor was warm) but ive never seen any oil come out of anything than thin/soupy..
Im sure no harm was done running the 5-30 for 20-25 hours, and i am sure some cleaning was done.
thought id share.