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What are your intervals for changing fluids on your machine and what weights are you using?
Synthetic? I've been running Napa 10/30 synthetic and changing every 50 hrs. How about blower oil?100 hours
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yes, syn
Only one choice for blower oil that I know of..
I pull into Express Oil once a month
How's your new truck Matt?I'm every 50-75 hrs with 5w30synthetic on my liquid cooled engine
Blower oil? I forget. Whatever my manual tells me to use
Water pump is 15w40 oil every 500hrs with blower
I'm loving it. I'll be loving it more when I, hopefully, get my truck mount installed this weekendHow's your new truck Matt?
Thats the oil I use in all my engines and compressors.100 hours
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Just regular oil?I try to do the engine on my slide in every 50 hours. In the busy season it's more like 100. I do the blower and pump oil once a year and lube blower bearings every oil change.
Do you think that's the reason kohler engines start leaking oil so soon?Automotive oils should not be used on air-cooled engines.
There was a friendly debate on Facebook, just recently on the water pump oil. I was arguing with myself on my water pump's oil, because a few other guys said to use 30wND (ISO100) oil in the water pump , yet my manual says to use 15w40. I looked it up in General Pump's manual and it says that 15w40 is compatible with ISO100. How can that be? Is 15w40 a non detergent oil??? And isn't detergent bad for our water pumps?I'm every 50-75 hrs with 5w30synthetic on my liquid cooled engine
Blower oil? I forget. Whatever my manual tells me to use
Water pump is 15w40 oil every 500hrs with blower
Do you think that's the reason kohler engines start leaking oil so soon?
So what is your go to oil?I can't speak for that, other than that, it's about the Zinc.
Potentially very-high-temp air cooled engines require an oil with anti-wear components that add additional protection at higher temps.
Zinc provides high heat protection that surpasses even the anti-wear properties of the best synthetic base stocks by forming a glass-like film at higher temps.
Without this added layer of protection from Zinc, even full synthetics can burn at higher heats.
How hot does your car/van engine get compared to what your slide-in engine can get?
Years ago, most quality AUTOMOTIVE oils had adequate Zinc levels, so you could get away with using them in hotter air-cooled engines, and is the reason old-timers will state they used XXX brand for years without problems, which was true.
The Gubberment now regulates Zinc content in auto-spec'd oils because it contributes to catalytic converter failure, which the auto industry does not want.
Adequate Zinc levels can now only be found in air-cooled specific oils, like small engine Mfr blends, bike oils, racing oils, and top shelf premiums and such, so it pays to seek them out and pay a little more.
Most any bike shops will stock some of the good sh!t.
So what is your go to oil?
He uses a portable... Aside from which outlet to use, I'd take it with a grain of salt....![]()