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Using SAE 10W-30 in both Vehicle and Lawnmower

Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Asked by medicine_man on July 7, 2021

I have a Toyota vehicle with the 1MZFE engine, and have purchased SAE 10W-30 engine oil to put in this car.

My question is this: Is there a problem with putting this kind of oil in my Troy-Bilt PowerSmart lawnmower? The specifications call for SAE 30, but I was wondering if SAE 10W-30 would be good enough and not give me any trouble with the lawnmower engine.

2 Answers

SAE-30 is specified as the lawnmower is basically used in summer.

So, using SAE10W-30 will be fine as it has the equivalent hot specification ie the "30" part.

Correct answer by Solar Mike on July 7, 2021

The user manual on the OP's web page actually recommends 10W-30 oil, for use in all reasonable weather conditions. (I suppose some Canadians might want to mow their lawn when the temperature is below 0F and should use 5W-30 instead, but I wouldn't call that "reasonable"!)

When all else fails, read the documentation: https://images.homedepot-static.com/catalog/pdfImages/21/215ed4a6-3a98-4685-a7ea-5d5487a1eb2f.pdf Page 12.

Answered by alephzero on July 7, 2021

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