Is warming up your engine necessary?

[Fish]

Yeah, the warm up/cool down arguments are silly.. If we were talking about diesels and/or turbos, well that would be different.

Synthetic oils, well we all love to get excited about them, but not here.....

 

[davbell22602]

Just check the oil/gas level, start it up and go mowing with it. Thats what I do.

 

[jekjr]

A push mower really isn't going to make a differance. We try to lay our zero turns and other bigger equipment idle a couple of minutes or at least run at a mid RPM without a load before we go for it. I also like to let that kind of equipment idle a minute or so before I shut it down.

 

[wjjones]

A push mower really isn't going to make a differance. We try to lay our zero turns and other bigger equipment idle a couple of minutes or at least run at a mid RPM without a load before we go for it. I also like to let that kind of equipment idle a minute or so before I shut it down.

Yep same here, and it helps keep it from backfiring when you shut it down. I have a Kohler that refuses to run unless it warms up for a few minutes.