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Mobil 1 oil and generator
What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home
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Ralph Mowery wrote: What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? I use Mobil 1 5w30 in everything I own that uses oil, except for my small diesel tractor which gets Mobil 1 5w40. This includes a couple generators, a pressure washer, riding mower, vac bagger, chipper, truck, etc. |
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Ralph Mowery wrote:
What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? Think its a little overkill. But what the hell. Don't think I own any gas engines that have ever blown up or had problems with blow by. Just changing oil at required times is the key to keep engine running for ever. -- "You can lead them to LINUX but you can't make them THINK" Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586 |
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Ralph Mowery wrote:
What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? Do you _need_ a multigrade in it? Is 5w30 specified for it? How old is it? -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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"J. Clarke" wrote in message ... Ralph Mowery wrote: What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? Do you _need_ a multigrade in it? Is 5w30 specified for it? How old is it? It is new and never had any oil in it (maybe factory test ?) Book lists 30W, 10W30 regular oil and 5W30 synthetic. Book says that below 40 deg F it may be hard to start if 30 W oil is used. I live where it may get to 10 deg F or higher when I plan on needing the generator to power the house. I was thinking on the Mobil 1 might be a beter oil as the generator might only be used once every year or two for actual power, but would be cranked up every couple of weeks just to keep fresh gas in the system. I will be using the Stay-bil long term storage addaitve to the gas. As it only takes one quart to fill it, the cost is not that much no mater what kind of oil I use. I was thinking that Mobil 1 might not break down as fast as regular oil would over a long period of time between changes. It would not have that much actual run time, but a lot of just sitting around. |
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On Jan 3, 12:54*pm, "Ralph Mowery" wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in message ... Ralph Mowery wrote: What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? Do you _need_ a multigrade in it? *Is 5w30 specified for it? *How old is it? It is new and never had any oil in it (maybe factory test ?) Book lists 30W, 10W30 regular oil and 5W30 synthetic. Book says that below 40 deg F it may be hard to start if *30 W oil is used. I live where it may get to 10 deg F or higher when I plan on needing the generator to power the house. I was thinking on the Mobil 1 might be a beter oil as the generator might only be used once every year or two for actual power, but would be cranked up every couple of weeks just to keep fresh gas in the system. *I will be using the Stay-bil long term storage addaitve to the gas. As it only takes one quart to fill it, the cost is not that much no mater what kind of oil I use. I was thinking that Mobil 1 might not break down as fast as regular oil would over a long period of time between changes. *It would not have that much actual run time, but a lot of just sitting around. I'm using regular 10W30. Feel same as you in that the recommended 30W will be too viscous if I need generator on a cold day. Believe manual says to check oil level more often if you use multigrade. |
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I like Castrol GT 10w30. Works nicely for me. On my last truck, Castrol was
the only brand that quieted the piston rod knock for more than two days. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Frank" wrote in message ... I'm using regular 10W30. Feel same as you in that the recommended 30W will be too viscous if I need generator on a cold day. Believe manual says to check oil level more often if you use multigrade. |
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Ralph Mowery wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in message ... Ralph Mowery wrote: What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? Do you _need_ a multigrade in it? Is 5w30 specified for it? How old is it? It is new and never had any oil in it (maybe factory test ?) Book lists 30W, 10W30 regular oil and 5W30 synthetic. Book says that below 40 deg F it may be hard to start if 30 W oil is used. I live where it may get to 10 deg F or higher when I plan on needing the generator to power the house. I was thinking on the Mobil 1 might be a beter oil as the generator might only be used once every year or two for actual power, but would be cranked up every couple of weeks just to keep fresh gas in the system. I will be using the Stay-bil long term storage addaitve to the gas. As it only takes one quart to fill it, the cost is not that much no mater what kind of oil I use. I was thinking that Mobil 1 might not break down as fast as regular oil would over a long period of time between changes. It would not have that much actual run time, but a lot of just sitting around. Motor oil in an internal combustion engine is changed mostly because it becomes contaminated not because it breaks down. Thats why you still need to change synthetics when used in an engine. If you were running it in say a gear box you could practically run it forever. |
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"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message I was thinking on the Mobil 1 might be a beter oil as the generator might only be used once every year or two for actual power, but would be cranked up every couple of weeks just to keep fresh gas in the system. I will be using the Stay-bil long term storage addaitve to the gas. As it only takes one quart to fill it, the cost is not that much no mater what kind of oil I use. I was thinking that Mobil 1 might not break down as fast as regular oil would over a long period of time between changes. It would not have that much actual run time, but a lot of just sitting around. Given the small added cost for a single quart, why not? |
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On Jan 3, 9:46*am, "Ralph Mowery" wrote:
What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? To be sure, why not ask the customer service people at the generator and/or engine manufacturer? They will likely OK it, Joe |
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On Jan 3, 9:46*am, "Ralph Mowery" wrote:
What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? It will oil quicker when cold, not break down as fast from heat and give less wear, Since depending on motor type you get from 350 - 2500 hours off a 3600 rpm gen you need the best oil. Mobil 1 is a good idea. |
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Ralph Mowery wrote:
What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? I have a Honda EU2000i. Break in using dino oil -- I used Castrol GTX 10w30. After break in, I've been using AMSOIL 100 Percent Synthetic 10W-30. Shortly before I got the genny (about 1.5 years ago), I did a bit of web research and made the decision based on that. I don't know if anything has changed (especially Mobil 1 vs Amsoil) since then. |
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On Jan 3, 2:54*pm, Erma1ina wrote:
Ralph Mowery wrote: What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? I have a Honda EU2000i. Break in using dino oil -- I used Castrol GTX 10w30. After break in, I've been using AMSOIL 100 Percent Synthetic 10W-30. Shortly before I got the genny (about 1.5 years ago), I did a bit of web research and made the decision based on that. I don't know if anything has changed (especially Mobil 1 vs Amsoil) since then. Mobil has the $ to pay the best chemists $ can buy, Amsoil is about marketing. |
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"ransley" wrote in message ... On Jan 3, 2:54 pm, Erma1ina wrote: Ralph Mowery wrote: What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? I have a Honda EU2000i. Break in using dino oil -- I used Castrol GTX 10w30. After break in, I've been using AMSOIL 100 Percent Synthetic 10W-30. Shortly before I got the genny (about 1.5 years ago), I did a bit of web research and made the decision based on that. I don't know if anything has changed (especially Mobil 1 vs Amsoil) since then. Mobil has the $ to pay the best chemists $ can buy, Amsoil is about marketing. This site says something a little different: http://www.smartsynthetics.com/artic...rms_mobil1.htm |
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Rich wrote:
"ransley" wrote in message ... On Jan 3, 2:54 pm, Erma1ina wrote: Ralph Mowery wrote: What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? I have a Honda EU2000i. Break in using dino oil -- I used Castrol GTX 10w30. After break in, I've been using AMSOIL 100 Percent Synthetic 10W-30. Shortly before I got the genny (about 1.5 years ago), I did a bit of web research and made the decision based on that. I don't know if anything has changed (especially Mobil 1 vs Amsoil) since then. Mobil has the $ to pay the best chemists $ can buy, Amsoil is about marketing. This site says something a little different: http://www.smartsynthetics.com/artic...rms_mobil1.htm Yep. And here's the data, published by an unaffiliated source, that let's the Amsoil president make those claims: http://www.vwtrendsweb.com/tech/0304vwt_synthetic_oils/ |
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Erma1ina wrote:
Rich wrote: "ransley" wrote in message ... On Jan 3, 2:54 pm, Erma1ina wrote: Ralph Mowery wrote: What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? I have a Honda EU2000i. Break in using dino oil -- I used Castrol GTX 10w30. After break in, I've been using AMSOIL 100 Percent Synthetic 10W-30. Shortly before I got the genny (about 1.5 years ago), I did a bit of web research and made the decision based on that. I don't know if anything has changed (especially Mobil 1 vs Amsoil) since then. Mobil has the $ to pay the best chemists $ can buy, Amsoil is about marketing. This site says something a little different: http://www.smartsynthetics.com/artic...rms_mobil1.htm Yep. And here's the data, published by an unaffiliated source, that let's the Amsoil president make those claims: http://www.vwtrendsweb.com/tech/0304vwt_synthetic_oils/ Oops! Wrong link. The data in the above link was for "Amsoil(old)", here's the link that contains data for both "old" and "new" Amsoil -- it's this one that shows "Amsoil(new)" beating Mobil 1 in EVERY measure. http://repairfaq.org/filipg/AUTO/F_oil_facts.html |
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On Jan 3, 8:39*pm, Erma1ina wrote:
Rich wrote: "ransley" wrote in message .... On Jan 3, 2:54 pm, Erma1ina wrote: Ralph Mowery wrote: What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? I have a Honda EU2000i. Break in using dino oil -- I used Castrol GTX 10w30. After break in, I've been using AMSOIL 100 Percent Synthetic 10W-30. Shortly before I got the genny (about 1.5 years ago), I did a bit of web research and made the decision based on that. I don't know if anything has changed (especially Mobil 1 vs Amsoil) since then. Mobil has the $ to pay the best chemists $ can buy, Amsoil is about marketing. This site says something a little different: http://www.smartsynthetics.com/artic...rms_mobil1.htm Yep. And here's the data, published by an unaffiliated source, that let's the Amsoil president make those claims: http://www.vwtrendsweb.com/tech/0304...nthetic_oils/- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Those number are not up to date for one, that data is not the whole story, and does not cover new formulations on M1 or their 2 offerings of synthetic. I have neighbors in auto and synthetic racing oil sales that know amsoil, what they use is mobil 1 in their car. I have seen bearing lock tests at my home from my friend, of all oils and Royal purple won, but this guy says Mobil one is still overall better and sold Royal Purple. Racing is different. A most superior oil is Mobil 1, 0-30. Im not at all sying Amsoil is bad or inferior but these folks sell it and own cars I dream about, their hobby and life is cars, one is Chicagos auto columnist. I guess I would use Amsiol also if I was establised as using it but I am switching to 0-30 M1, I just bought a few cases for cars. |
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replying to Rich, Tracy E HOFFMAN wrote:
I had met some chemists that work in the mobil 1 division and they told me some interesting things about it, when it was first designed they tested it to 200,000 it never broke down they were going to market it at 100,000 mile oil but the mfg got involved and they had to say follow mfg guidelines another interesting thing I went on vacation in iceland and was looking at the oil recommendation and it had a sticker on the motor mobil 1 only 50,000 mile oil change, Im guessing maybe they do that for waste since its an island and cost of disposal would be high -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...or-351473-.htm |
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On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 6:44:05 PM UTC-5, Tracy E HOFFMAN wrote:
replying to Rich, Tracy E HOFFMAN wrote: I had met some chemists that work in the mobil 1 division and they told me some interesting things about it, when it was first designed they tested it to 200,000 it never broke down they were going to market it at 100,000 mile oil but the mfg got involved and they had to say follow mfg guidelines another interesting thing I went on vacation in iceland and was looking at the oil recommendation and it had a sticker on the motor mobil 1 only 50,000 mile oil change, Im guessing maybe they do that for waste since its an island and cost of disposal would be high -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...or-351473-.htm On the other hand, BMW pushed oil change intervals to 15K for a few years, before backing down to 10K. You would think there would be an incentive for them to make it as high as possible, since their new cars get free oil changes for 50K miles. That's 5 changes vs 3 that BMW has to pay for. So I figured they must have seen something negative from 15K, but then who knows. |
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On 12/3/2019 6:44 PM, Tracy E HOFFMAN wrote:
replying to Rich, Tracy E HOFFMAN wrote: I had met some chemists that work in the mobil 1 division and they told me some interesting things about it, when it was first designed they tested it to 200,000 it never broke down they were going to market it at 100,000 mile oil but the mfg got involved and they had to say follow mfg guidelinesĀ* another interesting thing I went on vacation in iceland and was looking at the oil recommendation and it had a sticker on the motor mobil 1 only 50,000 mile oil change, Im guessing maybe they do that for waste since its an island and cost of disposal would be high It may be good forever but you make more profit if people change more often. |
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why waste the money?
s "Ralph Mowery" wrote in message m... What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? |
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"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message m... What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? I feel that the only real objective answer to that comes from scientific testing and that is generally only done by the manufacturer. No one else is likely to have tested various oils in that generator. That said, it seems like a pretty good idea to me. When cold it sure makes it easier to start than when using straight 30W. Don Young |
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ok , asked my freind that sells honda generators. he said to run new gen
at least 15 hours on conventional oil before useing synthetic. has something to do with the rings seating in properly.synthetic must be too slick for rings to break in properly. ---------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm |
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On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 10:46:34 -0500, "Ralph Mowery"
wrote: What are the opinions of using the Mobil 1 5w30 in a small (5 kw) home generator ? What does the owner's manual specify for oil? |
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