[AT] Black oil after 8hrs in new engine

[Dick Day]

Thanks Charlie. That is almost the same as what I have in the Briggs manual.

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 7:35 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> http://www4.briggsandstratton.com/miscpdfs/MtcKit/5111-ms6610-ENGLISH.pdf
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DDSS
> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 4:45 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Black oil after 8hrs in new engine
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> Really?   I hope that's what it is. I have yet to put new oil in, It calls
> for straight 30-weight, nothing special.  If it had synthetic, am I supposed
> to use just synthetic?
>
> Thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rlgoss at twc.com
> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 2:52 PM
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> Cc: DDSS
> Subject: Re: [AT] Black oil after 8hrs in new engine
>
> Are you sure it wasn't synthetic?  Some of that starts out that color.
>
> Larry
> ---- DDSS <ddss at telebeep.com> wrote:
>> I just did the first oil change on a new Briggs 20hp engine. The oil was
> blacker than any oil I have ever seen.  I checked the air filter and other
> than some dust, it looked fine.  Although they don’t call for an oil filter
> change, I replaced it as well.
>
> Has anyone ever seen this before?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dick
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