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minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍linkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months ago@Kecessa pointed us to a video of Project Farm checking it, and it turns out soy bean vegetable oil worked great, except in very cold conditions: https://youtu.be/sbPxLm21gek So, not so dumb. As long as she gets an oil change well before winter, she, and the engine, will probably be just fine.
minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoA lawnmower and a car use very different oils and running something for a short time is very different than under loads for extended periods of time. It is dumb to use cooking oils in a car engine.
@Kecessa pointed us to a video of Project Farm checking it, and it turns out soy bean vegetable oil worked great, except in very cold conditions:
https://youtu.be/sbPxLm21gek
So, not so dumb. As long as she gets an oil change well before winter, she, and the engine, will probably be just fine.
A lawnmower and a car use very different oils and running something for a short time is very different than under loads for extended periods of time.
It is dumb to use cooking oils in a car engine.