My Dad got a brand new tractor too mow the lawn, I was wondering how much Auto-Rx too add as a Maintenance Dose, I think the system capacity with oil filter is almost 2 quarts, when should I start it , now, or wait so many hours on the machine, as it has an hour meter on there and the oil and filter need to be changed every 50 hours, I would think that these 4-Cycle Engines could benefit from Auto-Rx since they are run in hot and sometimes cold conditions and they are air cooled so it would be very important to get oil everywhere, my Dad'd other machine had a Briggs engine with a splash system, and it went after 800 hours, it was a twin cylinder and we think a rod broke since only 1 of the cylinders was only firing, hope that with Auto-Rx Maintenance Dose this tractor will last a long time, the other 1 lasted 13 years. Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.
I started using 1oz of Auto-Rx in 1 quart of oil and it has worked great. It is a 12HP Briggs engine with no filter I would stay with no more than 2oz per quart of oil.
I have a Kohler motor in my John Deere lawn tractor. Its a single cylinder unit and has two quart oil sump, pressurized with a spin on filter just like a car. Recommended oil changes are every 25 hours of operation, which I do faithfully. I would run 2 fluid ounces with each oil change.
His engine is the single cylinder, he got a extra quart of Wal-Mart Super Tech 10W-30, so Rich I guess what you are saying is to add 2 ounces at the next oil change. He also picked up a Super Tech oil filter that is built by Champion Labs and it is the new E-Core design, seems like a nice oil filter.
Brent I would not use more than 2oz of ARX thats what Richone is recommending. I used 3 to 4 oz in my Briggs engine and it fouled the plug and that is why I am using only the 2oz amount.
Thanks, Daryl, I planned on using 2 ounces because the engine holds 2 quarts, 1 ounce to 1 quart, but are we in agreement to add 2 ounces at the 1st oil change, I need to get a good idea as I do not want too screw anything up, I am not telling my Dad about adding Auto-Rx because he is old school, I am doing this for 2 reasons, 1 day I may get the mower, and I do not want to get up in the future on a Saturday morning at 6am to get another tractor, the last tractor he had I had to get up at 6:30 am to take it too the salvage yard, I want this one too last, so when do I add the 2 ounces of Auto-Rx to the oil. The morning I took the old tractor too the salvage yard was cold, would rather have Auto-Rx working and be sleeping in a warm bed.
