Synthetic oil in my 12.5 Briggs and Straton

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Ltchappa

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• Sep 28, 2018 / Synthetic oil in my 12.5 Briggs and Straton

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I was thinking of using a synthetic oil in my B&S 12.5 engine.I have been using a straight 30 weight for 12 years and change it often. Any thoughts on that?

 

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• Sep 28, 2018 / Synthetic oil in my 12.5 Briggs and Straton

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Why do that now? It's your funds, but seems a waste to me for not much, if any, gain. These are not high performance engines.

 

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• Sep 28, 2018 / Synthetic oil in my 12.5 Briggs and Straton

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Running synthetic oil in a 1952 inverted horizontal engine will cause it to explode