What oil to use

[2001SE]

Just bought an Ariens Delux snowblower with a 305cc Briggs&Stratton engine. Right now I have what they call break-in oil in the engine, that i'm supposed to run for 2 hours. Now i've ran it for 2 hours, now i'm not sur what oil to put in. I would like to go synthetic. In the manuel it says to use 5w-30 for synthetic. Up here in Canada i can get -30 with the wind factor easily. Is synthetics the best oil to go with? And what kind. Thanks!

 

[PT1]

Try Pennzoil Platinum or Mobil1 or Valvoline Synpower or Qhorsepower. Any should be fine. The Petro Canada synthetics are also very good.

 

[2001SE]

I was looking at Amsoil, since i've alway use they 2 stroke oil for my ATV. Witch one in amsoil should I use?

 

[Seguino]

Just go to Canadian Tire and get some Motomaster synthetic which is made by Shell.

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: 2001SE
I was looking at Amsoil, since i've alway use they 2 stroke oil for my ATV. Witch one in amsoil should I use?


5W-30?

5W-30 Product Code HDD - Heavy Duty Engine Oil (HDEO)

 

[doitmyself]

-30C = -22F Ouch!!!!!

Don't forget that wind chill does not affect inanimate objects (engine/oil) like it does living organisms.

If the air temperature is -10C, but wind chill factor makes it "feel" like -30C, the engine/oil will only be at -10C after sitting overnight. Wind can cause an engine to cool faster during operation or after shut down, but it won't cause it to go below the ambient temperature.

Wikipedia has a good explanation.

 

[Warstud]

Synthetic would be best because it will be thinner at startup. My
question to the makers of the engine would be "If your going to recommend a synthetic why would you choose a 5w30 vs 0w30"?

 

[Bror Jace]

Lots of good threads about snowblowers and oil already. Try reading these:

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/oil-for-tecumseh-powered-snowblower.120336/

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/best-oil-for-tecumseh-snow-king.96213/

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/snow-blower-break-in.120461/

 

[daman]

Mobil-1 0w30 AFE at walmart.

 

[sparkplug]

Synthetic for sure. I have QS Torquepower 10w30 in the motor and QS Truck and SUV 10w40 in the gear case. I ran NAPA dino 10w30 in it last winter with no problems but syn makes a difference if you pull start it.

 

[2001SE]

I bought some Amsoil motor oil SAE 5W-30, I think this will be ok?

 

[daman]

Originally Posted By: 2001SE
I bought some Amsoil motor oil SAE 5W-30, I think this will be ok?

perfect

 

[el_zorro]

I have used 5w-30 dino for years in Michigan for my snow blower and its starts fine as long as I prime it well and the spark plug is not fouled. If you have left over fractions of quarts of Syn 5W-30 or 0W-30 the snow blower is a good place to dump them.

 

[bigbird_1]

Buy a case of the new Rotella T6 5W-40 synthetic and run it in every 4 cycle engine's crankcase.

 

[Crashbox]

I think Pablo hit the nail on the head- HDD is about the very best 5W-30 IMO for such use, and anywhere a 5W-30 is called for. A very stout oil.

 

[JimPghPA]

GC would be my 1st. choice, but the oil you chose (Amsoil 5W-30) is also very good.

 

[Nick R]

I use Pennzoil Platinum 5W-30 in our 208cc OHV Chonda, and Mobil 1 5W-30 in my neighbors gigundous L-Head 11HP Tecumseh.

 

[Bror Jace]

"Buy a case of the new Rotella T6 5W-40 synthetic and run it in every 4 cycle engine's crankcase."

That’s a pretty good pick. I have shied away from 5W-40s for really low-temp applications because the cold flow is usually not that great. This one will flow down to -30F … pretty good.

Anyone see this stuff on a shelf anywhere?

 

[Robenstein]

I have a bunch of Rotella T synthetic, the old CI4 plus stuff that I have been using in my small engines.

 

[af0h]

Originally Posted By: Bror Jace
"Buy a case of the new Rotella T6 5W-40 synthetic and run it in every 4 cycle engine's crankcase."


Oh yeah, doesn't get much better than that!