Hey Everyone,
I visited my dad yesterday and he was excited to show off his new HRX217VYA mower. I couldn't help but notice that lying near the user manual was the bottle of oil that Honda sends to put in the mower BEFORE use. When I asked my dad about the oil he said he checked the oil and there was already oil in the mower so he didn't add any. When I checked the "dip stick", he was correct there was oil. However, I know the mower gets tested and ships with any oil that didn't drain from the factory. When I emptied the oil there was about 3-4oz and that's it. I added the correct about of oil and everything seems to be running fine. **Edit - I forgot to add that it takes him about an hour to cut the grass so it had about 60min of runtime with the factory oil.
My question - Do you think any damage was done? If so, to what extent? Should I run any engine oil treatment through or something like Sta-Bil Fogging Oil? Or am I just overthinking it? He said the mower was about $750 after tax so I want to make sure I do everything I can for him.
Thank you all in advance!
I visited my dad yesterday and he was excited to show off his new HRX217VYA mower. I couldn't help but notice that lying near the user manual was the bottle of oil that Honda sends to put in the mower BEFORE use. When I asked my dad about the oil he said he checked the oil and there was already oil in the mower so he didn't add any. When I checked the "dip stick", he was correct there was oil. However, I know the mower gets tested and ships with any oil that didn't drain from the factory. When I emptied the oil there was about 3-4oz and that's it. I added the correct about of oil and everything seems to be running fine. **Edit - I forgot to add that it takes him about an hour to cut the grass so it had about 60min of runtime with the factory oil.
My question - Do you think any damage was done? If so, to what extent? Should I run any engine oil treatment through or something like Sta-Bil Fogging Oil? Or am I just overthinking it? He said the mower was about $750 after tax so I want to make sure I do everything I can for him.
Thank you all in advance!