Guardian Technologies 005283 4.3CHANGING THE ENGINE OIL, ‹4.3.1 OIL CHANGE INTERVALS, Oil Fill

Section 4 — Maintenance

Air-cooled Generators

Figure 4.3 — Oil Dipstick and Fill, 10kW	‹ 4.3.3 OIL & OIL FILTER CHANGE PROCEDURE
Oil Dipstick	To change the oil, proceed as follows:
	1.	Start the engine by moving the AUTO/OFF/
		MANUAL switch to MANUAL and run until it
		is thoroughly warmed up. Then shut OFF the
		engine by moving the switch to the OFF position.
	2.	Immediately after the engine shuts OFF, pull the
		oil drain hose (Figure 4.5) free of its retaining
		clip. Remove the cap from the hose and drain the
		oil into a suitable container.
	3.	After the oil has drained, replace the cap onto the
		end of the oil drain hose. Retain the hose in the
		clip.

Oil Fill

Figure 4.4 — Oil Dipstick and Fill,

13kW and 16kW

Oil Dipstick

Oil Fill

4.3CHANGING THE ENGINE OIL

‹4.3.1 OIL CHANGE INTERVALS

See the "Service Schedule" section.

‹4.3.2 ENGINE OIL RECOMMENDATIONS

Use all season SAE 5W-30 synthetic oil or use SAE 30 oil of American Petroleum Institute (API) Service Class SG, SH, SJ or SL.

Any attempt to crank or start the engine before it has been properly serviced with the recom- mended oil may result in an engine failure.

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Figure 4.5 – Oil Drain Hose and Filter

Low Oil Switch High Temp Switch

Loosen

Oil Filter

Oil

Drain

Hose

Change the engine oil filter as follows:

1.With the oil drained, remove the old oil filter by turning it counterclockwise.

2.Apply a light coating of clean engine oil to the gas- ket of the new filter. See the Specifications section for recommended filter.

3.Screw the new filter on by hand until its gasket lightly contacts the oil filter adapter. Then, tighten the filter an additional 3/4 to one turn (Figure 4.4).

4.Refill with the proper recommended oil (see the Engine Oil Recommendations section). See the Specifications section for oil capacities.

5.Start the engine, run for one (1) minute, and check for leaks.

6.Shutdown and recheck oil level, add as needed.

DO NOT OVER FILL.

7.Reset the AUTO/OFF/MANUAL switch to the

AUTO position.