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

Hey Guys,
At the risk of starting another heated oil  thread, I just have a simple question, that should not be a a problem.

For my new snowblower, the Tecumseh manual says this.......

Above 32 degrees............straight 30 SAE
0 to 32 degrees..................multigrade SAE 5W30
Below 0 degrees.................Synthetic 0W30

Now for my question...........most of the time, I think I blow snow in that 0-32 degree range. Sometimes we could get a snow at night, and blow snow the next day with the sun out, and it may be above 32 degrees.  Sometimes, it can get so cold here that it is below 0 for days, and you are blowing snow........(although usually when it is that cold, it does not snow.)

Does 0W30 mean it has almost no lubracation in the coldest weather?  I either plan on using synthetic 5W30 or 0W30, but am not sure which I should really use.  Perhaps I am over thinking this, because I know guys who always use just regular straight 30 with no problems.

Synthetic 5W30 has to be better then that, and I'd say that it is in that range (0-32 degrees) that most of the blowing occurs. Does using 0W30 just give me a wider range of protection, or could it be too thin sometimes since it is sometimes zero weight..( a concept I cannot grasp....how can a oil be zero weight, it would be like water.....??)

What do you guys suggest......??

Hard to believe we have gotten so little snow that until this week, I am still on the break-in oil..........well, off to work.

thanks,

Frank D.

ill just keep making small posts ha ha .

and i was talking about oil in air cooled engines.

and got a bit sidetracked  even.

anyway what i was meaning was that if your engine is full of a quality oil then you are better than most people.

i see so many good engines gone bad because of poor oil maintinence (sp)even the mighty will go down when the oil is never changed .

as a rule of thumb with a snowblower ,if your blowing snow then use the 5w30 if your snowblower does duty as somthing else then use the temp correct oil for that season.

even if that engine is started inside  im just not sure how warm that oil is by the time you get to the end of the driveway.

however any oil is better than no oil.

and i have never seen a snow engine go kaboom with a good oil history.

later chris