Do Onan generators burn oil?
I have about 100 hours on our Onan 5500 in our 2018 Miramar. I changed the oil around 20 hours and I hadn't checked the oil since. We took a trip this weekend and I checked the oil. It looked like ...
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Returning to this thread reminds me of the first Generator I ever worked on. Belonged to a family named Sexton in Coldwater MI. It was installed in the ICE Cream Truck (You know the kind the kids chase) which put 3 kids through college.
IT would not crank.. Well I tracked it down to a busted bolt. Re-attached the wires and it started.. IT was a "Fill up the crankcase and check the gas" Generator (Burned more oil (relative to the tank size) than gas.
A major overhaul later and it did not burn oil any more.. Just gas.
Made good Ice Cream though.
IT would not crank.. Well I tracked it down to a busted bolt. Re-attached the wires and it started.. IT was a "Fill up the crankcase and check the gas" Generator (Burned more oil (relative to the tank size) than gas.
A major overhaul later and it did not burn oil any more.. Just gas.
Made good Ice Cream though.
