First impression on champion 3100 inverter
I decided to give the generator it first run yesterday before it gets it's real use later this week. At I went to add oil and noticed some was on the dipstick. I got a little nervous that this may hav...
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mrad wrote:LittleBill wrote:
running with no load is a bad move for breaking in a motor. i break most of my stuff in with 80-100% load. and change the oil a couple times in the first 10 hours
Hmmm.... Wish the manual would have stated that.
maybe i should say its not a standard practice i learned it from reading rebuild books. they mentioned building up to a high load relatively quickly, and varying the load. this is done to break in the valves and the piston rings before the honing is gone.
i do scale up to the 80%-100% load. i do not start at it.
