Engine Type of Oil for Push Mower

Ric said:
Just because it cost more doesn't make it better. :rolleyes:
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By getting the full synthetic you can go a full 100 hr.'s between oil changes. Engine runs better and uses less fuel. I am sure Amsoil can explain their oil much better then I can. You can go to Wally's world and you can buy your oil for less then 2 dollars a quart. Good oil, I use it in my camp mowers. Yes you get what you pay for. Look at the different between a Weed eater one rider and a Ferris ZT, you can see the different. Rub the 2 dollar Wally's oil between your fingers and then the 12.00 dollar Amsoil and you will feel the different.
 
reynoldston said:
By getting the full synthetic you can go a full 100 hr.'s between oil changes. Engine runs better and uses less fuel. I am sure Amsoil can explain their oil much better then I can. You can go to Wally's world and you can buy your oil for less then 2 dollars a quart. Good oil, I use it in my camp mowers. Yes you get what you pay for. Look at the different between a Weed eater one rider and a Ferris ZT, you can see the different. Rub the 2 dollar Wally's oil between your fingers and then the 12.00 dollar Amsoil and you will feel the different.
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By getting the full synthetic you can go a full 100 hr.'s between oil changes is bogus, just because it's synthetic doesn't mean you can extend oil changes on a mower. One gets just as dirty as the other at 50 hrs and will need changing. A mower engine doesn't run any better on synthetic and really are you measuring the fuel usage on a lawn mower when you can wasting $12.00 on a quart on oil.
 
No I don't. I learned a long time ago that you get what you pay for. I have been using Pennzoil sae 30 Wt for 15 years now. Some of my machines have well over 400 hours on them and run just as good now as they did new. I have tried the lower quality oils. Ie SuperTech The Wal-Mart garbage. After 2 run hours the oil changed colors and started breaking down. In my option there's no need, or reason to run synthetic in a lawn mower!! The manufacture says to run Sae 30. Most synthetics are multi viscosity. I have always changed the oils at the proper intervals. Push mowers every 20 Hours, Riders every 50 hours. Non of my engines have locked up, knocked, or smoke. Most people fall to do proper maintenance. They believe there mowers, lawn equipment will run forever. I have gotten mowers that are 5 years old used very hard and the break in oil was ran that whole time. The block had a hole in it.



davbell22602 said:
You get a discount to afford that pricey conventional oil. Its sold here at for I think $4 per quart.
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Not going to get into what I pay for my Amsoil seeing I buy it from my son-in-law and he is a dealer. I use Premium API CJ-4 Synthetic 5W-40 Diesel Oil in my home lawn mowers. On the net its 10.10 a quart. I buy my motorcycle oil from the HD dealer. If you look Amsoil have different prices for different oils. I am not really questioning the prices. As I see it you get a good quality oil from Wal-Mart called Super Tech and you can't beat their prices if you are that worried what it cost. It takes a quart and a haft for the bigger engines and less then a quart for a push mower and about 3 dollars for a oil filter. It has to cost you more to fill the fuel tank then to change the oil. I use Super Tech oil in my camp mowers and change it once a year. My camp mowers also maybe only get ran about 10 hrs. a year if that much see a neighbor mows the camp lawn with his mower most of the time.
 
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