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bsheet2
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Aug 04, 2019

Generator Oil Change Frequency

The gen set in my Thor Challenger is an Onan QG 5500 Gas. The RV manual says change the oil every 150 hours. That seems pretty frequent. If boon docking when it is hot we could do that many hours in a couple of weeks.

Any idea if this is correct?? Every 150 hours of run time??
  • If you know more than the manufacturer...

    Compare my Silverado driving...50 miles per hour for 150 hours...7,500 miles. And 7,500 is the recommended oil change interval.
  • sounds about right. my stand-by home genny specifies an oil change every 100-hrs or every 12-months whichever occurs first. i'd go by the mfgs specs.

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