Being in Hurricane induced Florida, I got to put some of my generators to use that see little use. I usually use the same ones for camping but I have some that I maintain but use very little. The Wacker 5600 with the Honda GTX340 engine is one of them. I haven't probably used it in two years. I got my power back the same day but my son was without power for a week and half and he had the Honda. It was full of 15w40 oil, still nice and gold when I dropped it off although it was last changed a year ago, it didn't have but 5 minutes on it. It started 2 and pull. He ran it full time, I "thought" he would check the oil. I told him it had a sensor though so I guess he figured it would shut off if it got low. It ran fine the whole time. I brought it back to storage and thought I go ahead and service it and drained about 4 ounces of black tar out of it. Luckily it didn't blow. He said it wasn't smoking and he never smelled any oil burning. I should have checked if it had spark with the oil drained. I changed it with 10w30 Deli 400. I ll take it camping and see what it does, but I take a back up in case. Surprised me because it never used oil before. I checked the black wire it was still connected. They have the internal sensor so they are terriable to change. I ll just know to watch it and check it frequently.
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