Oil recommendations cold weather generator
Hi, I joined the "dark side" last spring and bought a Yamaha 3000 sIEB generator. I'm going to need to run it at -30 c (-22 F). Any suggestions as to the viscosity of oil I should use?
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smkettner wrote:
If the manual calls for 10w30 that is exactly what I would run.
Have you ever experienced -30 or colder temps?
If you've ever had to start equipment in those temps you would realize a 0w-30 vs a 10w-30 can mean the difference in getting it started vs just having a cold lump of steel to look at.
FWIW The coldest I have started our gensets have been -62c. Not gonna happen with 10w-30 without a heat source.
