Just recently got a Champion Power Equipment 2000W inverter generator. I filled it with the factory oil and the manual called out for an oil change at 5 hours but I loaned it to a friend who had a power outage for a few days. I think he ran it a total of 10 hours on the original oil. I don't think it hurt anything but the oil came out really greyish.
Anyway, I filled it with QS Defy 5W30 and I'm wondering when I should change it again. The manual calls out every 50 hours or "sooner if running under heavy loads" but it doesn't specifiy. Wondering if I should change it out again around 10 hours because of the way the original oil came out at 10 hours. I've been running it every 2 weeks for 20 minutes like the manual says to do. The generator seems to run great and starts on the first pull every time and idles very quiet and smooth.
Anyway, I filled it with QS Defy 5W30 and I'm wondering when I should change it again. The manual calls out every 50 hours or "sooner if running under heavy loads" but it doesn't specifiy. Wondering if I should change it out again around 10 hours because of the way the original oil came out at 10 hours. I've been running it every 2 weeks for 20 minutes like the manual says to do. The generator seems to run great and starts on the first pull every time and idles very quiet and smooth.
