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What is your opinion with just check and add oil (never change oil )on BS motors ?
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(09-16-2017, 03:47 PM)Dennis Puskar Wrote: What is your opinion with just check and add oil (never change oil )on BS motors ?
There aren't even any oil filters on most of them.
Change it.
Oil is cheap.
In fact, use Mobil 1.
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(09-16-2017, 03:47 PM)Dennis Puskar Wrote: What is your opinion with just check and add oil (never change oil )on BS motors ?
Do you do that in your car ? Most small engines only hold about 20 oz. If it is a item that is used only once in a while you can get by with a couple of years. A air cooled engine on a mower is operated at high outside temps to begin with. Oil breaks down with heat. After having said that I have seen small engines run for years with low and very dirty oil. So I guess it depends on how long you want the engine to last. Roly
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(09-16-2017, 03:47 PM)Dennis Puskar Wrote: What is your opinion with just check and add oil (never change oil )on BS motors ?
I just looked into a new 8 HP B&S motor. Just over $500. Even the best oil is only a few dollars per quart.
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B&S doesn't make motors.
They make engines.
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(09-16-2017, 06:32 PM)Herb G Wrote: B&S doesn't make motors.
They make engines.
Exactly,motors run by electricity.Engines are internal combustion.
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(09-16-2017, 06:32 PM)Herb G Wrote: B&S doesn't make motors.
They make engines.
Thanks. That was helpful.
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Engines are motors.
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(09-16-2017, 03:47 PM)Dennis Puskar Wrote: What is your opinion with just check and add oil (never change oil )on BS motors ?
Lot of input great if I buy one I would change the oil, Thanks everybody
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