Good afternoon all,
About six months ago, I bought a Champion Power Equipment 6.5HP engine when Costco was having their blow-out sale. It's basically a Chinese clone of the Honda 6.5HP engine, which I think is a GX-200. I also have a generator that uses one of these clone engines, but instead of being a "Champion Power Equipment" brand, it's a Jiang Dong brand. (For what it's worth, the generator runs extremely well and starts much easier than my twin-cylinder Vietnam-era 2A016 MEP-25 genset.)
Manual says to use 10W-30 and I initially filled it with Mobil1 10W-30 as that is what I had on the shelf. About that time, I remember reading an article/webpage on these Chinese engines, which highly recomended using xW-40, like Rotella T Synthetic, instead of the 10W-30 required by the manual. Apparently the 10W-30 yielded short engine life, while the 5W-40 yielded long life. (Or as long as you'd expect from a $120 engine.)
I've searched high and low for where I got this (including about three hours here manipulating the search) and can't find it! Anyone here familiar with these engines and the diesel xW-40 recomendation over 10W-30?
As an interesting aside, you can find many manuals for this type of engine online. Some say SAE 30, others 10W-30, and even some will say 15W-40!!! I'm not that concerned about using the 5W-40 Rotella T synthetic in - just trying to determine if my memory is anywhere near accurate!!!
thanks!
ben
About six months ago, I bought a Champion Power Equipment 6.5HP engine when Costco was having their blow-out sale. It's basically a Chinese clone of the Honda 6.5HP engine, which I think is a GX-200. I also have a generator that uses one of these clone engines, but instead of being a "Champion Power Equipment" brand, it's a Jiang Dong brand. (For what it's worth, the generator runs extremely well and starts much easier than my twin-cylinder Vietnam-era 2A016 MEP-25 genset.)
Manual says to use 10W-30 and I initially filled it with Mobil1 10W-30 as that is what I had on the shelf. About that time, I remember reading an article/webpage on these Chinese engines, which highly recomended using xW-40, like Rotella T Synthetic, instead of the 10W-30 required by the manual. Apparently the 10W-30 yielded short engine life, while the 5W-40 yielded long life. (Or as long as you'd expect from a $120 engine.)
I've searched high and low for where I got this (including about three hours here manipulating the search) and can't find it! Anyone here familiar with these engines and the diesel xW-40 recomendation over 10W-30?
As an interesting aside, you can find many manuals for this type of engine online. Some say SAE 30, others 10W-30, and even some will say 15W-40!!! I'm not that concerned about using the 5W-40 Rotella T synthetic in - just trying to determine if my memory is anywhere near accurate!!!
thanks!
ben