Comments on: Milky brown colored lawnmower oil change?

By: Shawn K

Shawn K — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:15:09 +0000

milky colored oil means there was wasin the oil. if you drainedit and put in new oil it will be fine

By: adam/penny

adam/penny — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:39:19 +0000

ho;;y cow. it probably uses less than a quart of oil to fill it.
why would you not use clean oil to flush out the engine.?
the whole thing would cost less than $5.00 to do it the right way.
drain the old oil. put new oil in, about 20 ounces? to fill it. make sure you check the level before starting it.
start the mower and let it run for about 10 minutes TILL THE OIL IS REAL HOT. NOW right away drain the oil before any sediments can settle to the bottom. put a large pan under the plug. take the red hot plug out with a wrench and let the plug just fall into the hot oil, you’ll retrieve it later. let the oil drain for about 15 minutes tilt the mower forward a little bit and backwards a little bit to get as much of the oil out as possible. now fish that oil plug out of the warm/hot dirty oil.
put the plug back in and refill with more clean oil.
write down how much oil it took each time you filled it up for future reference.
good luck to ya.

By: tofu368

tofu368 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:11:17 +0000

No just drain the old oil and put in new oil.

By: RoseMary C

RoseMary C — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:41:03 +0000

Sounds like there is water in your crankcase.

Bleed it if you can, then refill.

Good luck

By: Steven P

Steven P — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:09:43 +0000

get some of the stuff (I can’t think of the brand name) that really cleans out the oil. You add it to the oil, run the engine for 5 min and then drain it all. Then refill with new oil. Get it at any auto parts store.

By: cluckincom

cluckincom — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:01:24 +0000

sounds like water got into oil somewhere- just drain and add new no need to flush with old oil