Replacement Generator

[beancounterman]

Some quick comments.

I have about 30 years experience around big coaches with diesel generators. In
the early
years, these gensets were virtually all Perkins powered. Later, Yamar has been
the little
diesel engine of choice. Anyway, both brands have been almost bullet-proof from
the
reliability standpoint. In addition, they are long-lived to the point that very
few get to the
point of needing overhaul or replacement. I'd guess that in most cases, 10,000
hours is
attainable, maybe more.

Regarding oil change intervals, how about doing oil sampling to validate
extended change
intervals rather than guessing? I think any large generator or truck shop can
take periodic
samples and send them to a good lab until you validate an extended interval. I'd
also
suggest using a major brand diesel synthetic lube oil like Mobil Delvac 1 if
you're going for
extended change intervals.

Beancounterman

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Hohnstein" <MHOHNSTEIN@w...>
wrote:
> That's inspiring, I felt guilt because the truck genset has 200+ hrs since oil
change. I
might stretch it as I don't like the Genewreck that much anyhow. On the other
hand a
friend of mine lost a rod bearing on his 7.5 Onan at 6000 hrs and I doubt he
changed the
oil on time.
> Mike Hohnstein
> Germantown, WI
> 83FC35
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: randydupree
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 7:05 AM
> Subject: Re: Fw: [WanderlodgeForum] Replacement Generator
>
>
> i have a buddy with some semis,they haul frozen foods in a refer
trailer,they change oil
at 1000 hours in the engine on the refer unit.it never shuts down...its about
the same tupe
deal we have,4 cyl diesel engine,it does have a bigger oil pan,it holds more
oil..i run my
genny for days on end,and i never service it while on the road,the oil level
never drops so i
don't worrie about it..almost 6000 hours on mine,and if it blows up,i'm going to
powertech and buy a new one!! randydupree93wb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jay Darst
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 10:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: [WanderlodgeForum] Replacement Generator
>
>
> Me too, Randy. Do you think 336 hours on that oil change was a
> stretch?
>
> I think the start-up warm-up, cool off, start-up warm-up, cool off,
> start-up warm-up, cool off, start-up warm-up, cool off, start-up
> warm-up, cool off, start-up warm-up, cool off has GOT to be the
> reason for oil changes. You know, fire it up-make coffee-shut it
> off. Thats what is hard on things.
>
> You using a Perkins/Kohler?
>
> Jay Darst
> 85PT40SPRINGFIELDIL