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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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doughere
Explorer
Feb 21, 2016
LittleBill wrote:
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 in hours.

Clicky

I never thought a genny would hit 18k, synth or not


Proves yamaha generator is pretty reliable. "Proves" nothing about oil. Would it run perfectly now instead of a little smokey if it had been fed synthetic ??

Doug

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