SolidGrue@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhen was the last time I changed the oil in my mower?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1131file-text
arrow-up1131message-squareWhen was the last time I changed the oil in my mower?SolidGrue@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAremel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·5 days agoI thought two-stroke engines mix the oil and fuel together? Every time you refuel, you should also be topping up the oil. Am I wrong?
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoMost lawn mowers are 4-stroke.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoOnly for some engines. Make sure you read the manual and the cap.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoNever seen a two-stroke mower…
minus-squareWhirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoI knew some folks with a repair shop as a kid and got to use one of these. https://youtu.be/-pG7TKX8RCM
minus-squareScrawny@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI found a Lawn Boy in a barn a few years ago that I’m using. Two stroke from 1979. Infact those engines were also used as air cooled outboard boat motors.
minus-squareHappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoI’ve seen and used them. Not for 10 years or so though.
I thought two-stroke engines mix the oil and fuel together? Every time you refuel, you should also be topping up the oil. Am I wrong?
Most lawn mowers are 4-stroke.
Only for some engines. Make sure you read the manual and the cap.
Never seen a two-stroke mower…
I knew some folks with a repair shop as a kid and got to use one of these.
https://youtu.be/-pG7TKX8RCM
I found a Lawn Boy in a barn a few years ago that I’m using. Two stroke from 1979. Infact those engines were also used as air cooled outboard boat motors.
I’ve seen and used them. Not for 10 years or so though.