Doug in Illinois
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I also have another Cub Cadet RTZ S 42. It has less than 100 hours on it.
Oil on both was changed when ready. Every 25 to 30 hours.
I have been using Castrol synthetic in them. I cannot justify putting a new engine in the i1042. It is 1013 dollars. It has a timed deck that has been a problem since it was 3 weeks old.
The oil in the i1042 looks like it had NEVER been changed when it blew up. It was my wife's machine.
It appears to be over full. Might be gasoline contaminated.
If it is, would that cause a rod to come loose? And where would it have got into the oil?
Every other mower I ever had wore the decks out, but the engines were still fine in them.
I was wondering if I need to go back to a petroleum oil. For a 1.5 or 2 quart system I thought I was doing the engines a favor by using the synthetic.
Also, I always let the engines cool off for about a minute before I shut them off. We were advised against that by a mower mechanic. He said just leave them run full speed when you turn the key off. There is supposed to be a solenoid in the carb that will shut off the fuel. Her i1042 would "pop" when it was shut off sometimes.
DOUG
Oil on both was changed when ready. Every 25 to 30 hours.
I have been using Castrol synthetic in them. I cannot justify putting a new engine in the i1042. It is 1013 dollars. It has a timed deck that has been a problem since it was 3 weeks old.
The oil in the i1042 looks like it had NEVER been changed when it blew up. It was my wife's machine.
It appears to be over full. Might be gasoline contaminated.
If it is, would that cause a rod to come loose? And where would it have got into the oil?
Every other mower I ever had wore the decks out, but the engines were still fine in them.
I was wondering if I need to go back to a petroleum oil. For a 1.5 or 2 quart system I thought I was doing the engines a favor by using the synthetic.
Also, I always let the engines cool off for about a minute before I shut them off. We were advised against that by a mower mechanic. He said just leave them run full speed when you turn the key off. There is supposed to be a solenoid in the carb that will shut off the fuel. Her i1042 would "pop" when it was shut off sometimes.
DOUG