Engine Type of Oil for Push Mower

[davbell22602]

Amsoil will make a engine longer cause the engine runs cooler on synthetic oil. Plus it keeps the engine clean internally also.

 

[Ric]

Amsoil will make a engine longer cause the engine runs cooler on synthetic oil. Plus it keeps the engine clean internally also.

I seriously doubt that. If you change oil at 50 hrs synthetic will be just as dirty as the regular oil. The Thing people need to remember is this is not a car engine were talking about nor a high performance engine, It's an engine that gets run on lawns, dusty dry lawns that needs to be clean daily along with the air filters cleaned daily because the system accumulates dust and dirt and oil needs to be changed at 50hrs and at 25hrs in extreme conditions and you want to extend your hrs with chemicals, artificial crap instead of the real stuff, BS.

 

[reynoldston]

If there are people out there that never check or change their oil then there stupid and your statement about a mower running longer on Ams oil is completely bogus because it's not oil that will make a mower run longer it's proper maintenance and doing and running what the manufacturer say to do and run and not think you know more than they do, or like some people to think.

Her we go, we don't agree so you can start telling me what a dumb *** I am. OK I am dumber then a post. YOU WIN seeing you are much better with words then I am. As far as I am concerned who ever can fill there mower with what ever. Yes if a mower is well maintained cheap oil is fine I can't argue with that. That isn't the type of person that brings a mower to me for repairs with the rod hanging out the bottom of the engine. I go back a good many years and in the 50's it was one oil for everything. The gas station sold oil in glass bottles that he filled. We would change our oil every 1000 miles in a car. I lived on a farm at the time and my father took care of the equipment so I really don't remember what he did other then he would pour the oil in the drive way to keep the dust down. With the newer oils of today I change my car oil 20,000 miles. Through the years anything I have owned engines I have only once had a engine blow up on me That was my 442 which I ran it with too many RPM's which type of oil had nothing to do with. Are you going to change my thinking on this NO.

 

[Ric]

Her we go, we don't agree so you can start telling me what a dumb *** I am. OK I am dumber then a post. YOU WIN seeing you are much better with words then I am. As far as I am concerned who ever can fill there mower with what ever. Yes if a mower is well maintained cheap oil is fine I can't argue with that. That isn't the type of person that brings a mower to me for repairs with the rod hanging out the bottom of the engine. I go back a good many years and in the 50's it was one oil for everything. The gas station sold oil in glass bottles that he filled. We would change our oil every 1000 miles in a car. I lived on a farm at the time and my father took care of the equipment so I really don't remember what he did other then he would pour the oil in the drive way to keep the dust down. With the newer oils of today I change my car oil 20,000 miles. Through the years anything I have owned engines I have only once had a engine blow up on me That was my 442 which I ran it with too many RPM's which type of oil had nothing to do with. Are you going to change my thinking on this NO.

I don't particularly care what they did or how things were 50 yrs ago, I'm not living in the past, my Alzheimer's hasn't kicked in yet. I just know I've been using the petroleum base oil for the last 40+ yrs and the only time I ever had a problem was when I switched to a synthetic after the 50 hr break-in in my 20hp single cylinder Kohler, it leaked oil from every where, it smoked say nothing about the power loss. As soon as I got the Mobil one out and went back to the 5000 10w30 it was fine and when I sold it it had just over 400hrs, so with that experience I said never again.

I find it a little funny though that when you talk about synthetic oil it seems it's always in reference to a Car oil change like you say today I change my car oil 20,000 miles and that's fantastic as that's what the synthetic was made for but as I said before this is not a car engine were talking about nor a high performance engine that you drive down the highway and never sees or rarely see the dust and dirt of a lawn mower engine that needs frequent oil changes. BTW nobody said you were a dumb*** and just because you say I'm better with words if I am, well all that means is I liked English class when I was in school.

 

[davbell22602]

I seriously doubt that. If you change oil at 50 hrs synthetic will be just as dirty as the regular oil. The Thing people need to remember is this is not a car engine were talking about nor a high performance engine, It's an engine that gets run on lawns, dusty dry lawns that needs to be clean daily along with the air filters cleaned daily because the system accumulates dust and dirt and oil needs to be changed at 50hrs and at 25hrs in extreme conditions and you want to extend your hrs with chemicals, artificial crap instead of the real stuff, BS.

Regardless what type of engine your putting synthetic oil in it will keep the engine internals cooler and the engine will last longer. Conventional oil will not keep a engine clean internally. Synthetic oil has more detergent than conventional. If you dont believe this then you need to spend couple hours over at AMSOIL - Synthetic Oil, Motor and Engine Oil, Lubricants, Air Filters, Oil Filters and Greases as there the first in synthetic oils.

 

[Carscw]

Well I think that statement kinda proves the point that all this fancy oil every body says is so fantastic isn't any better than the cheap stuff.

I feel as long as you change your oil at 50 hours then use any oil you want.
Last year I was so busy I started changing my oil every two weeks with cheap oil I will continue to do it this year.

I used to run high dollar oil but have found there is really no need for it.
Now I know a guy runs a toro ztr went all last year never changed the oil and is mad because it does not have the power it once had. Told me he has not gone 3000 miles yet. I wanted to choke him.

 

[reynoldston]

I don't particularly care what they did or how things were 50 yrs ago, I'm not living in the past, my Alzheimer's hasn't kicked in yet. I just know I've been using the petroleum base oil for the last 40+ yrs and the only time I ever had a problem was when I switched to a synthetic after the 50 hr break-in in my 20hp single cylinder Kohler, it leaked oil from every where, it smoked say nothing about the power loss. As soon as I got the Mobil one out and went back to the 5000 10w30 it was fine and when I sold it it had just over 400hrs, so with that experience I said never again.

I find it a little funny though that when you talk about synthetic oil it seems it's always in reference to a Car oil change like you say today I change my car oil 20,000 miles and that's fantastic as that's what the synthetic was made for but as I said before this is not a car engine were talking about nor a high performance engine that you drive down the highway and never sees or rarely see the dust and dirt of a lawn mower engine that needs frequent oil changes. BTW nobody said you were a dumb*** and just because you say I'm better with words if I am, well all that means is I liked English class when I was in school.

This is a good day for this seeing I am snowed in anyways. Now let me remember about my school days. Its been a few years back, but. Black leather jackets, engineer boots, hanging out with a cigarette hanging from my mouth in the local pool hall. My crowd was too dumb for school. That is why we people use synthetic oil in our mowers because we don't know any better and was not learning English. Now I know your problem its Mobil 1 not Ams oil. For my mowers that have hour meters get oil change every 100 hr. My push mower get a oil change every other year because they get very little running time per year. No oil leaks or burning oil. If I did get a oil leak I would fix it. The only oil leak I haven't been able to repair is on my Harley Davidson and that is because of crankcase breather design not oil type, but that also isn't a mower that runs in the dirt like your do. How about that just owning a HD shows my? Hay I am losing count on the number of post as to what oil to put in a push mower. Ams oil for sure.

 

[Carscw]

Any new member that comes here to ask about what oil to use is just screwed.

 

[Ric]

I feel as long as you change your oil at 50 hours then use any oil you want.
Last year I was so busy I started changing my oil every two weeks with cheap oil I will continue to do it this year.

I used to run high dollar oil but have found there is really no need for it.
Now I know a guy runs a toro ztr went all last year never changed the oil and is mad because it does not have the power it once had. Told me he has not gone 3000 miles yet. I wanted to choke him.

That's the way I change my oil. I use the Mobil 5000 for 12.97 for five quarts and change oil and filters every 50 hrs. The other thing that people don't consider is the added expense to use the synthetic and with the number of changes I have to do how it can effect the bottom line at the end of the year. I put more hrs on a mower in a week than a homeowner does in a year.

 

[reynoldston]

Any new member that comes here to ask about what oil to use is just screwed.

I have to agree on that. Here we are with 118 post with no real answer. I have seen other forums with the same problem. My personal opinion on oil is if a engine is well maintained it really don't matter what oil you use. You might get some oil burning on some of the lighter weight oils but should be ok if you watch it. I live in a neighbor hood with rich buy a mower till it stops then buy another. You can get some nice deals if you don't mine replacing a engine. That also makes for some mower salvage yards around this part of the country which I find handy for used parts.