It should be simple to buy an oil filter for the FS481V engine in the
mower, but it needs a crap filter to work out which oil filters
are/aren't any good. I was nearly caught by the use of the word
"genuine" in adverts, but then realised the sellers are using the word
as a brand - sneaky ba$tards!
So, how to tell if an oil filter is any good, or is a genuine Kawasaki
(for example) or just a genuine "genuine"?

nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:

> how to tell if an oil filter is any good, or is a genuine Kawasaki (for example)
> or just a genuine "genuine"?

put "genuine kawasaki" in quotes ...

<nothanks@aolbin.com> wrote:
> It should be simple to buy an oil filter for the FS481V engine in the
> mower, but it needs a crap filter to work out which oil filters
> are/aren't any good. I was nearly caught by the use of the word
> "genuine" in adverts, but then realised the sellers are using the word
> as a brand - sneaky ba$tards!
> So, how to tell if an oil filter is any good, or is a genuine Kawasaki
> (for example) or just a genuine "genuine"?
>

A mower engine with a filter? It must be a fairly “high end” one then. ;-).
Given that most don’t have a filter or oil pump, is it worth worrying
about too much? My old B&S mower soldiers on despite having seized once due
to lack of oil.

Tim

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On Sunday, 13 November 2022 at 19:40:08 UTC, Tim+ wrote:
> <noth...@aolbin.com> wrote:
> > It should be simple to buy an oil filter for the FS481V engine in the
> > mower, but it needs a crap filter to work out which oil filters
> > are/aren't any good. I was nearly caught by the use of the word
> > "genuine" in adverts, but then realised the sellers are using the word
> > as a brand - sneaky ba$tards!
> > So, how to tell if an oil filter is any good, or is a genuine Kawasaki
> > (for example) or just a genuine "genuine"?
> >
> A mower engine with a filter? It must be a fairly “high end” one then. ;-).
> Given that most don’t have a filter or oil pump, is it worth worrying
> about too much? My old B&S mower soldiers on despite having seized once due
> to lack of oil.
>
> Tim

My B&S mower engine failed to seize despite the oil being completely
below the dipstick!
Sadly, I have one mower with a B&S engine (which uses a horrible
diaphragm fuel pump and an unstable speed regulator) but a very good
quality Hayter body and another with an excellent Honda 4.5 engine with gravity
fuel feed on a Mountfield body that is rusting away.
I wonder whether the engine mountings are compatible so that I could
make one really good mower?

John

On 13/11/2022 18:36, nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
> It should be simple to buy an oil filter for the FS481V engine in the
> mower, but it needs a crap filter to work out which oil filters
> are/aren't any good. I was nearly caught by the use of the word
> "genuine" in adverts, but then realised the sellers are using the word
> as a brand - sneaky ba$tards!
> So, how to tell if an oil filter is any good, or is a genuine Kawasaki
> (for example) or just a genuine "genuine"?

I doubt if many cars are fitted with genuine oil filters unless serviced
at the dealer. I also doubt if Kawasaki actually make oil filters.

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On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 12:01:30 -0800 (PST)
John Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sunday, 13 November 2022 at 19:40:08 UTC, Tim+ wrote:
> > <noth...@aolbin.com> wrote:
> > > It should be simple to buy an oil filter for the FS481V engine in
> > > the mower, but it needs a crap filter to work out which oil
> > > filters are/aren't any good. I was nearly caught by the use of
> > > the word "genuine" in adverts, but then realised the sellers are
> > > using the word as a brand - sneaky ba$tards!
> > > So, how to tell if an oil filter is any good, or is a genuine
> > > Kawasaki (for example) or just a genuine "genuine"?
> > >
> > A mower engine with a filter? It must be a fairly “high end” one
> > then. ;-). Given that most don’t have a filter or oil pump, is it
> > worth worrying about too much? My old B&S mower soldiers on despite
> > having seized once due to lack of oil.
> >
> > Tim
>
> My B&S mower engine failed to seize despite the oil being completely
> below the dipstick!
> Sadly, I have one mower with a B&S engine (which uses a horrible
> diaphragm fuel pump and an unstable speed regulator) but a very good
> quality Hayter body and another with an excellent Honda 4.5 engine
> with gravity fuel feed on a Mountfield body that is rusting away.
> I wonder whether the engine mountings are compatible so that I could
> make one really good mower?
>
> John

There's one way to find out... Let us know ho it goes! A Haytey/Honda?

I have a self-propelled Hayter mower, but it used to be used by a
gardener who had lost his right arm on the Burma Railway, so the
throttle control was modified for or by him. Now it's 'fail-unsafe', if
you let everything go, it takes off down the garden on its own.
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Davey.

On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 6:49:18 PM UTC, Andy Burns wrote:
> noth...@aolbin.com wrote:
>
> > how to tell if an oil filter is any good, or is a genuine Kawasaki (for example)
> > or just a genuine "genuine"?
> put "genuine kawasaki" in quotes ...

If only. Amazon and Ebay will throw up lost of nonsense regardless of what you ask for, though it is possible, if tedious, to fine tune a Google search

On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 8:12:04 PM UTC, alan_m wrote:
> On 13/11/2022 18:36, noth...@aolbin.com wrote:
> > It should be simple to buy an oil filter for the FS481V engine in the
> > mower, but it needs a crap filter to work out which oil filters
> > are/aren't any good. I was nearly caught by the use of the word
> > "genuine" in adverts, but then realised the sellers are using the word
> > as a brand - sneaky ba$tards!
> > So, how to tell if an oil filter is any good, or is a genuine Kawasaki
> > (for example) or just a genuine "genuine"?
> I doubt if many cars are fitted with genuine oil filters unless serviced
> at the dealer. I also doubt if Kawasaki actually make oil filters.
>
> --
> mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

I'd be inclined to ask Kawaski for recommendations

fred wrote:

> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> noth...@aolbin.com wrote:
>>
>>> how to tell if an oil filter is any good, or is a genuine Kawasaki (for example)
>>> or just a genuine "genuine"?
>
>> put "genuine kawasaki" in quotes ...
>
> If only. Amazon and Ebay will throw up lost of nonsense regardless of what you ask for, though it is possible, if tedious, to fine tune a Google search

Yes, I usually use google to search amazon and ebay, rather than their own
search engines.

On 13/11/2022 18:36, nothanks@aolbin.com wrote:
> It should be simple to buy an oil filter for the FS481V engine in the
> mower, but it needs a crap filter to work out which oil filters
> are/aren't any good. I was nearly caught by the use of the word
> "genuine" in adverts, but then realised the sellers are using the word
> as a brand - sneaky ba$tards!
> So, how to tell if an oil filter is any good, or is a genuine Kawasaki
> (for example) or just a genuine "genuine"?

My mowers are 20 and 35 years old and Ive never changed a filter or the oil

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On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 19:44:19 +1100, fred <tpmccann@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 6:49:18 PM UTC, Andy Burns wrote:
>> noth...@aolbin.com wrote:
>>
>> > how to tell if an oil filter is any good, or is a genuine Kawasaki
>> (for example)
>> > or just a genuine "genuine"?
>> put "genuine kawasaki" in quotes ...
>
> If only. Amazon and Ebay will throw up lost of nonsense regardless of
> what you ask for, though it is possible, if tedious, to fine tune a
> Google search

If is in fact FAR easier to fine tune an ebay search than a google
search because ebay does allow wildcards and google doesn't.

And aliexpress is even worse than amazon and both are far worse than ebay.