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r97

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Unless your run your engine for about 100 hours every two weeks changing oil that often is unnecessary. Only exception is racing go kart engines revving past 7k constantly for races which usually have the oil changed after every race.

That said don't let this diminish your good habit of maintenance, just keep in mind what is and isn't actually necessary. Just trying to save a fellow forum member some time and money :thumbsup:
 

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Well yeah, but all my experience is with Briggs and tec engines. My only clone is a predator Honda clone. I blew a rod on my 18 hp Briggs (craftsman mower) and it still ran till I put in a new rod, piston, and oil slinger. No other parts were replaced, and it ran for 6 more years. I sold it to a buddy of mine and he is still mowing 4 acres twice a week with it. Runs like a champ.
No blushing needed bro, we have all been there.:thumbsup:
 

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i change my oil when it the oils black and in to weeks its black and really soupy and thats after like 2 weeks of riding it may be 5 houirs a day at 4500 rpm if you dont believe me dont but i do and changing the oil every year is bad for your motor deffentily
 

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Yeah, my 30 years of experience with small engines changing the oil once a year with no failures. The last Hobbs equipped engine I had was at 1054.0 hours when I sold it, and. NOw it is up to almost 2k hours. Still chugging along great, burns no oil only seeps a tad from the crank seal.
 

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changing the oil every year is bad for your motor deffentily

The he// it is! Sorry- if you NEED to change your oil more frequently, then by all means, do it. But you telling me that my annual oil changes are "deffentily" bad for my engines is total hogwash.

Look at ANY industrial engine's recommended service interval. Notice that they are ALL rated by hours, not days, months, mileage etc? There is a reason for this. Usage and conditions. By changing my oil annually, not only am I NOT exceeding the prescribed service interval, I'm actually coming up quite short in some cases. For example- we had a very light winter this year. I MAYBE put 6 hours on my snowblower. So WHY exactly am I changing the oil more than once? Hmm? I'll tell you something- The ONLY reason I even change the oil annually on something with such light usage is because of condensation caused by the annual temperature cycle. For that matter, my environment is NOT exceptionally dusty, and I keep my air filters properly cleaned (and oiled where applicable).

Another thing to think about- My John Deere LA145 lawn tractor's service manual prescribes an oil change interval of 100 hours after initial break-in. I figure I cut the lawn about 20 times per year, at 2 hours at a crack. That equates to 40 hours of use annually. That means that I'm changing oil at every 40 service hours, when the manual prescribes 100. How am I killing my engines, again?

Not to hate on you, but don't make written-in-stone statements unless you are, well- right.
 

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I change my oil every tank of gas :D


Engine #1 video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFFsQFyVP-M&feature=channel&list=UL

Engine #2 video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib-Pwr6bSjU

Bolt 2 of these bad boys on the back of a 1959 Bug kart, and hold on tight, it's going to be a white knuckle ride. :devil2:

I'll post some updated pics in my original thread some time next weekend, I'm waiting for a couple of custom right and left GEM 1 piece box mufflers, and some way cool vintage velocity stacks to get here.
 
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