I might try some 20w50 but I’m slightly concerned that might sap a little bit of the power it barely has which is why I used reclaimed 5w30 synthetic in it
SAE30 ND used in mower with oil filter
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Yes, happened to me. 67 Pontiac Lemans 326. Sears 10w-40. Circa 1984.
If there's coolant in it my oil then my engine is bad and it's combustion grade oil. Why would I put known contaminated oil in something I wasn't trying to sabotage?
Any clearance oil I've found lately has all been 20wt oils.
My reclaimed ICE grade oil comes from my wife's car and the pickup truck and has to be translucent, that's it. I clean off the drain plug area with my pressure washer and the oil goes into a catch pan I just cleaned with soap and water, allowed to dry.
Oil from unscrewing the oil filter goes into a dirty catch pan for combustion grade oil.
Combustion grade oil is any clearly contaminated oil, suspect contaminated oil, any unfiltered engines used oil, any opaque oil. Such as old gear oil out of diffs and gear boxes, used power steering fluid, used small engine and lawnmower oil, used diesel oil, burned up transmission fluid, ect.
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Any slender 3/4-16 filter will fit. I use a fe3600 as long as nothing is in the way.
I see your logic. Just be careful. I use some of my used oil to start fire pit fires. Keeps the gnats, and skeeters away too
If you want some PH-16 size filters or 3614 size PM me.
That's why I like a mower that burns oil when there's a ton of bugs out.
I soak logs in used oil or dump it on top of woochips.
Good idea. I may try your reclaimed oil. Found some real fine sieve type cone metal filters.
You don't even really need that. Something like cheese cloth, or a coffee filter, just need to take out the big micron bits that can shatter into hundreds of single digit micron bits.
I bought an ST16 since this engine seems to have enough clearance to accept the wider filter. I would’ve went for a Fram PH8A but I’m not sure if the longer filter would fit. A 16 size filter probably has plenty of media for a low pressure engine like this.
Reclaimed out of a car you know isn’t too harsh on oil is great for stuff you don’t care about (like the flathead I keep talking about)
I'd run some hdeo with mmo for a couple hours then dump it, fill it back up with 20w50 and run it for a year.
Dumped the diesel, light brown hue and still thin so there may not have been many deposits from the ND-30 
put my oversize st16 on and put probably 55oz of ST Full syn 10w30 in and it reads full. New drive belt and it scoots pretty well. Now it’s time to fix the deck!
put my oversize st16 on and put probably 55oz of ST Full syn 10w30 in and it reads full. New drive belt and it scoots pretty well. Now it’s time to fix the deck!
You could always put Valvoline restore and protect in there. But it seems like it takes at least 10 to 20 hours of run time before it even starts to do anything. Around 50hrs it's definitely doing it's thing on a sludge filled neglected engine.
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That's pretty sweet. I run a Super Tech on my Kawasaki powered John Deere... of course I paint it John Deere GREEN and put a sticker on it. I have a reputation to uphold in my neighborhood
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