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cadwarrior
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
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Snow Thrower engine oil
Original Message Aug 23, 2006 2:18 pm |
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Hi,
I got a snowthrower with a Tecumseh snow king 4cycle engine 8hp.
Do I need to use snowthrower tecumseh 5w30 4cyle oil or a 5w30 4 cycle standard engine oil will do the job?
What is the difference between a snowthrower engine oil and a standard engine oil?
Thanks!
Vincent
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mavic747
Joined: Aug 27, 2006
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Re: Snow Thrower engine oil
Reply #7 Aug 27, 2006 9:31 pm |
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Thanks for your reply!AMSOIL 0W-30 Series 2000 Synthetic Motor Oil or AMSOIL Formula 4-StrokeŽ 10W-30/SAE 30 Synthetic Small Engine Oil? my snowthrower will be stored in a garage heated between 10-15°c, but outside will be expose to 0°c to -30°c Whats the best synthetic oil to choose? synthetic runs great but I think it's really for the racing cars. It's 4X costly than regular oil. For regular and daily use machine , normal5W-30 is good enough. Make sure it has "SAE" printed on the bottle to ensure the quality.
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cadwarrior
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
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Re: Snow Thrower engine oil
Reply #8 Aug 28, 2006 12:32 pm |
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I finally bought Canadian Tire Motomaster formula 1 100% snythetic 5w30 oil 4.59$ in special, not too much expensive! and it take half bottle! I will flush my old standard used oil, then add the new syn. oil, start engine, then flush again to remove all contaminents, then refill with syn. I also changed the spark plug the one that was on it was probably the original!, full of dirt and rust.
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cadwarrior
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
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Re: Snow Thrower engine oil
Reply #9 Aug 28, 2006 12:41 pm |
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