Regular maintenance
Garden tools, like any motorized tool, require regular maintenance from their owner. For example, oil changes in four-stroke engines of some models of lawn mowers equipped with a separate oil tank.
The average “from replacement to replacement” of oil for any garden motor is from 50 to 60 hours. What does this mean in action? If you periodically mow the lawn with a lawn mower on your small suburban area and use high-quality oil, then most likely you will not be able to develop this resource during the entire season. In this case, its replacement will only be necessary at the end of the season at the time of conservation for the winter. By the way, it is always better to “winter” the lawn mower with fresh oil, and not with the old one.
It is necessary to understand that the engine life of equipment is reduced by half if you use cheap, low-quality oils: they decompose faster, the load on the engine increases sharply, and the consumption increases. Therefore, using this oil and changing it only once a season — at the beginning of it — is wrong. This is a direct and fairly short path to equipment failure.
- Seasonable
Lawnmowers and trimmers are only used in the warm season (unlike all-season equipment, such as chainsaws), and therefore it is important for these tools to properly preserve the engine for the winter. As a rule, equipment with a four-stroke engine is stored with an empty fuel tank (the gasoline is drained, and then the unit is turned on to burn out the remaining fuel). In General, more information about conservation should be discussed separately closer to autumn.
- Fuel and oil
The cause (and, perhaps, the main one) of failure can be poor-quality or incorrectly selected fuel and engine oil. For refueling, use only fresh and manufacturer-recommended gasoline.
When stored for a long time (especially in a half — empty canister), the octane number of gasoline decreases. Therefore, do not make long-term reserves, and especially use the fuel left over from last season. Do not buy gasoline with a higher octane rating than the manufacturer recommends: it contains additives that are not necessary for two-stroke engines.
You also need to pay attention to the mixture of gasoline and engine oil, because everyone knows that two-stroke engines often do not have a separate tank for engine oil: the cylinder burns a mixture of gasoline and oil mixed by the user when refueling. Therefore, it is important to keep the proportions and use high-quality oil intended for two-stroke engines, so that the piston and cylinder walls do not form carbon deposits that reduce performance and lead to premature breakdowns.
In General, the topic of oil for garden equipment requires a separate conversation.
Miser pays twice: is it worth saving on oil
Many owners of garden gasoline inventory believe that lawnmowers, trimmers, chainsaws and other devices, firstly, are not too complex, secondly, they are not particularly demanding, and thirdly, they are “perishable products”-quickly breaking down and requiring replacement. Over the history of the internal combustion engine, it itself has changed significantly, and the number of specific profile developments, innovations and innovations cannot be described.
Engines of small garden equipment generally stand apart — they differ from automobile and even motorcycle engines. And even the engines of two devices designed, for example, for mowing grass (lawn mower and trimmer), have differences. Initially, similar motors on different types and models of equipment differ significantly from each other.
To garden tools lived long and did not require the intervention of masters, it must be properly and regularly maintained and do not save on oil, pouring there do not understand what. Modern garden equipment requires special high-quality oils. These are produced by Liqui Moly, one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of modern engine oils.
All products from the special garden program are guaranteed high quality for the engine and are safe for nature and people (you don’t want to leave traces of hard-to-decompose oil on the lawn where your children play?). And this is confirmed by both compliance with the world’s toughest (German) certificates of environmental friendliness, and the fact that the Germans themselves consider Liqui Moly the best oil for garden equipment and actively use it. Engine oils of the garden program:
- provide easy start-up,
- reliably protect engine parts from wear,
- create anti-corrosion protection,
- smoke-free burn,
- do not allow deposits and deposits on the parts,
- do not foam,
- environmentally friendly (all products comply with strict European environmental standards).
Replacing fuel in a two-stroke trimmer
Filling the fuel tank of a two-stroke engine (most often equipped with such trimmers) has its own characteristics, and for those who do it for the first time, it is important to understand the procedure. We have already mentioned the importance of keeping the exact proportions specified in the instructions. Any deviations lead to a reduction in the engine life. If there is not enough oil, this will lead to insufficient lubrication and rapid wear of parts. If you add more than it should, it does not have time to burn, and inside the plaque is formed, which also negatively affects the operation of the engine.
The process of replacing the gasoline-oil mixture is not complicated.
- Take a measuring container for gasoline and a large syringe without a needle to measure the oil. You can use a special mixing can – with separate tanks for gasoline and oil with marks for accurate dosage and a convenient spout for refueling.
- If you have a regular measuring container, pour the required amount of oil into it, add half a portion of gasoline to it, and mix well. Only then pour in the remaining gasoline and mix again. The mixture is ready.
- Make sure that there is no old fuel in the tank. Fill in the new one and close the lid tightly.
For two-stroke equipment, Liqui Moly has two oils-semi-synthetic 2-Takt-Motoroil (suitable for separate and mixed lubrication systems) and mineral 2-Takt-Motorsagen-Oil (also universal, all-season).
Remember that you can not make a gasoline-oil mixture with a large margin: if stored for a long time, it loses its properties. It is important to monitor the cleanliness of the container in which you mix gasoline and oil.
Changing the oil in a lawn mower with a four-stroke engine
For lawn mowers with four-stroke engines, the Liqui Moly garden program has three main products:
- rasenmaher-Oil 30 mineral oil for lawn mowers,
- mineral oil for lawn mowers Universal 4-Takt Gartengerate-Oil 10W-30,
- NS-synthetic engine oil Garten-Wintergerate-Oil 5W-30, which is suitable for summer equipment and is useful for refueling a snowplow.
Changing the oil in a lawn mower with a four-stroke engine is performed in several steps.
- Start the lawn mower and let the engine run for 10-15 minutes. The oil will warm up during this time and will merge better.
- Turn off the engine and Unscrew the drain plug on the catheter.
- Turn the lawnmower on its side on the side of the drain of the oil tank we need.
- In the prepared container, drain the used oil, it is subject to disposal. Close the drain cover and place the lawn mower on all 4 wheels on a flat surface.
- Open the oil filler cap. Use a dipstick to check that the oil is drained (a small residue is usually still present).
- Fill in fresh oil (if you do not remember the volume, check the instructions beforehand), check the level with a dipstick. Close the lid tightly. The lawn mower is ready to go.
The more attention we pay to technology, the longer it will last. No matter how simple at first glance the device may be, there are requirements and recommendations, compliance with which will prolong the life of garden assistants, and you will not be inconvenienced by their operation. In order for garden tools to live for a long time and not require the intervention of service masters, they must be used correctly and regularly professionally maintained.