specified oil for hs928 snowblower is sae 5w30 marine oil. Is it okay to use sae 5 w 20 car motor oil?

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garigola

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specified oil for hs928 snowblower is sae 5w30 marine oil. Is it okay to use sae 5 w 20 car motor oil?
Original Message Apr 17, 2012 6:26 pm

Is it okay without any predicted problems to use sae5w20 motor oil instead of sae5w30 marine oil for this model snowblower. It,s a hs928 honda model

RedOctobyr

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Re: specified oil for hs928 snowblower is sae 5w30 marine oil. Is it okay to use sae 5 w 20 car motor oil?
Reply #3 Apr 19, 2012 5:55 pm

The alcohol would absorb water into the fuel. But you really shouldn't have fuel in your oil in the first place. Even if you did, I presume the high heat while running would help to evaporate the water (and the alcohol) fairly quickly?

I'm not saying that oil meant for damp environments is a bad idea or anything. Just that hopefully the situation here isn't quite as bad as on a boat.

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