a friend of mine snagged an older Kawasaki 3000 watt generator; info on the side states to use 20wt oil for winter & 30wt oil for summer; he's got a small amount of 20wt oil on hand, but I've never seen any dedicated 20wt or 30wt generator oil anywhere and need suggestions to pass onto my friend...thanks
older Kawasaki generator...need oil suggestions
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Mobil 1 High Mileage 10w30 summer, Mobil 1 High Mileage 5w30 Winter, or all year round if you want to change yearly.
Conventional 10w30 = Okay if your cheap, ie: Pennzoil conventional
Pennzoil Platinum 10w30 is good too!
Conventional 10w30 = Okay if your cheap, ie: Pennzoil conventional
Pennzoil Platinum 10w30 is good too!
Originally Posted By: 2cool
I now use Mobil 1 5W-40 for my generator. Never a question of thin enough a low winter temps or heavy enough for summer heat. Cheap when considering you only need 20 oz. or so.
You mean Turbo Diesel Truck or ESP formula?
I now use Mobil 1 5W-40 for my generator. Never a question of thin enough a low winter temps or heavy enough for summer heat. Cheap when considering you only need 20 oz. or so.
You mean Turbo Diesel Truck or ESP formula?
Originally Posted By: 901Memphis
Mobil 1 High Mileage 10w30 summer, Mobil 1 High Mileage 5w30 Winter, or all year round if you want to change yearly.
Conventional 10w30 = Okay if your cheap, ie: Pennzoil conventional
Pennzoil Platinum 10w30 is good too!
Ok if your cheap?
Do you own any generators. I own 7. I can tell you from experience using conventional has nothing to do with cheap. Its cost effective. Period.
Generators will suffer fuel dilution if not run for many hours at every start up. I change the oil in our generators and compressors every 100 hours,which equals 2 weeks run time.
Due to the fuel dilution potential there is no point in using a synthetic since extended intervals on these smaller generators isn't sensible,since they are splash lubricated and no oil filtration whatsoever.
Op.
I use an hdeo in the summer,changed every 100 hours,and 5w30 in the winter at the same interval. I've got compressors with 15000 hours on them and have never had a generator or compressor wear out.
I use mos2 every second interval and tc-w3 in the fuel.
My sales/service guy tells everyone who will listen about my equipment and the astronomical hours that I've accumulated. He says it must be the mos2 every second interval,because no other crew is getting the service life I do.
He sold me the 2 compressors 8-9 years ago with the 15000+ hours on them,and the 14 more we own as well,so he knows the hours are honest.
No other crew gets anywhere near the hours I do from equipment. I use pails of supertech oil because of the volume of equipment I service jugs just aren't enough.
Mobil 1 High Mileage 10w30 summer, Mobil 1 High Mileage 5w30 Winter, or all year round if you want to change yearly.
Conventional 10w30 = Okay if your cheap, ie: Pennzoil conventional
Pennzoil Platinum 10w30 is good too!
Ok if your cheap?
Do you own any generators. I own 7. I can tell you from experience using conventional has nothing to do with cheap. Its cost effective. Period.
Generators will suffer fuel dilution if not run for many hours at every start up. I change the oil in our generators and compressors every 100 hours,which equals 2 weeks run time.
Due to the fuel dilution potential there is no point in using a synthetic since extended intervals on these smaller generators isn't sensible,since they are splash lubricated and no oil filtration whatsoever.
Op.
I use an hdeo in the summer,changed every 100 hours,and 5w30 in the winter at the same interval. I've got compressors with 15000 hours on them and have never had a generator or compressor wear out.
I use mos2 every second interval and tc-w3 in the fuel.
My sales/service guy tells everyone who will listen about my equipment and the astronomical hours that I've accumulated. He says it must be the mos2 every second interval,because no other crew is getting the service life I do.
He sold me the 2 compressors 8-9 years ago with the 15000+ hours on them,and the 14 more we own as well,so he knows the hours are honest.
No other crew gets anywhere near the hours I do from equipment. I use pails of supertech oil because of the volume of equipment I service jugs just aren't enough.
It would have to be construction or rental to rack up 15k hours in 8-9 years. It isn't unheard of, but it is uncommon to see air cooled machines survive those kind of hours. Granted, they're usually treated like unnecessary junk until they fail. Then the owners talk about how well they treated them and that it shouldn't have failed.
If i had that many generators i would just run a HDEO 10w30
Originally Posted By: PhilsSmallEngine
It would have to be construction or rental to rack up 15k hours in 8-9 years. It isn't unheard of, but it is uncommon to see air cooled machines survive those kind of hours. Granted, they're usually treated like unnecessary junk until they fail. Then the owners talk about how well they treated them and that it shouldn't have failed.
Not a rental. I bought them brand new alm
It would have to be construction or rental to rack up 15k hours in 8-9 years. It isn't unheard of, but it is uncommon to see air cooled machines survive those kind of hours. Granted, they're usually treated like unnecessary junk until they fail. Then the owners talk about how well they treated them and that it shouldn't have failed.
Not a rental. I bought them brand new alm
Originally Posted By: PhilsSmallEngine
It would have to be construction or rental to rack up 15k hours in 8-9 years. It isn't unheard of, but it is uncommon to see air cooled machines survive those kind of hours. Granted, they're usually treated like unnecessary junk until they fail. Then the owners talk about how well they treated them and that it shouldn't have failed.
Not a rental. I bought them brand new almost 9 years ago. Both compressors run 10 hours a day,6 days a week and are only taken out of service every second Saturday to change the oil.
I make my living with air,and generators for power.
It is very rare to not have every compressor running every day.
When we first started out those 2 high hour compressors were the only 2 we had,each crew had one as it was just my brother and I running crews.
So those 2 pumps was all we had for 3-4 years. Then we went from 2 crews/8 men to up to 6 crews and 30 men.
So the hours add up quickly.
Let's round about the hours here.
2000 hours a year(if we are slow)x 4 years when we were just 2 crews.
That's 8000 hours on each pump.
Then jump to 30 men building apartments and condos,and still maintaining 4-5 house framing crews for the past 5 years at 2000 hours a year again equals 10000 hours,added to the 8000 when we were still a small outfit and my 15000 hour estimate is actually low since this is going on our 10th year already as a company.
We are the largest non union framer in Saskatchewan.
It would have to be construction or rental to rack up 15k hours in 8-9 years. It isn't unheard of, but it is uncommon to see air cooled machines survive those kind of hours. Granted, they're usually treated like unnecessary junk until they fail. Then the owners talk about how well they treated them and that it shouldn't have failed.
Not a rental. I bought them brand new almost 9 years ago. Both compressors run 10 hours a day,6 days a week and are only taken out of service every second Saturday to change the oil.
I make my living with air,and generators for power.
It is very rare to not have every compressor running every day.
When we first started out those 2 high hour compressors were the only 2 we had,each crew had one as it was just my brother and I running crews.
So those 2 pumps was all we had for 3-4 years. Then we went from 2 crews/8 men to up to 6 crews and 30 men.
So the hours add up quickly.
Let's round about the hours here.
2000 hours a year(if we are slow)x 4 years when we were just 2 crews.
That's 8000 hours on each pump.
Then jump to 30 men building apartments and condos,and still maintaining 4-5 house framing crews for the past 5 years at 2000 hours a year again equals 10000 hours,added to the 8000 when we were still a small outfit and my 15000 hour estimate is actually low since this is going on our 10th year already as a company.
We are the largest non union framer in Saskatchewan.
Clevy you just need to put your air compressor routine in your signature.
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