Oils

[StarTech]

Note here you need to using a detergent oil when there is oil filter present and non detergent when none present.

Detergent help keep the particles suspended so the filter can do it job. And non detergent allows the particulars to settle at the lowest point of the crankcase.

 

[Skippydiesel]

Hi StarTech,

Detergents in oil - Wow! that takes me back to my youth when this was a hot topic.
It's been so many years since this debate, that I doubt you could find a regular oil that did not have detergent.
In my youth the debate centered around using oils for diesel engines in petrol engines. Diesel oils had high detergent and petrol low/nil.
The consensus , at the time, was if you start a petrol engine on diesel oil, all will be okay BUT if you use a diesel oil in an engine that has only use petrol oil, the detergents will clean out all the "guck" causing the engine to start using oil.
Without actually checking, I have the impression that most engine oils available today, are usable in both petrol & diesel engines (high detergent?)

 

[Ozcub]

No its the pot-holes that make it a slow route , plus the 50kmh entering The Oaks
Reading that post about detergent oils made me think of the old Castrol slogan "Oils aint Oils"
I use the Castrol Magnatec 10w40 in my Cub (Kohler motor) , Victa (B&S motor) Chipper again B&S motor without any dramas
I do change oil and filter on the Cub every 50 hours
Oz

 

[Skippydiesel]

Potholes - just another navigation hazard.
As for oil changes - These days my small equipment is lucky to do 50 hr/annum, so I just do an annual oil change/service, filter every second year. Tractor etc gets the oil/filter annually. Fuel filters are replaced "on condition" ie when unable to deliver enough fuel to get rated rpm.