So glad I found this video!! We had the same problem with the exact mower. This video is so good and it works!! Thank you so much for giving clear instructions and great video!!
Thank you! I appreciate that. You should watch my other video on draining the oil with the Drainzit hose! It will make it even better!!! Glad my video helped you.
Mine with a plastic oil drain guide and I prefer the one that you worked up. The one that came with it didn’t even go down at an angle and all the oil just backed up and was all over that platform so I’m going to rig me some up like you did thank you for the video and help me out a lot.
Great! Thanks. I am also working on making a far better and cleaner way to do it. Keep an eye out on my channel. I’ll hopefully have this up in a week or two.
Stay tuned, I found a far better way. A person in the comment se ruin suggested an item that will help 100% better. I’ll be uploading the video in a day or two.
Tip for drain nut; I took two 21mms one with a 1/2 drive and put a lug nut inbetween to break it loose and tighten it back up. Don’t waste money on a socket that you’ll only need for one application.
@@jamomma8975 yeah, I thought that to be strange as well when I first changed the oil in this. Thanks for dropping the tip also. I’m sure that will helps others who come by this video.
My mower looks identical but it's probably a 2015 Troy Built. Lowes used to carry it but now they say Craftsman . Mine is a TB30r. I think the R is for models that can mow in reverse. Just a button you have to press. My question is my Briggs & Stratton is 10.5 hp, does the Craftsman still have the same engine? It also says PowerBuilt. A quart didn't quite fill mine so im thinking mabye you engine is smaller or different. It looks identical, same drain plug, dipstick, everything. Thanks in advance. There are no video's changing oil with my model.
Great vid. Google the "Drainzit" oil change hose. It'll change your life. (Well maybe not, but it will make the oil changes on these mowers easy as hell). Lol I installed one on my TB 30 Troy-Bilt (same as the Craftsman R110) after my first messy oil change. I'll never deal with that mess again..........
WHY NOT: PUT A PIPE NIPPLE BACK IN THE ENGINE & MAYBE A FLEX FITTING + A PLUG FOR NEXT TIME! ( Miss signs you don't change your oil more often anytime you get the urge put the pan down take the plug out after you warm up the engine put the plug back in add oil start the engine check the oil level and wait 10 to 50 hours and do it again I'm definitely do it once before you put it away! One se ( RIP) potentially plug in mine too I don't know but the hardware store I could bring him the plug and I'll give you a pipe or flex hose so you can change your own easy!) That doesn't work for the new Toro never have to change the oil just turn the lawn mower upside down over your head and shake the oil out for that one you going to have to find a low point drain area drill it tap it and put the fixture in or get a oil evacuator I've got both and I sure would like to get all the oil out especially the crit on the very bottom the twinkles when he goes into the drain pan looks like the Milky Way galaxy from all of metal shavings still in the engine! Don't laugh before I started doing that the engine was built at 19 82 that still runs today! ⛽🪫🙏😊
I have the Murray version of this mower. Whenever I've had the oil changed the mower guy used a pump to pump out the oil from the dipstick area. I had no idea my mower had an oil plugbut it does. Which is better - using a pump or removing the oil plug to drain the oil?
Both ways are very efficient for removing the oil. The drain plug is just messier. Not everyone has a pump. I don’t. So I do mine this way to save me money. I’ll usually let it drain for about 15-20 minutes. Just to get as much old oil out as possible. Thanks for watching. I hope I helped answer your question.
Beware of overfilling! This mower needs only a qt. And no more. I learned this lesson after overfilling just a few ounces. It smoked when starting up and would die after bout 15 minutes of running.
Per this mowers owner's manual, it takes 57 fluid ounces of oil with an oil filter. One quart is only 32oz. I know there's not 25 oz of oil in the oil filter.
The model I have does not have an oil filter. I checked the dip stick on my mower and it was full. That’s the purpose of having a dip stick. For those of us who lose the owners manual or can’t remember exactly how much oil it takes. I do appreciate your information. Thank you also for your watch time!
@@davidstephens8871 no worries. I’m met and talked with some people that have this style of motor. Some have oil filters and others don’t. There must be a slight difference in the model? Not sure though.
Video helped thanks. Weird question I did not see you do anything about the oil filter. Does this model even have an oil filter. I don't see one in the video or on my mower.
I have the Troy-bilt TB30 version of this mower. It's a 2017 model purchased in Canada at Canadian Tire. Mine came with a plastic oil drain trough. I'm not sure how it's supposed to work, but I've used it twice and I still got oil all over the frame, deck, tires, and my garage floor. The second time I used it, I was prepared and put plastic garbage bags all under the mower, lol.
@@PurpleSideBlack the manual says the sleeve and the plug are designed so that you must snap the plastic oil drain sleeve onto the drain plug first, then remove the drain plug. It also helps if you tip the opposite side of the mower up so that the oil will be released on a downhill. That should prevent the oil from running backwards and onto the frame. The manual provides a full set of instructions with illustrations on how to do this properly.
The TB 30 B models with the 344cc 10.5hp Briggs & Stratton do not have an oil filter. The TB 30 models with the 382cc Powermore (MTD) engines do have one.
My model does not have an oil filter. Otherwise I would have added that in this video. I should have specified in the video that this model does not have an oil filter.
