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Originally Posted by Billy-O
Well, I'm confused.... A couple of you recommend using non detergent oil though I believe the OP was referring to an older tractor/engine the he just aquired. I thought the non detergent oil was recommended for new or rebuilt Kohler engines during break-in period. And, after break-in period...use
SAE 30 detergent oil SF or SG. Can you non detergent boys elaborate?
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It is said:
Detergent oil cleans the engine as it splashes around,
and the filter does it's job picking up any particles/dirt that is larger than the micron of the filter.
Oh Wait, no filter,
so one would want the dirt/particles to not stay in suspension and settle in the pan to be drained off with the oil, at change time.
It makes sense, and that is what the engine manufactures say.
Me,
I never was small enough to go inside an engine to see if that is really the case, but have changed some oil that had crud in it.
Actually, if oil is kept clean by frequent changes, I don't see a problem with any of it.