Recent content by BudTugley

We're not talking about splash oiling. We're talking about a 22HP Air Cooled Kawasaki engine with pressurized lubrication. The oil is the coolant, the liquid that carries the heat, and Kawasaki recommends their high zinc oil. With all your words and linked words, do you have a recommendation...

Hundreds of people a day pay hundreds of dollars extra for a mower with a Kawasaki brand engine because they trust the brand. Call it "blind trust" if you wish. But if they trust Kawasaki to build a solid engine, then why would they not trust Kawasaki to be honest about the content of Kawasaki...

rickss69. I didn't read anywhere close to all 80 billion words in the link you sent. It seems to focus mostly on watercooled engines. There is mention that air cooled engines run hotter and should run Xw50 or Xw60 weight oils. My take-away is that the point of the blog is to say the need for...

My Go To small engine oil is Kawasaki's K-Tec 15w50 which is fully synthetic, high zinc (SL rated).

On the oil recommendations chart it says use API: SF, SG, SH, SJ or SL. That is the same thing as saying use high Zinc oil, because when you get to SM is when zinc was reduced by 47% to extend catalytic converter life in automobiles, and when air cooled engine oil was born, which is basically...