Oil Change For Honda GX35

[bobprobert]

just wondering how often i should be changing the oil in my motor?

 

[Happy Valley]

Honda recommends the first oil change on a new engine at 10 hours then every 50 hours thereafter with conventional 10W-30.

Personally I do it more frequently than 50 hours.

Here's their pdf manual:
http://engines.honda.com/pdf/manuals/37Z6J601.pdf

 

[bobprobert]

thanks!

 

[Joe Cain]

just wondering how often i should be changing the oil in my motor?

It depends on how often you ride. I have a motorized bicycle and if I ride it to three times a week I will change it every week. I buy a quart of the four stroke motor oil and I got a old dawn bottle. Only uses like not even half a cup. When I emptied it I used McDonald's soda cup glass whatever you want to call it and it may be 2in on the bottom was oil.

 

[Retep100]

Has anyone tried fully synthetic oil for better wear protection?

 

[DistantWolrld101]

I use rotella synthetic 10w-40 works perfect on my 4-stroker

Also i did my first change at the 10 hour mark and since then i been doing it every 50-100 miles(calculated by my speedometer)

have had no problems

during the fall i switch to 10w-30 rotella synthetic

 

[CentralCoastCruiser1]

I would like to know if anybody has added a oil drain plug on the bottom of the Honda GX35 engine. I have a Schwinn trike with one and tilting the whole trike to drain the oil from the fill hole is not practical.

 

[The_Aleman]

I spose a setup like that would benefit from using a suction pump to extract the oil:

https://www.amazon.com/Koehler-Enterprises-RA990-Multi-Use-Transfer/dp/B0181EDCZ6/

 

[Sidewinder Jerry]

Get a tachometer/hour counter. I change my oil every 25 hours and clean the air filter every 10 hours. You can find the t/hc's on eBay and they're very affordable. They have a single wire that wraps around the spark plug wire.

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[Sidewinder Jerry]

I spose a setup like that would benefit from using a suction pump to extract the oil:

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https://www.amazon.com/Koehler-Enterprises-RA990-Multi-Use-Transfer/dp/B0181EDCZ6/

I once wrote a post about this. Got the pump from Harbor Freight for $12.