Oil For Portable Generator
Just ran generator for five hour break end period. Going to change oil, calls for 10-30 4 cycle oil, see that some folks use synthetic oil. Checking with group to see if most use synthetic oil in g...
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4X4Dodger wrote:OpenRangePullen_Ford wrote:
I wouldn't use synthetic oil in a gen set. Its just a waste of money regardless of how little oil the gen requires. Stick with the conventional oil. Synthetic oils are for high performance engines, and once you go synthetic there is no going back.
This is an old wives tale. The Natl Petroluem Institute has answered this question numerous times. You Can return to non synthetic oils after using the synthetic and in fact they can be mixed. They are all petroluem based.
They do make synthetic blends.
That would really mess up the theory that you can't go back. LOL
