Oil For K301S

[markseven 62]

Any oil is better than  no oil.

10/40  oil .

[ebinmaine 74,890]

40 minutes ago, markseven said:

Why

 

The Additive Package falls out of suspension making the oil NON usable in engines. 

 

Here's a thread post with the information: 

 

 

[ebinmaine 74,890]

13 hours ago, RED-Z06 said:

Rmaynards post

Just posted it 

[dmoore 964]

Thinking about switching to full synthetic.  30WT HD is getting harder to find here every year. Autozone and Advance Auto do not stock it. Thoughts EB?

[ebinmaine 74,890]

2 minutes ago, dmoore said:

Thinking about switching to full synthetic.  30WT HD is getting harder to find here every year. Autozone and Advance Auto do not stock it. Thoughts EB?

 

We run full synthetic in all 3 road vehicles but for some reason I can't convince myself to do that in the small engines...

 

 

I order the Kinetix brand online by the case. Per quart price is good and free freight.  

I'll get you a link tomorrow morning. 

 

[dmoore 964]

[Retired Wrencher 6,098]

I would like to add a little information on this subject. Being I picked up a 64 engine this year that has no ACR in it. Cold weather 10w 30 summer W30.  I also have a small block heater to worm up the oil because of the non ACR. So far so good. Also I use a 350 cranking amp battery’s. This helps a lot. It was cold the other day below freezing and started right up. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Retired Wrencher

[ebinmaine 74,890]

1 hour ago, Retired Wrencher said:

Cold weather 10w 30 summer W30.

 

@dmoore

 

I do similar to Gary on my K341s. 

Our tractors that run all year like a snowblower or snow plow tractor get changed from HD 30 over the summer to 10W30 for the coldest 4 or 5 months. 

[Wild Bill 633 889]

I love reading "What is the best oil?" posts.

[ebinmaine 74,890]

12 hours ago, dmoore said:

Thoughts EB?

 

 

OK,  here's what I've been using for several years and how I've been obtaining the product. 

 

Note. I do believe in shopping locally when practically possible but this area is also going away from a reasonable price and ordering process for correct small engine oils.  🛢   

I was initially told about Kinetix brand by a local small engine shop where I bought my Echo chain saw. They have since morphed to a heavy equipment place. No retail sales. 

I was able to get it from my favorite small engine repair place for a bit. He stopped selling it because most of his services are on newer engines that dont need the older oil formulas. 

2 strikes. 

 

So I went poking around on the interwebs and found: 

 

 

 

I've now been buying Kinetix for 3 or 4 years from ProPartsDirect. 

 

They occasionally have free or reduced shipping promotions. 

Even without that their price is lower than others. 

Add $14 (estimated) to the above. 

Say $92 per case. 

 

I'm at $7.66 per quart shipped to my own workshop. 

 

 

 

13 minutes ago, Wild Bill 633 said:

I love reading "What is the best oil?" posts.

 

Agreed. 

IMHO there is NO best oil. 

 

I personally use and recommend Kinetix oil and ProPartsDirect because the formula is supposedly correct and the price & service is good.