Small generators - Oil leaks typical?
Went to move my Ryobi RYI2000T after sitting for a ~year and found most of the oil had leaked out. No obvious oil leaking when I last used it. It's 4yrs old and used very little. Not finding an obv...
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That's not typical of most small engines. Likely culprit is a crankcase gasket. You might get lucky and are able to tighten the bolts on the bottom of the engine to reseal the gasket but probabilities of that are low.
Two solutions come to mind: Either consider it a self-draining oil system where half the change is done for you, only needing to add oil whenever in use or pull the engine out, remove the lower part of the crankcase, install new gasket, and attach base again.
Two solutions come to mind: Either consider it a self-draining oil system where half the change is done for you, only needing to add oil whenever in use or pull the engine out, remove the lower part of the crankcase, install new gasket, and attach base again.
