I wont use those name brand propaganda snake oils like Kawasaki,Echo,Stihl,ect...those oils are blended at the same plants the other oils are.Fwiw... my dealer uses a partial synthetic 20/50 Kawasaki oil in the hydros. He tried to talk me into using the same brand but in 10/40 for the engine.... he said it has additives that aren't in car oils whether or not that's true I don't know but I can't believe it makes that big of a difference. I just did my 5-hour engine oil change and put in Mobil 10/40 5000 dyno oil.... may switch to the synthetics after 40 or 50 hours.
Kinda interesting that Hustler want you to change Hydro oil at 200 hours in the manual but hydro-gear says 400 is fine.
Yeah,its a diesel rated oil,,you cant go wrong with the added ZDDP especially in small air cooled engines..there is plenty of info out there on the net about how Rotella dino and synthetic is great for our application,,just google it.Isn't Rotella a diesel service oriented oil? What makes you think it has additives for small engines? Not saying it isn't possible but I'm curious. As far as Kawasaki oil draining my wallet it's $5 a court at my dealer which its pretty much in line with synthetic oils although it is a partial synthetic oil. What's I have no fears that a partial synthetic oil will hold up its qualities beyond the time where it becomes infected with debris and should be changed at any how.
Where is the thumbs up button on this forum??
I hear that,I stopped debating oil back in the early internet days until recently,,Ill have to look into Mobile 5000,with that rating it must have a great additive package as well,,I was eyeing up the Mobile 1-15/50 for my first hydro service also,,its a toss up now between that,Royal Purple,or Rotella T-6.Well... if one is to believe in and appreciate the API service designations I found this out by doing my research. As far as gas ratings go a lot of oils only meet SM designations which expired in 2010. Rotella T6 full synthetic is an SM designation as far as gas engines go. my fancy Kawasaki partial synthetic oil only makes SL ratings which are even lower grade... and good old basic mobil 5000 oil makes SN rating which is the latest API designation. Possibly in some cases the oil just hasn't been tested to see if it meets the latest designations... I would imagine it's pretty expensive to have your oil tested. Thinking that Rotella T6 is the latest and greatest shell product I would think they would be up to speed on the highest possible ratings .
They are probably all great oils and like I said earlier they are all going to hold up just fine and well past the point of contamination by debris where should be changed any how.... in the meantime I'm kind of satisfied to find my $13 per 5-quart Mobil 5000 makes the latest designations..lol.
Oil can be pretty much like a Chevy versus Ford versus Chrysler argument!?
Thanks Bert!!When you hit the reply button they are on the right side.
If using a smart phone the position may be different.
There is also another one in the top line of the tool bar.
hit the smilley and it brings up a selection window.