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Old 25-07-2010, 07:16 PM
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I personally think sucking hot engine oil up a siphon is ridiculous, good way to seriously injure yourself, even go for a Darwin award.....

Engine oil is good for you, has antioxidants
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Old 25-07-2010, 10:24 PM
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I had a Sigma like that - the oil light was on for just under a year at one point before I finally relented and put a litre in. Kept it going for another 2 years...


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Do what I do. Just leave it there and it will run out of oil all by itself.
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Old 26-07-2010, 02:58 PM
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Hi All
I am surprised that my innocent question regarding de-oiling lawn mowers has raised so much comment and apparently some concern and distress. Beats me why the engine manufacturers do not extend the sump housing so that the underneath screw can be taken out easily - no! they all like to hide it under the mower blade disk so that it is almost inaccessible. Overall, I like the ideas regarding getting a suitable syringe to suck the oil out although old sump oil doesn't taste that bad but not too hot!
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