Before changing your lawn mower oil you first need to take a moment to ensure you are adding the correct oil type and amount for the engine in your ferris mower.
Kawasaki lawn mower engine oil recommendations.
The lawn mower oil recommendation may be different depending on the outdoor temperature you will be using your mower in.
I m a believer that a mower engine needs 50 100 hrs of break in on conventional motor oil before transitioning to synthetic.
You should perform the first oil change on a new engine after 25 hours of operation then every 100 hours as needed.
We recommend you check the oil levels daily and always use genuine kawasaki 4 stroke engine oil.
To make changing your oil fast easy and clean get yourself a kawasaki oil drain hose.
Went with straight 30 wt and new filter i m on a yearly oil change because i don t get the hours mowing all summer.
The skinny according to me.
Change oil and filter every spring.
I have used amsoil 10w 30 30 small engine oil in my last 3 mowers with kohler engine in one and a 25 hp kawasaki and the most recent being a kawasaki fx850 and have yet to use a drop of oil in any of these engines.
Not sure about the rotella and or delo.
Dealer recommended 10w 40 kawasaki oil witch is a semi synthetic but not sure i want to go with a multi grade oil in an air cooled engine used in the hot summer.
Kawasaki 4 cycle engine oil kawasaki lawn mower engines small engines.
Changed out every 75 hours with a new oil filter as well.
Generic air and oil filters may not fit or work properly potentially damaging your kawasaki engine.
Then to err on the side of caution i was going to do another oil only change at 25 hours per the gravely recommendation using sae30 and then at 50 hours using the k tech 10w30 synthetic with a filter change.
The only way i would use 40w in my engines is if the engine smoked while running due to excessive wear on engine.
Spark plugs have specific gaps and heat ranges and the wrong plug in your engine will affect performance.
The small engines on your outdoor power equipment operate differently from liquid cooled car engines and also operate in many different conditions.
The best engine oil for your lawn mower is amsoil synthetic small engine oils because they are designed specifically for air cooled small engines and the conditions they operate in.
Automotive oil lacks the additives of mower oil including high lubricity zinc and will not protect your engine as well.
Briggs stratton offers a useful guide to determine the best oil type based on outdoor temperature.
They the engine designers probably recommend 5w 30 or 10w 30 in the manual but that s what the gov tells them to recommend for economy reasons like the 1 1000th of the fuel saved will help anything at the expense of more.
The diesel oil i was referring to also covers sl sj sh so it would be good for the mower.
