First Oil Change Onan 5500
We just purchased a new motorhome recently. I noticed in the owners manual for the generator that they suggested the first oil change to be done at 20 hours. I already had about 25 hours on the gene...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:
Not sure what would be different but my Commercial 6500LP was easy to fill with required amount of oil.
BTW 15 min would have been plenty long running with a load to fully heat the gen.
I have two other generators (one being a 8K commercial) and they were easy to change. It just took forever to get that last 1/2 quart in. Had to go VERY slow or it would overflow. Next time I will use a small stool as my legs were killing me from squatting down next to the generator compartment under the slide!
The owners manual said to run 30 minutes to normal operating temperature. I ran it around 45 minutes to an hour because I was inside the motorhome doing some cleaning and needed the AC units running in the hot Florida sun.
Burch
