Honda 2200 Generator Service

[Sam_Julier]

Annual service before Fall/Winter storms.

Ran it for 2 hours then under full load for 15 minutes to boil cold water in the kettle. Changed the oil and filled it with ethanol free gas.

Oil: HPL 5W-40 HD CK-4

For my next door neighbor.

 

[Vexorg]

I bought the magnetic dipstick and fill tube extension from the jungle site and it makes the oil change so much easier. I was surprised at how much the magnet grabbed after the first oil change.

 

[Patrick0525]

Can I be your neighbor?

 

[Sam_Julier]

I bought the magnetic dipstick and fill tube extension from the jungle site and it makes the oil change so much easier. I was surprised at how much the magnet grabbed after the first oil change.

I drained at 1 hour, 2 hours and 5 hours. Lots of break-in metal.

 

[Rand]

I wish I had neighbors like you .

 

[Patrick0525]

I wish I had neighbors like you .

I wanted to buy a 2nd used single stage Airens snow blower $250 as a backup. The wife was an adamant NO for the lack of shed/garage storage. I bought the unit anyway and gifted it to my neighbor on the condition he does the maintenance, provide storage and I have full backup access upon request. It worked and have foster OPE care across the street. No more hand shoveling for him.

 

[Cujet]

Odd that one would find much on the magnet. The engines have a plastic camshaft, rubber timing belt, plastic oil slinger, aluminum cylinder bore and so on. The ferrous parts are the crank, ball bearings and cam followers.

 

[dlundblad]

Your plan seems very sound. We had one on a job site they easily had 200+ hrs of use from us alone. (I had offered to change the oil a few times; would have used M1 0w40.) It did fine until it continued to run without cranking out voltage and we sent it back to the shop.

 

[Nessism1]

Odd that one would find much on the magnet. The engines have a plastic camshaft, rubber timing belt, plastic oil slinger, aluminum cylinder bore and so on. The ferrous parts are the crank, ball bearings and cam followers.

There are ball bearings in that engine?

 

[Vexorg]

Odd that one would find much on the magnet. The engines have a plastic camshaft, rubber timing belt, plastic oil slinger, aluminum cylinder bore and so on. The ferrous parts are the crank, ball bearings and cam followers.

I am going to run mine tonight to get some fuel stabilizer into it, I will take pictures of the magnet before and after it runs for 20 minutes or so. Now that you say it, there may be something else going on, or hopefully it was just a one time thing. My genset is a 2008 model and it was this spring I added the magnetic dipstick.

 

[Vexorg]

Before and after. Still some junk on the magnet, going to do an oil change this weekend.

 

[Cujet]

There are ball bearings in that engine?

Yes on the crankshaft