[rblturtle]

I used to use it in my bus fleet. It sounds like a good one for my garden tractors and small engines particularly because of it's zinc content. I an currently using 10w-30 Kohler oil. What do you think? Which of their products do you recommend?
Thanks,Rich

 

[mikeduwe]

Who's Brad and what engine you gona put him in?

 

[knottyrope]

Brad Penn Oil can be bought on amazon.com

its a synthetic racing oil

http://penngrade1.com/

 

[jeff_kluewer]

I have used some Brad Penn "Break in oil" on a few V8 engines, but don't know the rest of the product line well enough to make a recommendation.

http://www.penngrade1.com/

 

[rblturtle]

Brad Penn was formed when Kendall Oil closed their Bradford, PA refinery and the employees bought it and formed a new company. It is the only source that I know of now for Pennsylvania oil.
Turtle

 

[dr_evil]

Typically, a "racing oil" is good for racing engines, NOT street engines, or lawn mower engines.

As we've discussed here before, the valve springs on these old Kohler & Onan engines are so weak they put little load on the cam lobes, so not much zinc is needed to protect the wear surfaces.

I've used the straight 15W-40 Rotella (white jug) in my air cooled engines for close to 19 years with excellent results. I use the 5W-40 synthetic (blue jug) in my other air cooled engine, but it doesn't get near the hours put on it as the one using 15W-40. Per Shell's information line both the T-6 5W-40 & Triple Protection 15W-40 have 1200 PPM of ZDDP, plenty to protect their moving parts. Plus it's easily available at many stores.

 

[jcronk69]

Brad Penn makes regular everyday oil along with race oil.
It is a good oil and would be a fine choice for small engine use. Good quality PA base stock and a strong additive package.
I also like the Rotella line by Shell for small engine use, comes in sae30 10w30 and 15w40.