19hp kawasaki

[elegantlawns]

I have a new stand on mower that currently has 17.5 hours on it with original oil my question is when should I change the oil for the first time breaking it in? When I do the oil change iam going to run either mobile 1 or amsoil 10-30 fully synthetic

[AmericanEagleLawncare]

According to Kawasaki "Change oil after the first 8 hours of operation. Thereafter change oil every 100 hours."

[elegantlawns]

Originally Posted by AmericanEagleLawncare

According to Kawasaki "Change oil after the first 8 hours of operation. Thereafter change oil every 100 hours."

is the hundred hours on conventional oil or synthetic? my mower says on the hour meter to change oil already. also I don't know what's currently in the engine conventional or synthetic will it affect the engine if I switch from conventional to fully synthetic or vice versa?
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[weaver]

Originally Posted by elegantlawns

is the hundred hours on conventional oil or synthetic? my mower says on the hour meter to change oil already. also I don't know what's currently in the engine conventional or synthetic will it affect the engine if I switch from conventional to fully synthetic or vice versa?
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Man did you ever bring up a crazy topic on lawnsite.. Your're gonna here everything from every 50- 100 hours to 200 and so on. Some guys on here actually do oil analysis on there oil to see how often they should change there oil. I guess i'm one of the ones who just follows what the owners manual says to do. I do know you should'nt run synthetic oil until your engine is broke in, then after that go for it...

[clcare2]

The first thing you should do is take the 19hp motor off and pitch it. Then for around 1200$ you can get a 23hp. Takes about 20-30 minutes to change out. I recommend two people ,the bolts under the deck for the motor mount and the clutch can suck.

Either way the thing wont last much more than 24-2500 hours no matter what, but the cut will be much better.

I run fully synthetic and change my oil when i remember or around once a monthish.

[elegantlawns]

Originally Posted by clcare2

The first thing you should do is take the 19hp motor off and pitch it. Then for around 1200$ you can get a 23hp. Takes about 20-30 minutes to change out. I recommend two people ,the bolts under the deck for the motor mount and the clutch can suck.

Either way the thing wont last much more than 24-2500 hours no matter what, but the cut will be much better.

I run fully synthetic and change my oil when i remember or around once a monthish.

I don't understand why their junk please explain? why the 23hp? the 19hp is on a 34" deck so plenty of power/suction.
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[scagman52]

Originally Posted by elegantlawns

I have a new stand on mower that currently has 17.5 hours on it with original oil my question is when should I change the oil for the first time breaking it in? When I do the oil change iam going to run either mobile 1 or amsoil 10-30 fully synthetic

You say it is new so I assume you bought it from a dealer. If it were me and I had these questions about oil I would talk to your dealer because you might void the warenty if you use the wrong oil. Also you should have chainged the oil at 8 hours and then go from there. I have a 19hp on my scag. It has over 2900 hours and I change the oil & filter (use original Kawasaki filter)every 75 hours with 30 weight pennsoil for air cooled engines.