do not use this oil have you ever been told that before not this particular brand Mobil 1 but don't
use any synthetic oil have you ever heard that before well I haven't heard that before when I
first started seeing synthetic oil show up on the market yeah there was a lot of controversy
about you shouldn't put it in your engine you know it's gonna cause leaks and all kinds of stuff and
you know as the years went by they said now you can put this in thedark oil and almost anything
now and just go with it well I'm gonna show you something very interesting I found out from my MTD
gold lawn tractor I bought last year and let's get into it right now and I'm gonna show you how the
manufacturer says do not use synthetic oil here we've got my little folder for all my particulars
on my lawn tractor and there's the engine manual for it let's zoom in and let's take a look what
it says about the oil specifications now if you just take a look at that right there we recommend
use of coal or oils well of course they would for best performance other high quality detergent oils
including synthetic or APA American Petroleum Institute service class of SJ or higher are
acceptable and then you can go down you can take a look and you could see the different grades you
need for different temperature ratings so let's go on to the next page so as you can see on this page
here I'm just outlining the particular model of Kohler engine I have the KT 730 but I read this
little spot rate here additional specification information can be found in service manual at
Kohler engines dot-com and that was a big red flag for me I thought okay I have to look at
this further so let's take a look and see what they say okay we're in the house and I'm up on
the kohler website like they said to go to and get down to maintenance here and you can take it
all the different formats you can pick you know what else should I use can I use synthetic oil
what it says there is synthetic oils meet the classifications listed in the owners manual may
be used however now this is the part that I like however you should still perform oil changes at
the recommended intervals to allow the piston rings to seat properly we recommend operating a
new or rebuilt engine for at least 50 hours on standard oil before switching to synthetic oil
well as you can see right there they're saying do not use synthetic oil for the first 50 hours
because they want the Rings to set in now for use that have been around as long as I have yes
that was one of the the complaints that people had when synthetic oil first came out was saying don't
put it in when the engines brand-new you gotta wait lids broken in before you can switch to
synthetic and then over the last I would say maybe oh it's going to be 20 years they've said no you
can put it in right from the beginning doesn't make a difference and actually there's so many
vehicles today built with synthetic oil you know from the factory so I mean yeah so I mean I was
very surprised with this one here and of course how many people actually read the manual well I
do and how many people would read it further for a little tiny note that says refer to their website
and of course I did and you know it's so important because a lot of times when you're watching
youtube videos you look at somebody express their opinion on something and say yeah it's just fine
just go ahead synthetic oil is great today just put it in everything well it's not actually that
easy you're better off to actually read the manual take a look for yourself and see what
you're supposed to actually use because I would have been just as guilty if any of you were to
ask me is it okay to put synthetic oil and I would read that manual like you did right there yeah it
says you could put synthetic oil in right but the little spot that said check the specifications on
there Kohler engines calm well made a little bit of a difference there didn't it that's a huge of
as the first time I would say in the last 20 years and I've read a manual it says use the regular
conventional oil for the break-in period of 50 hours before you switch to synthetic and for me
that was an eye-opener and hopefully you know it's an eye-opener for a lot of you as well you know if
you do have a Kohler engine or matter of fact if you got any engine any model any vehicle whether
it's off-road on road read the manual because it could be a costly mistake if thumb rings do not
seat so you know I thought I'd bring that up today I thought to be a fascinating video just to show
you really should read your manual and for me I really like the Mobil 1 synthetic as well so I'll
be doing that when I switch over so thanks for joining me here today if you haven't seen this
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