90cummins
Veteran Member
In 1996 I purchased a Snapper Pro Hydro 52 walk behind with a 16hp Briggs Vanguard which currently has approx 520 hours on it.
For years I thought about adding an oil pressure guage but it was always a low priority.
Well 3 weeks ago I installed a 100psi gauge.
Full throttle cold it runs 70 psi and hot it runs 28 psi with Mobil1 10w30. Idle hot is 18~20 psi.
The other day I was mowing a bank like I have for years when it went over the edge and became stuck so I idled it down so I could access the situation and hopefully back it out.
As I was pondering the situation I noticed the oil pressure was zero.
I quickly shut it down and got my Ford 1720 so I could pull it out of the ditch.
Had I not installed the pressure gauge I most likely would have let it run and attempted to maneuver it out of the ditch.
The interesting thing is that it was not in a position that I would have considered extreme, but apparently it was the perfect position to move all oil away from the oil pump pickup.
That guage most likely saved me several hundred dollars.
Tim
For years I thought about adding an oil pressure guage but it was always a low priority.
Well 3 weeks ago I installed a 100psi gauge.
Full throttle cold it runs 70 psi and hot it runs 28 psi with Mobil1 10w30. Idle hot is 18~20 psi.
The other day I was mowing a bank like I have for years when it went over the edge and became stuck so I idled it down so I could access the situation and hopefully back it out.
As I was pondering the situation I noticed the oil pressure was zero.
I quickly shut it down and got my Ford 1720 so I could pull it out of the ditch.
Had I not installed the pressure gauge I most likely would have let it run and attempted to maneuver it out of the ditch.
The interesting thing is that it was not in a position that I would have considered extreme, but apparently it was the perfect position to move all oil away from the oil pump pickup.
That guage most likely saved me several hundred dollars.
Tim
