Onan BFA Oil - Why not 20W-50?
Note: Our typical camping climate range runs from 10F to 115F (if we go to Redding, CA in the summer... otherwise up to about 105 in Southern Oregon.) Clearly Onan/Cummins have updated their recom...
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RJ. When you go to overhaul an Onan you will indeed possibly lose your life due to a heart attack over the cost of parts and labor. You assssssssssssssume EVERYONE is the same. Ten years and 200 hours on a genset. My father's boss was a knothead. He owned a '55 Buick Roadmaster. Bragged about never changing oil in 70,000 miles. Near Curry Creek CA. in 1959 while on the road, the engine blew up, caught fire, burned 400+ acres of Marsh Creek Canyon grassland and the BLM sent him a bill for 7,000 dollars for fighting the fire. Real brilliant.
Reality says, where ya gonna be at 10,000 hours of operation? My Kubota is well maintained and shows a "like-new" cylinder leakdown test after 8,000 hours.
For folks who seldom use a generator, the oil issue is a moot point. For high demand, long hours of operation, it's a different world.
Seen LOTS of broken engines with La Brea Tar Pits grade oil in the crankcase.
Reality says, where ya gonna be at 10,000 hours of operation? My Kubota is well maintained and shows a "like-new" cylinder leakdown test after 8,000 hours.
For folks who seldom use a generator, the oil issue is a moot point. For high demand, long hours of operation, it's a different world.
Seen LOTS of broken engines with La Brea Tar Pits grade oil in the crankcase.
