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05-15-2005, 13:10
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Replacement Generator
Randy, interesting story. However, I'm not confident that it is credible. If you
read Detroit Diesel's service bulletin regarding their lube oil recommendations, they discuss extended drain intervals, as I recall in the context of using synthetic oils. In any case, Detroit will allow extended oil drain intervals IF SUPPORTED BY OIL SAMPLING. In addition, several years ago, I was aware of a test program in which Mobil Delvac 1, a multi-vis oil and as such not normally approved for the 92 Series engines, was used in a fleet of 92 Series Detroit Diesels. Detroit and Mobil both relyed on oil sampling to judge whether the Delvac 1 was suitable. The oil performed superbly, but Detroit never published approval for it. Beancounterman --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, randydupree > oil samples! heres a good story on that,on the TDR forum a guy bought a new dodge diesel truck,and he decided to send oil samples off instead of changing oil every 3000 miles or so,so,he sends 3 samples off every time to 3 different places to get them analized,blackstone labs,cat and another one.all 3 came back everytime with three completely different reports,none of them were the same,not even close.this thread went on for years,up to 20,000 miles on the truck before the guy gave up.he said that its way better to change your oil and trust that the new oil was good rather than trust the labs to do it right and get you back the results from your oil,not someone else's..i change my oil.its way cheaper in the end,IMHO....randydupree93wb > ----- Original Message ----- > From: beancounterman > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 9:47 AM > Subject: Re: Fw: [WanderlodgeForum] Replacement Generator > > > 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 |
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