Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

I found this information which i thought was most interesting.Normal oil consumption for a air cooled small engine can be up to 1 oz per cylinder per hour.This would be under full throttle conditions.So if you use your old Briggs or Tecumseh snow blower for a few hours and you use 1 oz or 2 it is most likely normal oil consumption !

I don't rebuild snow blowers as Trouts does.  I will fix one for a relative or friend but I'm not in the business of recycling snow blowers. 

However, from my experience, I've yet to see a scrapped snow blower with a blown engine.   I've seen some very old (30+) machines with tired engines yet they kept doing their job while other components of the machine failed.   We put far too much emphasis on engine oil selection when it's not really necessary.  Any decent conventional oil of the proper viscosity changed one a year will keep the engine running well beyond the life of most machines they're mounted on.