Champion 2K generator oil
My new Champion 2K generator 100565 specifies using 10-30 automotive oil for first 5 hour break-in. I would think a small engine 10-30 would be a better choice. I have Honda power equipment 10-30 on h...
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ktmrfs wrote:
the small engine oil may have additives that are no longer in or in much lower concentrations in vehicle engine oils. SN oils have reduced levels of zinc, something that is important in engines with pushrod flat tappet camshafts to reduce tappet wear. Most engines now are either overhead cam or roller cam and don't have the pressure on the cam that older pushrod flat tappet engines did.
don't know what cam the generator has, nor if it would even have enough pressure on a flat tappet cam to be an issue with todays low zinc oils.
If it was me, for the first 5 hours I'd use what the mfg recomends.
Champs are all OHV engines. Never wore out a camshaft in any push rod engine so long as it had sufficient oil.
