geoff wrote:
In message , Clot
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geoff wrote:
I bought a little 900W genny the other week

It says to use 10/30 oil, I've got some SAE 20 fork oil lying
around, should that be OK ?

When are you most likely to use it? Power outage in the winter and
wishing to run a critical unit? Might be a bugger to start. For the
amount of oil involved, I think I would spend the pennies on some
10/30. It really depends upon the intended use, I guess.


I was more thinking that for running it in, if I change the oil after
8 hours for initial bedding in crud removal, what I have sitting on
the shelf would be adequate

If I read you right, what you are intending is to use SAE20 for running in
and then go to 10/30? Do you think you need to "run it in". I have to
confess I do not know about light engines these days.

Bought my wife a new 206cc for Christmas in 2006. I was shocked to find that
Peugeot did not require a first service until either 12k miles or two years!
She's only done 5000m in it so far.

I'm of the old school and prefer to have an initial service to remove any
possible crud.