Might been inside a few small engines.. if anything it's pretty apparent those are low stress affairs and don't require any special oil. I mean they survive with plastic cams..
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Might been inside a few small engines.. if anything it's pretty apparent those are low stress affairs and don't require any special oil. I mean they survive with plastic cams..
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B&S commercial engine oil....
https://shop.briggsandstratton.com/...-synthetic-commercial-engine-oil-32-oz-bottle
Kawasaki uses 10w40....
Well if it within the current Millennium , its close enough brother ! lol.
It is a small engine not a precision engineered rocket engine. Any cheap detergent oil will work.
I got a few metal quart cans of RPM Delo SAE 40 API rated CA it is diesel oil but i don't think i would use it to oil hinges.
That's ok , send it to me I will use it for undercoating . P.S. I was yanking your collective chain
brother 
I will send you some stihl ultra since i heard you like the smell of that stuff haha.That's ok , send it to me I will use it for undercoating . P.S. I was yanking your collective chain
I haven't owned a Briggs in years and have never seen a Kawi.
I'll stick with Honda. They run forever on just about any oil.
No doubt it would be gross over kill. I just don't need 2.5 gallons on hand for 3 small engines that use less than 3 quarts a year.
My zero turn has a briggs vanguard efi and i have nothing but praise for it.
Growing up, the oil in the mower or rototiller was NEVER changed. Top up as needed, and run it. Never had a failure because of oil.
Not that I'd do that in any of my engines now, but it didn't seem to hurt anything.
Oh , thanks brother , actually under coating may be its finest hour
I have a Kawasaki kai fj180v in my Toro Turfmaster 30 " mower pressurised oil system with spin on Wix oil filter . It gets 10w-40 T6 . This was it 5th yr cutting nice unit . 500 hr rated engine .
A lot of old Tecumseh & Clinton , likely still out there running with that interval protocol !
I guess I never knew Kawi made engines for Toro, but I don't mess with commercial lawnmowers at all.
That doesn't supprise me at all. These types of engines usually never accumulate the hours to wear out anyways and as I mentioned are pretty low stress affairs.
When you have 2 acres of lawn to mow & numerous landscaping obstructions a good Commercial grade self propelled mower is a must . My only other option was a contractor & I enjoy the exercise !
My first home had about 2.5 acres of lawn. I don't miss mowing that!
Got a tecumseh LAV 35 that runs just fine other than needing new points and condenser.
I know, same issue here. No Rotella to be had anywhere. Ended up getting delvac for the trucks and tractors. Fully synthetic but still a 15w40 weight. I'm sure it will be fine. Cost a mint though.
My old man bought a huskee lawnmower from tsc in 1998. Never, ever changed the oil in it. At the time he was mowing close to 3 acres with it weekly. Last year the transmission finally gave out. Took the engine out of it (23hp briggs) and scrapped the rest. Engine still runs fine, I did change the oil and filter, was surprised how nice the oil looked. Dad reminded me it burns a bit of oil, keep it topped off and it will be fine.
