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Kubota Genset oil/filter change interval (Im just gonna ask this silly question)

Im the kinda guy that likes to runaround- whoa just kiddin. Thats the song runaround sue that keeps playing in my head. I am the kinda guy that sticks to the factory specs and intervals though. But for the owners of the Kubota mh-10 generators i gotta ask: are yall still changing oil and filter at 100 hours? I dont know if there is a new standard for the synthetic oils, but i do know that 100 hours comes mighty quick in the South/Southwest. A silly question but i appreciate yall wisdom, as always.
97 U320
Build 5099
Victoria, Tx

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Reply #1 –
100 hours on oil, oil and filters at 200 hours

oil is cheap, diesel motors not so much....

Ford 6.0 liters.....ugh......

kid has a 2005 F350 with 6 liter.  at 175,000 miles engine went (who knows how many times it went before that with previous owners - all the usual stuff that happens to 6 liters.

Sent out the heads, added about $4-5K of bulletproof diesel parts that fix some of the stuff with the 6.0 design.  325,000 miles now, runs great, pulls hard, doesnt use oil. A few injectors along the way and a total rebuild of all the front chassis parts as will, and it is a pretty nice truck.
Tim Fiedler    2025 LTV Unity MBL on Order
2000 Chevy Tracker 2 Door Convertible 4WD Now lifted 4.5"
1985 Citroen 2CV6 Charleston
Murphy Rebel on wheels with 175HP Titan
Cessna P337
1980 48' Westport MY (!/4 Share)

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I use 200 hours. Sometimes sooner if a good place to get it done.
Dan - Full timing since 2009
2003 U320 40' Tag 2 slide

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Oil, oil filter, air filter, fuel filter as scheduled.  In eight years of owning out coach we have added a whopping 400 hrs to the 421 that was on it when we bought it.  It gets run every month for a half hour no matter what.
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

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I too think 100 hrs is probably a waste of oil, but only 6 quarts, so I usually change it then. When traveling for 4 to 6 weeks the generator usually has 200 to 250 hours on the oil before I return home. I don't bother changing it on the road. It's only a little over a month old and new oils are much better today than 25 years ago. I use quality oil and filters and don't loose sleep over it.
Justin & Cathy Byrd
1995 U280 "Old Faithful"
36' Build #4673
C8.3 Cummins
Allison MD3060R 6 speed - retarder
Powertech 10KW  4cyl Kubota

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Reply #5 –
IMHO 100 hours is a bit excessive. 200-250 hours or 18 mos. last 18 months was 79 hours.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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I'm not sure of the brand of power unit but a similar 4 cylinder diesel on a truck refrigeration unit.  Arkansas White, a Volvo freightliner dealer ran one loaded for one year without stop.  At the end of year it was torn down, checked, reassembled as is and put back in service.  100 hour oil change is like an oil change at 5k miles on a hd diesel. Unnecessary and wasteful. Oil is not cheap. Far from it when you consider the true cost. Better to run an oil analysis a few times and follow the recommendations.
"Not so  long ago we were a nation of risk takers, riding five million pounds of  thrust straight into space."  Joe Gresh
Chuck Pearson
1996 U295
2018 Can Am X3 TurboRS

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Reply #7 –
I run full synthetic diesel oil in all my diesel engines. 250-500hours min before I change oil, usually longer.
1998 U270 34'

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Reply #8 –
Today's oils are much better than oils 20 years ago when some of our engines both gen sets and motorhomes where built.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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Reply #9 –
Yes I agree. But does that translate to a different interval, and if so what is that interval? If someone were doing oil analysis of thier gen oil they might be able to speak with authority about what intervals make sense. That would be really interesting data.
97 U320
Build 5099
Victoria, Tx

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Reply #10 –
Im sure he is religious about his fluids and filters and watches his deltas. Lotsa people love them a 6.0L but they tend to be meticulous about em.
97 U320
Build 5099
Victoria, Tx

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Reply #11 –
My Powertech Manual says 200 hours on the oil and 400 hours on the filter
Steve DeLange
2005 U320T 40'
Pearland, Texas

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Quote from: Michaeloh59 –
If someone were doing oil analysis of thier gen oil they might be able to speak with authority about what intervals make sense. That would be really interesting data.

Michael,

We have an Isuzu power unit (not the Kubota)  but we do oil analysis to determine change interval. Doing oil analysis there has been no set hour time due to all the variables.  Oil quality can be effected by the environment that the engine is run in (like heat, humidity), engine load, fuel quality and engine wear so each change can be different.

Mike 
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

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Reply #13 –
Sedelange are you sure yours is the Mh-10? What year?
97 U320
Build 5099
Victoria, Tx

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Pamela and Mike so what is your interval for sampling oil?
97 U320
Build 5099
Victoria, Tx

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This is the recommendation on my 1997 MH-10
John and Stacey Smith
Motorcade NO: 11973
1997 U295 CSGI 40'..Build No. 5036     
920 Watts on the roof..CAT Power w/fuel Inj. Programmer
2021 GMC Sierra AT4 1500
EX..2015 Jeep Wrangler Sahara
Ex 1990 U280 RSAI 36'..Build No. 3638

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Quote from: Michaeloh59 –
Pamela and Mike so what is your interval for sampling oil?

Annually, along with engine and trans. oils

Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."
 

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Reply #17 –
That sure sounds like a good idea.
97 U320
Build 5099
Victoria, Tx