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Lawnmower and small gasoline engine advice and tips needed
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| 4 16 2018
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Posted on 04/16/2018 7:50:15 AM PDT by dennisw
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posted on
04/16/2018 7:50:15 AM PDT
by
dennisw
To: dennisw
Use Trufuel in your small engines. Pure gas.
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posted on
04/16/2018 7:51:13 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: dennisw
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Use only SAE 30 oil in small engines!
That is what is shipped with every mower.
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posted on
04/16/2018 7:51:51 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: ealgeone
Use Trufuel in your small engines. Pure gas.
My zero turn has a 6.5 gallon tank. :(
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posted on
04/16/2018 7:53:42 AM PDT
by
robroys woman
(So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
To: ealgeone
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Correct!
The difference in price is not worth the ultimate headache of alcohol corrosion, and swelling of plastic orifices in the new carburetors.
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posted on
04/16/2018 7:54:50 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: dennisw
Never second guess the mfr’s recommendations...................
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posted on
04/16/2018 7:55:24 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
To: dennisw
Yes ,just use a straight 30 weight oil for small engines.
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posted on
04/16/2018 7:55:42 AM PDT
by
4yearlurker
("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
To: editor-surveyor
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posted on
04/16/2018 7:56:47 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: robroys woman
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If you have the 22 HP Brigs engine, you can use regular fuel with the marine additives in it.
One bottle of the marine additives will probably last for the life of the mower.
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posted on
04/16/2018 7:57:20 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: dennisw
Try reading the damn manual. Most, if not all of your questions are answered there.
Best recommendation? Don’t use ethanol fuel.
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posted on
04/16/2018 7:58:28 AM PDT
by
9422WMR
To: dennisw
I have worn out several mowers in my lifetime.
I was just thinking a few days ago that the engines were the one thing which just kept on working. Briggs & Stratton always were thought to be superior until Honda, but actually they all have worked until the things just rusted out or broke down.
I don’t do anything except run them. What ever gas I get at the station. Just plain 30 wt. oil. I have replaced the air filter but only because the old one was oil soaked.
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posted on
04/16/2018 7:58:52 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: central_va
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Can’t lubricate as long nor as well as 100% oil.
10W30 is 25% “viscosity improvers.”
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posted on
04/16/2018 7:59:26 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: central_va
What’s wrong with 10w30?10w30 has detergent. SAE 30 is a NON-detergent oil.
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:00:33 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: editor-surveyor
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:00:41 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: dennisw
"Is it worth the effort to buy gasoline with ZERO ethanol in it?"This!
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:01:07 AM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: dennisw
The most important time for a small engine is storage — run the best, cleanest gas through before you run it dry for the winter.
If you want to remove the alcohol from the gas, add water. The alcohol and water separate from the gas, leaving it dry and alcohol free. You’ll loose a couple octane points.
To: dennisw
2 things I will add "Mechanic in a Bottle" Holy-Moly that stuff is amazing. We got an old ( actually in good shape ) school chainsaw running after a fuel pulls.
Motor Medic combined w/ Aviation Fuel got the saw running. 100LL @ the small airports, no Ethanol, much cheaper than the quarts at the box stores, some pumps are self serve via a credit card.
Their is a new AV fuel being rolled out "Swift Fuel" 94 no-lead, see if you can find it in your area....
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:02:19 AM PDT
by
taildragger
("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Song of Angry Men!")
To: editor-surveyor
My lawnmower ran fine for 12 years on 10% ethanol.
To: dennisw
Just always follow the manufacturer’s instructions and never follow advice you get on the innerwebs and you’ll be fine.
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:02:52 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: dennisw
Based on my experience with that Troy Bilt don’t put gas in it. It will fail and be un fixable. Period.
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posted on
04/16/2018 8:05:07 AM PDT
by
TalBlack
(It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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