My mower was down on oil so I poured some car engine oil in it. Is that ok? I didn't think it would hurt and better to have it topped up than running low.
gmphil,
Jun 19, 5:37am
usally sae 30 for lawn mowers but beter than none as u say
phalanax,
Jun 19, 5:37am
5 or 10w ?. lol. no surely some oil is better than none. lol
intrade,
Jun 19, 5:41am
mower will run on any oils just dont mix sysntetic with mineral oils if you can help it like special dpf diesel synthetic engine oils but even that would be better then to run it dry
I just put whatever I happen to have laying around into my old Briggs . usually what's leftover from car oil changes. As you say, better than nothing.
lookoutas,
Jun 19, 7:07am
Years ago, I bought a new mower that needed oil right from new. I happened to have enough aircraft oil for the job - as in, oil for a Fletcher topdressing plane. That mower rusted - got patched, and finally fell to bits around the engine, which was still going as good as it did from day one. The original oil was still in it, and was as clean as the day it went in.
jmma,
Jun 19, 7:33am
Probably should treat your mower like you do your car, it will last longer. Do you use brylcreem on your bicycle chain? (o:
lookoutas,
Jun 19, 7:41am
Was giving an old high school class mate a ribbing the other day that he must be dying his hair. Then he made it even worse by saying it was the continuous use of Brylcreem!
Haven't used that since the 60's. But wasn't it the in thing.
gmphil,
Jun 19, 7:59am
there was always a tub in bathroom cabinet my stepfarther thought he was the fonz always had the black comb in his back pocket and a ton of that in his hair wot a plonker lol
trogedon,
Jun 19, 10:27am
How did you know?!
bill1451,
Jun 20, 6:28am
Briggs & S use B&S special oil, don, t put B&S oil in your Stihl chainsaw, buy it from the Stihl shop and pay twice what you pay at Ripco, same oil in rebadged container lol
fertman,
Jun 20, 6:52am
What would you put it on now?
jmma,
Jun 20, 6:52am
B&S is any SAE30 Think you may find CS is 2stroke and Stihl oil will be full syn (o:
jmma,
Jun 20, 6:53am
Polish? (o:
lookoutas,
Jun 20, 7:09am
If I answered this how you know I'm thinking - I'd get nuked off here.
Polish would be the closest answer.
Go'n watch Shortland Street.
topzone,
Jun 20, 7:42am
If it's a european mower, it's critical that you use the factory certified lubricant. If not the mower may be misunderstood and slated. The average Kiwi (Knuckle dragging mechanic) has no idea. Unfortunately these disposable items from europe, if serviced improperly just won't cut it. Briggs & Stratton any old oil ,mines been going 30 years .
jmma,
Jun 20, 7:51am
What are these Euro mowers you talk about ? (o:
mrcat1,
May 23, 6:37pm
Just use a SAE 30 engine oil, don't use a multi grade as it can foam and cause problems, but don't use SAE 30 Jimmy oil though.
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