Hi all,
I have what might be a dumb question but maybe not.
I have a 10kw portable generator I built that I store in a conditioned crawl space. It runs on natural gas using a B&S 570 vtwin with spin on filter. The engine was built by B&S for natural gas, it's not a conversion.
I've got Mobil 1 extended performance in it, I think 5w30.
My question is under these conditions is it still necessary to change the oil once a year even though it's got maybe an hour of run time on it from exercise? There's very little moisture, no soot and no gasoline running into the oil in this situation.
The oil literally smells new. No signs of moisture etc but I have no idea if the oil is oxidized etc from just time.
I have what might be a dumb question but maybe not.
I have a 10kw portable generator I built that I store in a conditioned crawl space. It runs on natural gas using a B&S 570 vtwin with spin on filter. The engine was built by B&S for natural gas, it's not a conversion.
I've got Mobil 1 extended performance in it, I think 5w30.
My question is under these conditions is it still necessary to change the oil once a year even though it's got maybe an hour of run time on it from exercise? There's very little moisture, no soot and no gasoline running into the oil in this situation.
The oil literally smells new. No signs of moisture etc but I have no idea if the oil is oxidized etc from just time.