550Doug
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My Honda rototiller is starting to burn oil and I'm wondering if anything like the old STP would help, or anything else. The crankcase only holds a liter of oil and I'm using 15w-40. Any suggestions?
(quoted from post at 09:50:14 07/09/19)
8 horsepower Briggs on a rear engine Snapper mower. Burned as much oil as gasoline. I mixed 30 weight oil and STP 50/50. Made absolutely NO difference. I bought a new engine.
(quoted from post at 08:02:29 07/09/19) If it's not excessively fouling the plug, and you are the only one using it, I would just keep adding oil until it won't go any further.
Honda engines are not really practical to repair, at least they didn't use to be, there may be aftermarket parts out now.
Or replace it with a Predator engine.
(quoted from post at 08:34:05 07/09/19)(quoted from post at 09:50:14 07/09/19)
8 horsepower Briggs on a rear engine Snapper mower. Burned as much oil as gasoline. I mixed 30 weight oil and STP 50/50. Made absolutely NO difference. I bought a new engine.
Did you upgrade the engine when you replaced it? One of my old Snappers has a 11 hp Briggs on it with a 30" deck. There's just about nothing that thing can't handle! I think you could chop corn stalks with it if you had to!
(quoted from post at 13:22:22 07/09/19) Is a straight weight recommended if engine has hydraulic lifters like my 20 hp kohler command?
Don't think there is any snake oil to stop a worn out engine from burning oil
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