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Lawnmower oil?

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13 May 2015 17:47 #144159 by Grego
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I have a couple of petrol mowers that desperatly need servicing. They use sae30 oil but is this the same as 5w/30 fully synth oil...got loads of that stuff as I use it in the Jim and 2 others and buying the proper stuff in handy 500ml cans is gobsmackingly expensive as I would need three...each mower holds 600ml in the sump

Anybody know if its ok to use?

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13 May 2015 17:56 #144161 by Daniel30
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If you Google " what is the equivalent oil to sae30" it comes up with quite a bit of info one page is about petrol lawn mowers :woohoo:

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14 May 2015 20:00 #144228 by Grego
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Had a search for an hour or so but still non the wiser
Think I saw somewhere that Briggs and Stratton used to recommend sae30 but now recommend 5w30
Another few hours searching should sort it :S

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14 May 2015 20:29 #144230 by mlines
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Halfords sell lawn mower oil, at least they did last summer

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14 May 2015 21:09 #144231 by Daniel30
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I had a quick search some people say not to use fully synthetic oil on old engines ( don't know how old yours are) people seem to use 10w/30 or 5w/30 but it's just what I saw when having a quick look it was on

forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/151591...rnative-to-sae30-oil

Hope this helps ;)

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06 Jun 2015 21:29 #145567 by auchenblae
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They will do well on any oil. Just put in the 5W/30 and it will be fine.
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