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jayhorowitz
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Apr 08, 2015

Onan 4KY Consuming Oil After Change, Breather Tube/Crankcase

In an effort to get more hands-on in my generator maintenance I inadvertently caused some trouble. Last week I changed my generator oil myself for the first time. I suspect that I didn't allow all of ...
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jayhorowitz
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Apr 09, 2015
64thunderbolt wrote:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCkQtwIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9kdEUXoYdfU&ei=FhEmVYCOGYKyoQSY0oGgDA&usg=AFQjCNFbPz8SF2LvEhpkK4-_uYcNJQAfmA&sig2=TYSc0dsxpjmrLdbREOSx1g

Is this how you did it?


Yes. I'm with you on trying to swap the oil from synthetic to regular, but what mechanism would explain why I would be experiencing the effects that I am from synthetic oil?

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