On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:07:56 +0000, geoff wrote:

In message , Clot
writes
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

I'd have thought that fork oil isn't intended for high-speed engine
lubrication/cooling use. Besides, if you use a non-approved oil any
warranty claim would be very likely contested.
10/30 oil is so cheap that it would be daft to use anything else. Keep
the SAE 20 stuff for the bike. Horses for courses, as they say...

I used to use Duckham's Q 20/50 oil - 7/6d a gallon from the Motorists
Discount Centre locally ...

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Frank Erskine