[AT] Synthetic Oil

[Dick Day]

Cecil, if you had to change the oil in all of your equipment, at the same
time, would you use 5w-30 for all?

On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 8:55 PM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> I changed a couple of my tractors to 5w-30 2 years ago when we needed
> them for feeding in cold weather.  I forgot to change the oil back to
> 15w-40 in the summer and did not seem to have any problems and no oil
> consumption, so I still have 5w-30 in them.  I also changed my honda
> powered compressor to the 5w-30 so I could crank it in the winter.
>
> I used to use Mystic oil exclusively either 30w or 15w-50. During a hot
> spell when cutting hay with the disc mower, I had 5w-30 in the old
> Belarus 825 and 15W50 in the 8345.  Both tractors are the same except
> for sheet metal and 7 years difference.  The oil pressure stayed up as
> the heat gauge went to 220 on the old tractor with 5w-30, and the newer
> tractor lost pressure at 210 deg with the 15W-50.  I should note  that
> the 5w-30 was a local farm store brand, and the 15w-50 was Mystic.   I
> have since switched to the local brand and have had no problems, and
> have saved enough that I can change oil very frequently.
>
> I have thought about oil analysis, but never got further than taking the
> sample.
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
>
> On 11/12/2016 8:04 PM, Henry Miller wrote:
> > I'd use the same synthetic 10w30 in summer and 5w30 in winter in them
> > all. If you notice an engine gets low on oil before the regular change
> > comes up I'd change, but otherwise small engines generally don't need
> > much from an oil so they are all good. I would gues the only reason they
> > all spec different oils is they used the latest oil spec that was
> > available when they made the engine.
> >
>
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