I have just taken delivery of a Simplicity 8560. I really want to take care of this great machine.
This thread is great and full of helpful info for the newbie like me.
I think I will combine the routines of Marshall - when changing oil, flush engine with fresh regular oil before adding synthetic - and TheKneebiter (as well as Jubol) - change the oil at the end of the season and after sitting for the summer, at the start of the season in the fall.
Marshall: "...change the oil while the engine is warm, doing so will let more impurities run out. I also would immediately refill it with cheap 5W-30 oil, warm it up again and repeat. Now you have effectively flushed the engine out and can proceed to fill it with Mobil 1 full synthetic"
TheKneebiter: "I change my oil in my snowblower right before i store it for the summer. then when i take it out for winter use i change it again before i use it. "
Both of these procedures seems like great advice. Therefore I am planning the following routine:
In spring, drain out oil (with warm engine), refill with cheap 5W-30, rewarm engine, drain oil and fill with synthetic.
In fall, warm engine, drain out the synthetic that has gotten impurities from sitting all summer, fill with cheap 5w-30, rewarm engine, drain oil and fill with synthetic.
Any comments are welcome, I really want to take proper care of this machine and make sure I am doing everything right. By the way hi everybody. One thing I am wondering is maybe I should drain the summer oil and fill with fresh syn before starting engine to warm it up. Runing the engine with the summer oil might be a bad plan given the summer impurities in there. Then I'd warm up the fresh syn and drain, flush with regular as above, and fill with syn for the season.
Freddy
The Buck
