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LittleBill
Explorer
Feb 18, 2016

Synthetic oil worth it? 18k hour yamaha generator says no.

I know this is going to start a war, figured I post it anyway link is below for a EF2000iS using Pennzoil Conventional 10W40 Motor Oil that has run 18,000 hours. Actually he has multiples over 10k ...
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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Feb 20, 2016
Well I read the article. and it confirmed what I already believed, Yahama Generators are well made.

As to oil. It appears he does regular oil changes. Using the proper grade of oil. Regular or highly refined "Syntehtic" or true Synthetic makes little difference if you change it often enough.

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