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| tautech:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on August 14, 2023, 08:07:42 am ---Both my mower and line trimmer take the same oil, so it's easier just to keep a larger bottle on-hand. --- End quote --- How so ? If your trimmer a 4 stroke ? |
| joeqsmith:
For the most part I use full synthetic in all of my 4 stroke gasoline engines. Even the small engines like my generator and such get it. I think the generator requires changes after 50hours of operation? I used to run methanol in one engine which required an expensive special oil along with a top end oil additive blended into the fuel. Methanol is fun. When I switched back to gasoline, I was using a cheap grade non-synthetic. The oil is changed after only few miles of use anyway. The problem was the formula changed over time due to ever changing emissions laws and I switched to a race only semi-synthetic that was better suited. |
| Tomorokoshi:
1. Use only RoHS motor oil. 2. Clip a ferrite on the fuel line. 3. Buy only from a reputable source, not ebay, etc. 4. Use lead-free fuel. |
| tautech:
--- Quote from: joeqsmith on August 16, 2023, 08:13:24 pm ---For the most part I use full synthetic in all of my 4 stroke gasoline engines. Even the small engines like my generator and such get it. I think the generator requires changes after 5 hours of operation? --- End quote --- What brand would that be ? Even decades old Briggs & Stratton engines only required 40hr changes. |
| Benta:
--- Quote from: tautech on August 16, 2023, 09:09:00 pm ---Even decades old Briggs & Stratton engines only required 40hr changes. --- End quote --- Are you guys kidding me? 5 hrs, 40 hrs oil change intervals??? What kind of miserable engines are these? |
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