Tip for spring riding mower care

[rbstern]

If you've got a riding mower that takes the typical Briggs branded oil filter (or one of the alternate brands like Oregon or Stens), typically their part number 492932 or 492932S, as long as you have an extra inch of clearance where the filter mounts, you can use Walmart's Supertech ST3614. It's $3.84 vs. the typical $11 to $15 the B&S filter sells for. The swap is not on any cross reference charts I could find.

The Supertech filter is about 1 inch taller, which is why need that extra inch of space; if your mower config allows it, it fits up fine. Same outer diameter, same threads. And you get a bit more oil capacity, which is never a bad thing.

 

[harrycalahan]

Heres the chart I normally use. Not sure why it doesnt list the 492932. But anyways, I got some Bosch 3330 filters by accident a while back. Those and the Supertech 3614’s cross along with the others listed. Plenty of choices besides the $15-20 BS filters..

 

[harrycalahan]

Oops. Aaaaaaand the chart….

Oil filter cross reference

316 replacement oil filters for BOSCH 3330. See cross reference chart for BOSCH 3330 and more than 200.000 other oil filters.

www.oilfilter-crossreference.com

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

I changed the oil and air filters on 2 riding mowers and 1 push mower in the last 3 weeks.
Today was the push mower. Probably hadn't done an oil change on it in 5 years.
But, it doesn't get much use. Just for the tight areas and trim close to the house and patio furniture.

 

[joel2000]

Changed in my Wright ZTO 2 weeks ago and already made first cut of the year and ready for another.

 

[Boogar Presley]

I use full syn 5W/30 with zinc added in my mower and pressure washer. The oil is still golden clear when I change it each spring unlike the thick black oil that drains out when I'd use conventional

 

[jpm2953]

I use full syn 5W/30 with zinc added in my mower and pressure washer. The oil is still golden clear when I change it each spring unlike the thick black oil that drains out when I'd use conventional

Not to start a debate on syn vs conventional but it being thick and black has nothing to do with it being conventional. Synthetic gets the exact same way….. especially when you start adding additives.
We use strictly full synthetic on our engine dyno and the oil is black as can be. We also add ZDDP to every batch.

 

[Boogar Presley]

Not to start a debate on syn vs conventional but it being thick and black has nothing to do with it being conventional. Synthetic gets the exact same way….. especially when you start adding additives.
We use strictly full synthetic on our engine dyno and the oil is black as can be. We also add ZDDP to every batch.

jmo if your oil is black as can be you need to change it more often. In the hot summer heat conventional will break down far quicker than synthetic

 

[lftd&pwrstrok'n]

Posting article w/o reading it may bite me in the ass, but I remember seeing a tv documentary/news show about this subject years ago.

Two-Year, N.Y. Taxi Test Proves Motor Oils Alike, Magazine Says | The Seattle Times

 

[joel2000]

The stress put on motors from high rpm racing will show you very quickly the difference between conv. and synthetic protection. I’m in the AMSOIL or no oil club. Every oil or gas burner I own gets it.