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bman916
Explorer
Mar 07, 2015

5500 generator keeps shutting down after break in oil change

So I just did the breakin oil change on my cummins gas generator. I used 10-40 and the oil level is right where it should be. When I fire it up after about 5 min it shuts off and gives me fault code 2...
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chevyman2
Explorer
Mar 07, 2015
bman. Make sure you use an ONAN oil filter. Or Generac, if you have a Generac. Onan is real strict on the filters. Go back and read Dakota's post. He is right on the money. We get this many times every month at the shop. Wrong oil/wrong filter.

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