Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: John on March 27, 2007, 15:16
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What type of oil to I need for the Briggs & Stratton engine on my Merry Tiller and also for the transmission chaincase?
Thanks anyone :)
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Hi John
According to my Land Master L140 manuals, which I think is a very near copy of a merry tiller, SAE 10W-30 seems to be the universal grade to go in the engine and SAE30 in the chaincase. Probably use the same oil in both I should imagine.
Hope this helps
Huzey
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Midnight Oil I would have thought for you John
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Thanks Huzey -
Suspect you're about right noshed :)
What do those numbers mean on oil? I ended up using some oil I had from the car 15-40 because the 2 places I went only had that in - hope it will be OK.
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Thanks Huzey -
Suspect you're about right noshed :)
What do those numbers mean on oil? I ended up using some oil I had from the car 15-40 because the 2 places I went only had that in - hope it will be OK.
It's a measure of it's viscosity range, John....
http://www.autoeducation.com/autoshop101/oil-change.htm
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Thanks. live and learn :)
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normal engine oil is fine john for the tiller,as for the chain case gear oil is prefered but you wont harm it with engine oil
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As Shaun says good old engine oil. Possabily the most resurched oil on the planet. With its detergents , rust inhibitors ect.ect ect. It is hard to beat.
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Well it certainly ran well today - after it had some oil I topped up the fuel tank, checked the air fllter (looked like new) and started it up on the second pull. Not bad for a 31 year old machine is it.
Those were the days, British engineering at its best. (Standing for the national anthem, jumpers for goalposts) :)
Thanks for the help guys.
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Warm beer, nuns on bikes... surely that can't be a rotovator I hear