Anyone know where I can get this oil?

[davidmiller]

Hello. I need to buy 20w/50 monograde oil. Only need a small bottle but when googling it I haven't seen anything described as monograde. Seen something close like the one in the picture but don't know enough about oil. It's for a whacker plate (compactor). But I thought you on here would know best.
Cheers

 

[Mottie]

No such thing. 20w/50 is a multi grade. A straight 30, 40, 50 etc. is a mono grade. I think plant machines use a SAE 30 but I could be wrong.

 

[Stivino]

Some garden lawnmowers use SAE30 oil, which can be had at B&Q.
This is also SAE30

 

[Burnerman]

10/40semi synthetic will be fine for this machine.
John

 

[davidmiller]

No such thing. 20w/50 is a multi grade. A straight 30, 40, 50 etc. is a mono grade. I think plant machines use a SAE 30 but I could be wrong.

Thanks. I wonder if it's a misprint.

 

[davidmiller]

Some garden lawnmowers use SAE30 oil, which can be had at B&Q.
This is also SAE30

10/40semi synthetic will be fine for this machine.
John

Thanks. I actually should have written Jack hammer not whacker plate but take it I could run them both on the same oil. Cheers

 

[norseman]

Some garden lawnmowers use SAE30 oil, which can be had at B&Q.
This is also SAE30

Or on E'Bay, oil suitable for mowers/generators etc.

 

[ericmark]

The only thing I would say years ago with 2 stoke motor bikes I remember should not use a detergent oil as you would need more of it to get lubrication required, so a straight oil was 50 to 1 but oil with additives was 25 to 1, but at that time syntactic oil was unheard of, we had mineral oil or Castrol R which was a racing vegetable oil, and we would put some brake fluid in the tank so it smelt like Castrol R was being used.

 

[JohnD]

A whacker plate will not be designed to need a high quality oil.

The key feature of synthetic is its long life between changes.

A cheap 20w/50 as sold for old cars is all you need.

I still have Duckhams in my red Wesco

Modern cars use thinner oils. What grade do you have in your boot or garage?

Edit
Wilko used to sell it as their cheapest oil, but seem to have discontinued it. Not enough old cars around I suppose.