Ollie03031
Member
When I got the tractor it used no oil and the oil looked clean so i did not change the oil. Used it all summer mowing and it never used a drop of oil. Changed the oil in the fall and put in good 10-30w mobile oil (detergent). Parked the tractor for the winter. Mowed with it last summer and it started using oil, about 3 quarts through the summer mowing. Asked my brother-in-law about it who has a bunch of old John Deere"s and he chewed me out for using detergent oil. Told me I should not use it in these old motors. Another guy told me these old motors need some of the cheaper oils not these new slick oils because the tolerances in these old motors are not as close so the new slick oils run right through them. In some old posts I read they said detergent oil. Who is correct? Detergent or non detergent?
Thanks.
Thanks.