Boy, that Jams is sure a trouble maker isn't he? I'm not sure if his original question was ever answered, and I don't have the patience to read through 4 pages to find out. Best answer I've got is, follow the warrantor's advice, they're the ones on the hook. After the warrantee expires, there's plenty to glean in this thread.
Jerry,
Correction on the synthesized HC taken, I was being myopic about crankcase lubes, forgetting entirely about the vast industrial market.
I'm semi-retired and you look to have the energy and knowledge to work it, and you're way more current than I on the latest specs. To me, you da man!
I'm surprised that no one picked up on your last name. You wouldn't happen to have a chicken farm on the side would you? I'm happy to support your technical position, but after a while a pragmatic approach is best for the psyche. My main concern is no overtly harmfull positions gain traction. Besides, I've spent a lot of my energy on the
oil pressure discussions.
Ron,
It's been a while since B&S did a two cycle engine. What's your mix ratio when you blend the gasoline and ND
oil?
A Snake is a gentleman and a scholar.
Hal,
Good contribution as usual. There is one observation I would have about your comparison with your neighbor and the John Deere tractors. Based on the tone of your posts over time I'm left with the impression you are quite meticulous. Without knowing if your neighbor followed the same maintenance practices as you, a comparison is not entirely accurate. It's like so many discussions on this (or any other for that matter) board, we often miss the apples to apples detail. As an example; there was a recent post about insurance (seen more often than even lube ones!) that relayed one member's positive experience with a replacement company. My being insured with his previous company, I was curious about rates on my fun car at our second home (a '56 Chev, not a Cobra, which may or may not matter). I went to the "new" companie's site and did the self quoting form. Their rate was about the same as my renewal coming up, but the big kicker was amount of coverage. They would only do $100,000.00 liability, rather than the $500,000.00 I want and have. All of a sudden they were WAYYYYY out of the ball park. Had I just focused on rate, I would have missed the point. This is my long winded way of telling all that there are nearly always more points of comparison than sometimes seems apparent. Therein lies the challenge for those taking a broader view communicating with those focused on a specific issue.
Gotta get back to poundin' nails. Later!