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    best diesel motor oil for a MEP-802A ? Climate range 10 to 80 degrees

    Howdy, As building engines for years. The other aspect of break-in oil is Non-Detergent oil. You do want the oil build up and such during break-in. So much so, that we would get straight 30w non-detergent oil for break-in oil. That is why the John Deere break-in oil is pretty good to start with...
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    best diesel motor oil for a MEP-802A ? Climate range 10 to 80 degrees

    Howdy, Just remember, the best thing you can do for the generator and oil is when you do run it, run it loaded and long enough to heat everything to full operating temp. A quicky start and run it 15 minutes will not do it any good. You are better off leaving it sit. Living off-grid and really...
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    best diesel motor oil for a MEP-802A ? Climate range 10 to 80 degrees

    Howdy, Most users of a MEP-802A and MEP-803A will probably change the oil due to age (time) Unless you live off-grid and run the thing 250 hours or more year. There probably is no really good reason to put really high dollar oil in them. I could understand if the unit used 16 quarts of oil...
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    best diesel motor oil for a MEP-802A ? Climate range 10 to 80 degrees

    Howdy, A good grade 15W-40 diesel oil. You can use Petroleum quality institute of America information and make your own decision with oil too. MEP-802A = ONAN DN2M-1 = Lister-Petter LPW2 (WIX and Napa Gold filters are the same filter minus the first number) Fuel Filter Cartridge WIX...
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