Oil for small engine

[Paul in the woods]

I'm a Redline dealer so I'm biased!

 

You may have mentioned it once or twice. Thanks for your help.

[Paul in the woods]

I use 10w-30 in my small engines IAW the manufacturers recomended grade. I have a Grillo 'walking tractor' which takes 10w-40.

 

I use synthetic oil, but semi synthetic oil would be fine, its important to change oil at recommended interval as there is no oil filter with most small engines.

 

 

What oil do yo use? I read a comment that said don't use the bike 4-stroke oils but I can't find anything that's 10w-40 that's aimed at garden machinery.

[Wolfie]

What oil do yo use? I read a comment that said don't use the bike 4-stroke oils

 

 

Can anyone elaborate on this.

I bought some racing bike oil from Halfords recently for a 13hp SG as it was the only 10w30 that they did.

I'm now worried that I shouldn't be using it.

 

 

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[Paul in the woods]

Apologies if I've worried you Wolfie, I've tried to find the place I read that but can't track it down. They may have confused 2-stroke oil which a number of people seem to have done.

 

What puzzles me a little is I've not seen any motorbike oil that states it's also fine for machinery.