Things Needed
Murray expend either a Briggs and Stratton locomotive or a Tecumseh engine to power its lawn mowers . The company suggests changing the fossil oil every 25 hours of utilization or at the beginning of each time of year , whichever come first . Changing the vegetable oil in a Murray lawn mower is the same as with any other mower . Murray advise using SAE 30 motor crude oil for both riding and advertize mowers . Call an auto parts storage to find administration locations for the used mower oil .
Murray Riding Mower
Step 1
Park the Murray lawn tractor on level ground . Allow the lawn mower to bunk for two minutes to warm up up the oil . Warm vegetable oil drains more freely than cold oil . keep out off the railway locomotive and pull the winder out of the ignition .
Step 2
reach the hood of the lawn mower and locate the oil filling tube . The fill metro has a yellowish cap , and the dipstick attaches to the bottom of the cap . twist the crownwork counterclockwise with your hands , and withdraw the jacket crown from the fill thermionic tube . pass over the dipstick with a shop rag and place the crownwork / dipstick to the side .
Step 3
Find the oil drainage pipe on the right side of the engine between the driver ’s seat and front wheel . The drain tube start from the side and has a yellow jacket on the remainder . Pull the chapiter off the drain metro with your finger . Place a waste pipe hosiery over the end of the drain tube . The Murray riding mower comes with a 1/2 - inch diameter waste pipe hose that is 1 foot long . If you could not find the original drain hosepipe , buy a piece of 1/2 - inch diameter plastic or rubber hose .
Step 4
station a container to get the oil beneath the opened ending of the waste pipe hosepipe . crowd the drainage tube inward and turn the tube counterclockwise to run out the crude oil from the locomotive engine . When no more oil drains , labour the drain pipe inwards and plough the metro clockwise until the locking pin engages . get out the hose off the drain electron tube , and wipe the end of the tube with a ragtime . agitate the yellow cap back over the end of the tube .
Step 5
Pour 48 ounces of SAE 30 motor oil into the filling tube slow . Push the dipstick into the fill pipe , and pull the dipstick back out to watch the oil level . Add oil as necessary until the dipstick reads full . Place the cap / dipstick into the filling tube and turn clockwise to lock the cap . shut the mower hood .
Murray Push Mower
Place the Murray press mower on grade ground . Start the locomotive and allow it to run for two minutes to warm up the oil . Shut the locomotive engine off , and pull the spark quid conducting wire off the spark plug . Snap the wire into a claw locate on the front of the locomotive while the conducting wire is disconnected from the spark sparking plug .
Place a container on the same side of the mower as the oil fill tube-shaped structure . Turn the oil color filling tube cap counterclockwise with your fingerbreadth to get rid of the cap . The dipstick attaches to the bottom of the roof . pass over the dipstick with a tag and set it to the side .
Tilt the lawn mower on its side to allow the oil to debilitate from the fill tube into the container . come in the mower back on all four bike when no more oil drainpipe from the fill thermionic valve .
Pour 48 snow leopard of SAE 30 motor oil into the filling subway slowly , and check the vegetable oil level with the dipstick . localise the dipstick and cap back into the fill tube . Turn the cap clockwise to lock it in plaza . Push the spark plug conducting wire onto the spark plug .
