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This maintenance schedule also tells you to change the spark plugs and is obviously not the maintenance plan for a diesel engine. Further down on page 21 the manual also contradicts itself and recommends oil and filter changes every 100 hours. I'd ignore that maintenance plan entirely and stick...

Originally Posted by FowVay One thing I have noticed is that when I use Amsoil Saber at their prescribed 100:1 mix ratio and run the blower non-stop for a full 15 ounce run I will lose 300-400 RPM. I'm not convinced this tells us anything about the oil. After all, by changing the fuel:oil...

So it seems an ACEA A3/B4 rated 5W-30 should be fine for this engine. I'm currently trying to build an inertial dyno for small engines and I'm using the lifan as a test engine while building it. This means the engine is under load only for a very short period of time(< 1 min) and most of its run...

Hi, I have some questions about the oil recommendations of a Lifan 168F-2 engine, which I believe to be a Honda GX200 clone. I bought this engine from a German importer(Wiltec) which also provides the manual for the engine. The manual doesn't have an oil viscosity chart and simply says to use...

Originally Posted by Rollins Both Rimula and Rotella are HDEO lines but are not equal. What is the application and intended type of use? There is a probability that you're already using something more appropriate... I wanted to focus more on the specifications to look out for to be able to...

Thanks to all who replied, I learned a lot from this thread. I wasn't aware of the ACEA E specification. That makes searching a lot easier. I also didn't know that Shell Rotella was called Rimula here. I guess that explains why the Rotella cans I found were so expensive.

Hi, in the Small Engines forum a lot of people recommend using HDEOs in small engines. The recommended brands/types are either not available here in Europe or prohibitively expensive(~100€ for 5L). This got me to wondering how to tell whether a given oil is an HDEO or not. The only information...