60+ year old thread.

Good morning. It has been a busy week and today is most welcomed. Off to the gym, quick grocery shopping trip, practice the guitar, then off to the birding shop to pick up some bird seed. Putting a chicken on the smoker for dinner tonight.

 

Morning everyone

 

Good morning and happy Friday!

 

Today is our average last snow of these season. We shall see!
Kettlebell day, then Sam’s Club. Granddaughter and grandma are going shopping, so I may go buy some bar-b-que for lunch.
Make it a great day…stay healthy!
I found this I’d like to share with you all.

 

Morning 60+

 

Make sure you get the right one.

 

If it says not to... I wouldn't. They may be using some kind of special oil you can't get. There may be.....reasons.

 

Good Morning Porch Pals and Sue. Not sure at all what I'm up to this morning - supposed to storm, and it's all grey, but not a blip on the radar. We'll see, I suppose.
Fouled plug on the mower, so yard got mowed.
Apparently a bad valve in the gas grill; bypassing let it heat up.
And balky fan on the smoker; got lubed and seems to work. Still need to get it to work with it's app.

 

Morning all:

I have often read that oil itself never breaks down but gets contaminated, that's why good filters are recommended, but even the good filters can't remove all the contaminates, thus the need for oil changes. ?????

 

The additive package also breaks down

 

Good Morning everyone

 

My Sears special is 24 years old. I let it run out of gas and tip it to drain oil into a pan. Fresh 30W NON-DETERGENT oil (detergent helps keep stuff in suspension, but nondetergent lets it settle to the bottom of the crankcase). Fresh oil, put away for the winter.

My kids dropped off their self-propelled Honda a few years ago. Nice feature, but I prefer lower weight as I use the push mower under bushes, trees, etc. Places I can't get the riding mower to fit.

 

It's regular oil..... pretty sure. I'll check the bottle that came with it. There was no mention of an oil filter....

Morn.... er afternoon boys.

 

Most push mowers don’t have oil filters.

 

I've never seen one. But Carl mentioned one

 

I just mentioned an oil filter in general, never saw a lawnmower with one on either, that could make oil contamination even worse since there's nothing to filter out any fine metal particles or any other things it's made to catch.

 

Yeah, the reason they don't want you to change the oil is so the engine blows up sooner and they get another sale.

 

Small engines, like on a push mower don't have filters because they don't have oil circulation systems, lubrication is by splash. Garden tractors, well, bigger ones with overhead valves, do have pressurized oil circulation and hence, filters.

 

Sure... and the earth is flat, the moon landing never happened, and drinking bleach will make vaccines obsolete.

 

Nothing is built to last anymore, disposable society. Why should lawn mowers be any different?