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Now that I think about it, it was probably before the pandemic. ๐Ÿค”

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[โ€“] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For the money you save by not doing the oil change you can probably afford a new mower every 10 years or so.

[โ€“] GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How often were you changing the oil in your mower? I own an electric lawnmower now, but before that I just changed the oil once at the beginning of each mowing season.

[โ€“] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I only changed it once with the extra can I bought with the mower but never since. I'd imagine it easily costing somewhere around 20 to 30 euros a year so that'll pretty much cover a new mower every 10 years.

[โ€“] GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lawnmowers only take about 16oz of oil and you can buy 5qts(160oz) for $23 here in the states. So that $23 would last 10 years of oil changes if you replace it once per season like I did.

Not sure what that would cost you in Europe. So maybe that's where the disconnect is.

[โ€“] Anticorp@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're supposed to replace the filter at the same time.

[โ€“] ThePrivacyPolicy@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Most walk behind style mowers don't have oil filters.

[โ€“] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

This is my strategy. I've never done any maintenance on any of my mowers except for sharpening the blade, and they still run for around 10 years.