New generator - Excited But im not sure how to gte it up and running!

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HI Guys,

I have bought a genyx G1600is in france and it has arrived today! I got this gene for a song, Brand new 311euros, they are priced elsewhere between 480-1000 euros.

As with everything I have ever bought in france it has a no english instructions and I cannot find any online! I have spanish and german instuctions but no french or english. I could get by with the french but I havent a clue about these two languages!

Has anyone any experience with a new gene? I believe i am to use 4 stroke fuel and to put 0.6L of engine oil in but I have no idea what oil to buy! I stupidly powered the gene up without the oil and it starts then stops and the (the alerta aceite light comes on, google translate says this is oil low alert)!

So I guess I just need oil but what one??? any idea people? Bricomarche closes soon so Id like to get over there and pick this up tonight so i can put the problem to bed when I head there myself if not before!

Any ideas?:confused:
 
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I'd use a 10W-30 4 stroke garden machinery oil.

But you will need the owners manual ... ask the people you bought the thing from to supply one or tell them you'll send it back.
 
I went for sae30 for sit on lawn mowers it says it's good above 25 degrees C. My only problem is it Got down to -8 here last week so I think I may have to bring it inside before starting to warm it up a little.

Thanks for your help I hope it runs when I put the oil in tomorrow.
 
Best to use multigrade oil as others have suggested. Mono-grade oil is from the stone age, or actually significantly earlier.
 
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I'll be intrigued to hear how you get on with it once it's up and running, I was thinking of one myself for all sorts of uses both on and off the boat.
 
Is there a page in the manual with things which might refer to oil

like:

5w30

for example, the following: "aceite 5w30 sintetico" means 5w30 synthetic oil in Spanish.

In the Spanish manual, if you can find a section with some words and numbers like that, you will probably find the oil type.

There might be a section which is obviously the technical bit, and you might find the oil type somewhere near the capacity "0.6l"

Pretty sure I use Mobil 1 5W30 in my Honda EU20i

Don't run it inside to keep it warm - you will most likely die, and wont have to worry about oil types anymore :(
 
Break it in, on and off load, on any mineral oil that you have - straight 30, 5w30, 10w40, even 15w40 if that's what's on your shelf - it's not that important as long you're within the ambient temperature range of the particular grade.
Change the oil after 2 hours - you'll be amazed at the amount of metal particles suspended in the oil that comes out of these cheap Chinese engines (it's often referred to as 'silver soup').
Change it again at about 5 hours.
Repeat until the oil is visibly clear of particles.
Then fill with a fully synthetic 5w30 and you should have all the bases covered (for UK temperatures).
 
Steve_N said:
Break it in, on and off load, on any mineral oil that you have - straight 30, 5w30, 10w40, even 15w40 if that's what's on your shelf - it's not that important as long you're within the ambient temperature range of the particular grade.
Change the oil after 2 hours - you'll be amazed at the amount of metal particles suspended in the oil that comes out of these cheap Chinese engines (it's often referred to as 'silver soup').
Change it again at about 5 hours.
Repeat until the oil is visibly clear of particles.
Then fill with a fully synthetic 5w30 and you should have all the bases covered (for UK temperatures).
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"I stupidly started it up without the oil" says the op.... that's going to be a fairly thick silver soup!!!!!
 
rosssavage said:
"I stupidly started it up without the oil" says the op.... that's going to be a fairly thick silver soup!!!!!
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At least there'd be some oil on the components.

It reminded me of the time, many years ago, when a new apprentice re-built a small 4-stroke for someone as a favour. He was meticulous in keeping everything spotless, careful assembly and getting petrol right to the carb. before starting the engine. He was pleased to find that it fired up almost instantly and screamed into life. Screamed is probably understating it but silence came very quickly.

He had carefully washed everything in petrol 2-3 times, allowed to dry thoroughly, then assembled all the parts. The sump was then filled to exactly the correct level and petrol pushed through as far as the carb.

I doubt he'd ever forget that dry assembling an engine isn't a great idea. Metal on metal is painful on the eardrums. :D:D:D
 
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