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Thread ID: 118920	2011-06-26 22:59:00	Lawnmower oil	Greg (193)	PC World Chat

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1212332	2011-06-26 22:59:00	I've got a briggs & stratton lawnmower. Dunno how old it is - possibly over 5 years, but it's never had an oil change. What sort of engine oil should I use? Thanks.	Greg (193)
1212333	2011-06-26 23:14:00	I just chuck in cheap 20W40, assuming you're talking about a 4 stroke. The user manuals specify some absurd oil change rate of after every 20 hours of operation. I suspect this is just so they can claim that the warranty is voided on any engines which develop issues. If a car with far higher revs and compression can do 10,000km with 4 to 8 cylinders banging away on a single oil change - why can't a lawnmower with one cylinder do better than 20 hours of operation per change? Sure, they suck a lot of dust, and they lack a fliud filled radiator, but why such an extreme difference?	Paul.Cov (425)
1212334	2011-06-26 23:58:00	Drain the old oil, keep the oil and throw the B&S away	prefect (6291)
1212335	2011-06-27 00:28:00	30 sae is the right oil for 4 strokes.	Cicero (40)
1212336	2011-06-27 00:45:00	I recomend that you use the briggs and stratton oil from a mower store. i don't know what it has but my mower runs ok and is 5 years old I've got a briggs & stratton lawnmower. Dunno how old it is - possibly over 5 years, but it's never had an oil change. What sort of engine oil should I use? Thanks.	rodnbel (14097)
1212337	2011-06-27 00:59:00	goo.gl Similar available from super cheap	Cicero (40)
1212338	2011-06-27 01:01:00	I have been a serial hater of Briggs and Stratton engines for years. Well before communist chinese junk engines come here B&S was building worse junk. How about aluminium bores and steel rings, valve seats cut into ally, no replaceable big end shell bearings a great recipe for longevity. B&S must have hired some **** to design the minimum engine which would still run they did a good job. Dad had the poxy things on the farm for tobacco related machinery. They were the most unreliable heap of **** engines ever built in the world. He replaced one with a Honda and whoa and behold it just started and run beautifully. All the B&S **** got the heave ho. One was in a self propelled picking machine, another in a niggling machine for weeding and another in a motorcycle sort of thing which hoed up between the baccy rows.	prefect (6291)
1212339	2011-06-27 01:33:00	I have been a serial hater of Briggs and Stratton engines for years. Well before communist chinese junk engines come here B&S was building worse junk. How about aluminium bores and steel rings, valve seats cut into ally, no replaceable big end shell bearings a great recipe for longevity. B&S must have hired some **** to design the minimum engine which would still run they did a good job. Dad had the poxy things on the farm for tobacco related machinery. They were the most unreliable heap of **** engines ever built in the world. He replaced one with a Honda and whoa and behold it just started and run beautifully. All the B&S **** got the heave ho. One was in a self propelled picking machine, another in a niggling machine for weeding and another in a motorcycle sort of thing which hoed up between the baccy rows. I agree Honda by far the better engine, quiter too,but considerably more expensive. I have 2 B&S both trouble free for last 6 years, so not all bad.	Cicero (40)
1212340	2011-06-27 03:07:00	2x B&S Have been fine for ages, 3rd died after being thrashed as a paddock mower :D IMO, B&S aren't ALL terrible. Just chuck some oil in that is the right viscosity, not sure what that would be 20W40 i'd say, if its 4 stroke. Do you have to mix the petrol with some other stuff? if so thats a 2 stroke, not a a 4	The Error Guy (14052)
1212341	2011-06-27 03:12:00	I just put Castrol GTX in mine. I have about 3 litres of it left over from when I use to do my car engine oil changes. :)	Trev (427)
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