FULL DIY Generac Generator Maintenance Service - Oil Change, Air Filter, Spark Plug

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@103erik 2 ай бұрын

Good video, 'though you should have checked the oil level after the post service restart. Thanks!

@FieldGuidetoDIY 2 ай бұрын

Much appreciated, Erik. That is a great point - especially with an engine that starts and stops on its own. And thanks for watching!

@timothyrobles8777 2 ай бұрын

I love the videos, I just went over my steps for the next years oil change. The 26KW has 16 hours on it. I do not believe I need to change the spark plugs and just the valves with only 16 hours. I believe Generac wants you to do this every year? Sounds like a service money maker to me?

@FieldGuidetoDIY 2 ай бұрын

A lot times the documentation is more of a reminder to inspect as opposed to replace.

@timothyrobles8777 2 ай бұрын

@@FieldGuidetoDIY Thank you, I know since watching this video I am not as intimidated to change the oil and spark plugs. Nice Work.

@timothyrobles8777 2 ай бұрын

Great Video. This has helped me tremendously.

@FieldGuidetoDIY 2 ай бұрын

So glad it helped! Thanks so much for watching!

@billleonard7021 14 күн бұрын

Good video. Thanks.

@FieldGuidetoDIY 14 күн бұрын

Thank you, Bill. Much appreciated. And thank you for watching.

@westhavenor9513 Ай бұрын

Both my neighbors have these. It's surprising how loud they are considering that they're enclosed. Super annoying when we have a short power interruption in the middle of the night. I would never notice except that it suddenly sounds like both neighbors are mowing their lawns in the middle of the night! When I was a kid we used candles and flashlights. Amazing how helpless people are now.

@FieldGuidetoDIY Ай бұрын

@@westhavenor9513 yeah, one of my neighbors has one and when the entire neighborhood is dark with an outage, suddenly one house has EVERY light on including landscape lights. 🤣

@Keith80027 Ай бұрын

I having to buy one since Xcel will be cutting off our power during high winds. Last spring the winds lasted 10 hours, but power was not restored until 4 days later after Xcel hand inspected all the power lines to our underground powered neighborhood.

@FieldGuidetoDIY Ай бұрын

@@Keith80027 understood. I have a number of friends who are linemen. I have been up in the bucket with them several times. I could not imagine being up in a bucket during high winds!

@Keith80027 Ай бұрын

@@FieldGuidetoDIY It took 4 days to inspect the lines after the winds died down. I wouldn't want to be in a bucket either at 60 + mph.

@spencer3175 3 ай бұрын

Didn't have to do a valve adjustment? Saw in another video of someone doing it and showing how. My first year of owning a 22kw has passed and it's time for maintenance and been weighing my options of getting it done by a company or getting my brother to do it. I'm leaning towards a service company just because of the valve adjustment.

@FieldGuidetoDIY 3 ай бұрын

I hear ya. I didn’t get into the valve adjustment as that might have affected the warranty.

@betoxyz68 2 ай бұрын

I recommend you look into verifying the valve gaps, not serving your valves may void your warranty.

@FieldGuidetoDIY 2 ай бұрын

Great tip! Thank you. Will do.

@alexeyzankevich9256 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video, thank you!

@FieldGuidetoDIY 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Glad it helped!

@alexeyzankevich9256 3 ай бұрын

@@FieldGuidetoDIY I did my very first Generac servicing yesterday. Thank you for the video again!

@curemeister7443 2 ай бұрын

Why were new plugs and new air filter installed when the old plugs and filter looked brand new ?

@FieldGuidetoDIY 2 ай бұрын

@@curemeister7443 great question. The manufacturer suggests it as part of required maintenance and not merely inspection. I would say, if you’re no longer under warranty, inspect and change at your discretion.

@billl3936 Ай бұрын

How about adjusting the intake and exhaust valves? It looks like you were doing an annual maintenance.

@FieldGuidetoDIY Ай бұрын

I did not have to perform that this go-round. Perhaps in a future video. Thanks for the tip, though.

@Pete.Ty1 9 ай бұрын

👍👍👍. Thank you Eddie

@FieldGuidetoDIY 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching, Pete!

@markanthony2274 2 ай бұрын

When feeling rotate the court 90° and you want to have that lump lump lump splash splash lump

@FieldGuidetoDIY 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@yermoffroad 2 ай бұрын

Cool. Didn't do the valves. Kinda a big deal to keep your warranty.

@jefffrayer8238 2 ай бұрын

Wow, what kind a fool are you? Adjusting valves by the average joe? Just how stupid could you be and that should certainly void the warranty. That's a 2 cylinder and very few homeowners could do a single cylinder correctly. At 70 I've worked on a bunch of engines here on the farm and know it's very easy to do it wrong. Don't believe me? Watch the many Y.T. vids of people screwing up a simple oil change on their mowers, cars, gens, tractors and more. I've seen many engines ruined from idiots thinking they know what is best, check the comments. I've watched many generators ruined on Y.T. cause they thought they should adjust the valves at 50 hrs. My John Deere 155C, 25 hp, Briggs mower I bought new on 6-06-2006 now has 856 hrs., runs like new and has never had the valves adjusted. 912 hrs. on my 2014 J.D. Gator and done nothing but change the oil & filters. Both rigs and ALL my chain saws/trimmers have original spark plugs. You must be some kind of stupid to have made that comment. Probably time for Mom to serve dinner to ya. SMH.

@FieldGuidetoDIY 2 ай бұрын

SMH

@root123 2 ай бұрын

Is the same process for a 16 kw? Thanks

@FieldGuidetoDIY 2 ай бұрын

I believe so but I’m not certain.

@dondubray4253 Ай бұрын

WOW THATS A HIGH QUALITY HOSE RETAINER LMAO

@FieldGuidetoDIY Ай бұрын

@@dondubray4253 🤣🤣🤣

@msotrauss 5 ай бұрын

The oil container is designed so that you pour the new oil with the elongated side horizontal to the floor, and in that way you get a constant flow instead of a "glup-glup-glup". Awesome video otherwise. Thanks

@FieldGuidetoDIY 5 ай бұрын

Oh, thank you so much for sharing. I did not know that.

@dondubray4253 Ай бұрын

OHM AND GAP THE NEW PLUG, WHY ARE U NOT DOING THIS THE WRIGHT WAY

@FieldGuidetoDIY Ай бұрын

@@dondubray4253 good point. I didn’t think that was to be done annually.

@maxfastest Ай бұрын

Warranties are garbage most of the time, the paper they are printed on is worth more in the cost to print it. Lifetime Warranties are garbage, Any excuse to deny.

@FieldGuidetoDIY Ай бұрын

True.

@oldtimer3180 2 ай бұрын

Hate to tell you all BUT, if your gen service is not done by a certified Generac tech. you have NO warranty. Read your paperwork.

@FieldGuidetoDIY 2 ай бұрын

Noooooo! Curse you, Generac!

@westhavenor9513 Ай бұрын

Pretty sure that air filter was just fine, but maybe you were just trying to demonstrate its replacement

@FieldGuidetoDIY Ай бұрын

Yes, it looked clean but the homeowner wants it changed on that date rather than how it looks. I am a cheapskate whereas he was afraid they might void his warranty.

@dondubray4253 Ай бұрын

CUT ON,, REALLY? WHERE DID U LEARN TO TALK?

@FieldGuidetoDIY Ай бұрын

@@dondubray4253 you raise a good point? Would you have me say turn it on? There is nothing to turn. Should I say push button it on? That is not a figure of speech. Here in the South, we sometimes say “cut it on” to say “start it up.”