What flavour oil can you use in Honda engines?

[mowandgo]

I have two Honda mowers. I have been told to only use genuine honda oil. Iam not sure why any branded quality semi/fully synthetic SAE 30 would hurt. Also you can only buy it in 600ml, far more economical to buy in 5l I would have thought.

[Mortimer Firewood]

I have two Honda mowers. I have been told to only use genuine honda oil. Iam not sure why any branded quality semi/fully synthetic SAE 30 would hurt. Also you can only buy it in 600ml, far more economical to buy in 5l I would have thought.

 

JD do the same. Bloke come in to there dealership well I was waiting and paid £67 for 5 litres I nearly fell over

[mendiplogs]

JD do the same. Bloke come in to there dealership well I was waiting and paid £67 for 5 litres I nearly fell over

 

Hi mike why is it so much money mike thanks Jon

[TreeswingerPerth]

We have 3 Honda mowers and run them on Mobil 1 0w30 , stays clean for ages and never had a problem with any of them .

[GardenKit]

Any good quality SAE10w30 will be ok for Honda engines.

 

SAE30 is too thick though for Hondas, but spot on for Briggs which will burn oil if run on SAE10w30.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Hi mike why is it so much money mike thanks Jon

 

Because it got a Deere on the can!! Me thinks

[mendiplogs]

Because it got a Deere on the can!! Me thinks

 

Hi mike your right there thanks Jon

[Rye Oil Ltd]

Any good quality SAE10w30 will be ok for Honda engines.

 

SAE30 is too thick though for Hondas, but spot on for Briggs which will burn oil if run on SAE10w30.

 

Spot on advice. It doesn't have to be semi or fully synthetic. Just a good oil.

[NFG]

Hi

 

I have used 5W-30 synthetic oil in a number of small engines for several years.

 

Honda GX160 * 2 in old mower & a small cultivator, oldest are a 15HP Briggs & Stratton circa 1996 & Tecumseh 4.0Hp 1999 both run fine.

 

I think the manuals recommend a grade is 10W-30, 5W-30 just flows a bit better when its cold & 0W-30 better still.

 

The important thing is to change it because there are no oil filters, I try & change oil on mowers annually before storing for the winter, but often our grass continues to grow!

 

 

N

[NFG]

& I buy 5 litres at a time, much more economical.

 

Also the engines dont really use any oil, once filled the level barely drops over a year of fairly frequent use

 

N

Edited May 12, 2015 by NFG