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Posted by MikeC on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 18:30:07 :
In Reply to: OT - generator oil type posted by Billy on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 09:36:23 :
I have Coleman with a B&S Vanguard engine that has around 200 hours on it. I change the oil twice a year with Rotella 15W-40. I keep it filled with fuel treated with Stabil and have never had a fuel related problem.
The Vanguard engine can get finicky to start if it's been sitting for a couple months, on occasion I use a quick shot of starting fluid. It's never failed to start when I need it, and I've had to run it in sub-zero temps for a couple days during a winter outage once. I have a generator box under my electrical panel that I plug it into and power about 75% of the house during emergencies.
Hope this helps!