Isuzu 4cyl 2.2L common rail oil ran for 5 years and 3,400hrs

[oil pan 4]

In the immortal words of Gretta hronberg "how dare you".
I thought the 905cc and 1005cc Kubota were unkillable.
I think there's a new sheriff in town when it comes to unkillable diesel engines. That's a thousand more hours than my highest hour oil change Kubota and that Kubota was running poorly, ran rough and couldn't hold half it's rated load.
This 3,400hr mq generator with 3,400hrs on the oil still runs great, it smokes a little running a 5kw load. It's a 25kw rated generator that will run 20kw all day no problem.
I'm working on an adaptor plug to put more of a load on them.
Oil: whatever they fill them with at MQ power, plus some saftykleen to replace what oil had been consumed during normal operating.
Oil filter: whatever Isuzu puts on their new engines.
Fuel: I don't think it was running ULSD.
It has 5 holes in the filter plate.
The oil was super black I flushed it with used synthetic hydraulic fluid for a few minutes. Got it hot, dumped the oil, filled with second hand easter/PAO hydro, ran it for a few minutes after it had cooled off. Left it over night, ran it again long enough for the engine to get the engine warm to the touch, dumped the hydraulic fluid and took off the filter with a chain visegrip. After 5 years that oil filter was really on there.
Visegrips are my vice.
Can you see all those beautiful sludge flecks?
I've got the filter wrapped in paper towels and wicking away as much oil as possible.

It also had the original air filter, coming soon in the air filter forum. It's caked.

 

[JavierH19]

3,400hrs on the oil that's incredible.

 

[53' Stude]

In the immortal words of Gretta hronberg "how dare you".
I thought the 905cc and 1005cc Kubota were unkillable.
I think there's a new sheriff in town when it comes to unkillable diesel engines. That's a thousand more hours than my highest hour oil change Kubota and that Kubota was running poorly, ran rough and couldn't hold half it's rated load.
This 3,400hr mq generator with 3,400hrs on the oil still runs great, it smokes a little running a 5kw load. It's a 25kw rated generator that will run 20kw all day no problem.
I'm working on an adaptor plug to put more of a load on them.
Oil: whatever they fill them with at MQ power, plus some saftykleen to replace what oil had been consumed during normal operating.
Oil filter: whatever Isuzu puts on their new engines.
Fuel: I don't think it was running ULSD.
It has 5 holes in the filter plate.
The oil was super black I flushed it with used synthetic hydraulic fluid for a few minutes. Got it hot, dumped the oil, filled with second hand easter/PAO hydro, ran it for a few minutes after it had cooled off. Left it over night, ran it again long enough for the engine to get the engine warm to the touch, dumped the hydraulic fluid and took off the filter with a chain visegrip. After 5 years that oil filter was really on there.
Visegrips are my vice.
Can you see all those beautiful sludge flecks?
I've got the filter wrapped in paper towels and wicking away as much oil as possible.
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It also had the original air filter, coming soon in the air filter forum. It's caked.

Without more pics it’s a wild guess the filter did ok. Love threads with not many photos. In words of Deon sanders, “CMON MAN!”

 

[fantastic]

Can you see all those beautiful sludge flecks?
I've got the filter wrapped in paper towels and wicking away as much oil as possible.
It also had the original air filter, coming soon in the air filter forum. It's caked.

A UOA would be cool but I guess not doing one? Really, no idea on the oil grade or top off amounts?

3,400hrs on the oil that's incredible.

OR cough, cough,
Always fun to watch folks push equipment though.

 

[webfors]

Wowza, serious time in use. My snowblower probably has 15 cumulative hours over 3 years and I feel bad for not changing it.

 

[Oliveoil2]

Ya, I’m not buying this post without more proof.

 

[oil pan 4]

Wowza, serious time in use. My snowblower probably has 15 cumulative hours over 3 years and I feel bad for not changing it.

Put some diesel oil in it and don't worry about it. It's good to change unfiltered single cylinder gas engine oil around 1 to 3 hours on the first oil change 20 to 50 hours thereafter.

 

[oil pan 4]

Ya, I’m not buying this post without more proof.

It's an oil filter painted the same exact color as the engine with 3,400hrs on the meter.
I'd like to think someone changed at least the oil, but the people in possession of the equipment don't care as long as it runs. All the other gear these guys were using went hundreds to thousands of hours and years overdue on everything.
Someone dropped the ball in keeping up with it. I only see it when it comes to the yard.

 

[webfors]

Put some diesel oil in it and don't worry about it. It's good to change unfiltered single cylinder gas engine oil around 1 to 3 hours on the first oil change 20 to 50 hours thereafter.

Yep, I run T5 10w30 in all small engines, including generators. Generators get changes every 3 years or 50 hours.

 

[oil pan 4]

Pretty unremarkable.

 

[53' Stude]

Pretty unremarkable.

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Betting by looks of endcaps it’s Premium Guard made.

 

[oil pan 4]

Betting by looks of endcaps it’s Premium Guard made.

Probably made in 2019, had a metal inner support with lots of holes.

 

[Rand]

that doesnt look like 3400 hours... on 1 oil change.

also a generator that ran an average of 13 hours per week for 5 years straight?

 

[oil pan 4]

that doesnt look like 3400 hours... on 1 oil change.

also a generator that ran an average of 13 hours per week for 5 years straight?

Date of manufacture was 9 of 2019 then probably didn't run at all for a year or 2 during the 2020 covid mass hysteria.
Between covid and not having any hours on it no one changed the oil, or if they did they only changed the oil, not the filter. Then it got shipped off late 2022 or early 2023 and got ran probably a few days days a week up until about February of this year.
They took 2 of them. The other one only had like 1,200 hours on it when it came back, was made in 2017 and had an OCD on there, not a factory painted filter.