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07-14-2014, 05:58 PM
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Be careful where you add oil on your generator!
This was brought to me today, a Cummins/Onan HDK series 10kw genset that was shutting down in an overheat code. As you can see someone during the last oil change poured several quarts of oil into the coolant tank instead of the oil fill. It would've been easy to clean at that point but someone decided to just add oil in the proper place and leave this alone so they ran it for 30 minutes or so until it overheated.
Ugh
10 hrs later and I managed to flush the entire system and so far it's running well - fingers crossed no permanent damage was done.
  
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07-14-2014, 06:01 PM
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Newmar Owners Club
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Oh My........What a mess! Diden't he wonder where the dip-stick was when he pulled the cap off the "Coolant Tank"? before.......dumping oil in?
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07-14-2014, 06:08 PM
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Entegra Owners Club Spartan Chassis
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Quote:
Originally Posted by palehorse89
Diden't he wonder where the dip-stick was when he pulled the cap off the "Coolant Tank"?
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I bet if he had looked in the mirror he would have seen the dip-stick.
Take care,
Stu
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07-14-2014, 06:10 PM
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Oh man....
You beat me to it.
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07-14-2014, 06:28 PM
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A short video while back flushing thru the engine. This stuff had the consistency of hand lotion - what you see dropping out was in the engine, not the radiator. I removed the radiator later in the day to flush it entirely.
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07-21-2014, 11:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 777 Driver
I bet if he had looked in the mirror he would have seen the dip-stick.
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Good one!
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07-22-2014, 06:08 AM
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If you don't mind sharing, how did you go about cleaning the entire system of the oily residue?
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07-22-2014, 05:30 PM
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A good radiator flush product, very hot water and lots of patience.
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07-22-2014, 05:46 PM
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Yeah, 10 hrs is a lot of patience. Was just curious , thanks.
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