I don't have an IR gun at home, so I don't know any operating temperatures.
48 total hours on the new replacement engine.
It was indeed a 50/50 mix of Kohler 10W30 SJ & Honda 10W30 SM oil.
Code:
Oil used Kohler 10W30 Kohler 10W30 Toro API SJ Toro API SL Toro API SJ
API SJ-SM black bottle yellow bottle
Sample Date Jul-3-2009 May-14-2009 Sep-13-2007 Aug-25-2007 Jul-28-2007
Hours on oil 5 3 3 5 5
Hours on mower 8/48 3/43 13 10 5
Make-up oil None None None None None
TBN: 10.0 10.7 8.0 7.0 7.2
Aluminum: 16 42 37 31 77
Chromium: 0 0 0 0 0
Iron: 7 9 19 13 15
Copper: 1 2 2 2 9
Lead: 2 0 0 1 3
Tin: 1 0 0 0 0
Molybdenum: 18 0 90 55 87
Nickel: 0 0 0 0 0
Manganese: 0 0 0 1 2
Silver: 0 0 0 0 0
Titanium: 0 0 0 0 0
Potassium: 2 0 0 0 2
Boron: 2 2 117 16 128
Silicon: 4 6 9 11 20
Sodium: 0 0 0 1 5
Calcium: 1958 2005 1956 1744 1798
Magnesium: 194 246 26 22 134
Phosphorus: 885 999 766 802 827
Zinc: 1158 1198 917 923 998
Barium: 0 0 0 0 0
Viscosity: 10.98 10.89 65.8 (11.82) 65.5 64.4
Flashpoint: 400 400 440 400 430
Fuel: < 0.5 < 0.5 < 0.5 Trace < 0.5
Antifreeze: 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Water: 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Insolubles: 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3
48 total hours on the new replacement engine.
It was indeed a 50/50 mix of Kohler 10W30 SJ & Honda 10W30 SM oil.
Code:
Oil used Kohler 10W30 Kohler 10W30 Toro API SJ Toro API SL Toro API SJ
API SJ-SM black bottle yellow bottle
Sample Date Jul-3-2009 May-14-2009 Sep-13-2007 Aug-25-2007 Jul-28-2007
Hours on oil 5 3 3 5 5
Hours on mower 8/48 3/43 13 10 5
Make-up oil None None None None None
TBN: 10.0 10.7 8.0 7.0 7.2
Aluminum: 16 42 37 31 77
Chromium: 0 0 0 0 0
Iron: 7 9 19 13 15
Copper: 1 2 2 2 9
Lead: 2 0 0 1 3
Tin: 1 0 0 0 0
Molybdenum: 18 0 90 55 87
Nickel: 0 0 0 0 0
Manganese: 0 0 0 1 2
Silver: 0 0 0 0 0
Titanium: 0 0 0 0 0
Potassium: 2 0 0 0 2
Boron: 2 2 117 16 128
Silicon: 4 6 9 11 20
Sodium: 0 0 0 1 5
Calcium: 1958 2005 1956 1744 1798
Magnesium: 194 246 26 22 134
Phosphorus: 885 999 766 802 827
Zinc: 1158 1198 917 923 998
Barium: 0 0 0 0 0
Viscosity: 10.98 10.89 65.8 (11.82) 65.5 64.4
Flashpoint: 400 400 440 400 430
Fuel: < 0.5 < 0.5 < 0.5 Trace < 0.5
Antifreeze: 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Water: 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Insolubles: 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3