Just bought a Ariens Platinum 24 SHO, has the LCT 306 cc engine.
Supposed to snow tonight6-10" so I can use it tomorrow, I intend to dump the orignal factory oil afterward, have some 5w-30 Dino Valvoline HM oil, will throw that in and use a few more hours and then to amsoil 0w-30.
Would rather have better oil in it and it only holds 1 qt
In the cost of a good snowblower the cost of oil is insignificant.
Originally Posted By: zrxkawboy
Originally Posted By: bubbatime
I would use dino for the first season for engine break in and then synthetic thereafter.
That is what I did with mine. I changed the oil after a short time (an hour or so), and there were lots of metallic flakes in the oil. I put 5W30 dino in, and changed it after a couple more hours. Ever since, I've changed it once a year with syn.