Hi,
Just serviced a friends lawnmower. Replaced the standard stuff, air filter, spark plug, sharpened blade etc.
Interesting, these particularly Series 80000 Briggs & Stratton engine don't require a oil change for the life of the engine!! Just top up as needed.
Well this is the lawn mowers 3rd season. On inspecting the oil, it was extremely dark. So I edged on the side of caution and changed the oil. It had done around 75 hours and the original factory oil.
I used Supertech 5w30 fully synthetic. Ambient temperatures in the area doesn't go above 90 Fahrenheit. Briggs and Stratton have this particular oil weight as acceptable on their website. Just worried when I saw the state of the original oil. I just had to change it for her!!! Also it had been 3 years on the Champion Spark Plug and original air filter. Both were in desperate need of replacing.
So my question is would you run the same oil for the lifetime of the engine and top up as necessary? Or would you still change the oil at the end of the season?
Thanks.
Just serviced a friends lawnmower. Replaced the standard stuff, air filter, spark plug, sharpened blade etc.
Interesting, these particularly Series 80000 Briggs & Stratton engine don't require a oil change for the life of the engine!! Just top up as needed.
Well this is the lawn mowers 3rd season. On inspecting the oil, it was extremely dark. So I edged on the side of caution and changed the oil. It had done around 75 hours and the original factory oil.
I used Supertech 5w30 fully synthetic. Ambient temperatures in the area doesn't go above 90 Fahrenheit. Briggs and Stratton have this particular oil weight as acceptable on their website. Just worried when I saw the state of the original oil. I just had to change it for her!!! Also it had been 3 years on the Champion Spark Plug and original air filter. Both were in desperate need of replacing.
So my question is would you run the same oil for the lifetime of the engine and top up as necessary? Or would you still change the oil at the end of the season?
Thanks.