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<blockquote data-quote="davieh3350" data-source="post: 7129464" data-attributes="member: 52292"><p>Big 200kva Cummins generator at work here has an odd thing going on with it. </p><p>it’s been running around a year now, clocked up 9500 hours or so, been serviced usually to within 40-50 (It runs day and night so not long I’m going over) hours of its due times. </p><p>went to change the oil yesterday, I’ve been away for 3 month and boss has been doing it and noticed a bloody mess of oil under the drain plug. Dirty fecker I thought, leaving it like that. Fitted the drain hose and nothing came out, pulled it off and stuck a screwdriver in to the valve (it’s in a cabinet where you can’t get a pan underneath) and only a dribble came out.</p><p>Had to unscrew the valve out and just dump the oil into the cabinet. </p><p>it’s like tar a lot of it. </p><p>Took the filter off it and it looks like the cold oil out of a neglected old engine.</p><p></p><p>any ideas?</p><p>Mine was that dust could be getting in to it somehow, it is pretty dusty up here.</p><p></p><p>Also, any ideas of stuff to get the gunge out of the sump?</p><p>It’s a major job to get the pan out from underneath.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davieh3350, post: 7129464, member: 52292"] Big 200kva Cummins generator at work here has an odd thing going on with it. it’s been running around a year now, clocked up 9500 hours or so, been serviced usually to within 40-50 (It runs day and night so not long I’m going over) hours of its due times. went to change the oil yesterday, I’ve been away for 3 month and boss has been doing it and noticed a bloody mess of oil under the drain plug. Dirty fecker I thought, leaving it like that. Fitted the drain hose and nothing came out, pulled it off and stuck a screwdriver in to the valve (it’s in a cabinet where you can’t get a pan underneath) and only a dribble came out. Had to unscrew the valve out and just dump the oil into the cabinet. it’s like tar a lot of it. Took the filter off it and it looks like the cold oil out of a neglected old engine. any ideas? Mine was that dust could be getting in to it somehow, it is pretty dusty up here. Also, any ideas of stuff to get the gunge out of the sump? It’s a major job to get the pan out from underneath. [/QUOTE]
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