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Old 01-10-2015, 10:20 AM   #1
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Just tried to order oil, air and fuel filters from Camping World , 4 to 6 weeks for delivery and & $27 shipping !!!!! No thanks ! Stuff not available locally, got all from Amazon at a good price and FREE shipping. All OEM parts !
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Old 01-10-2015, 10:46 AM   #2
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Yep, I ordered Onan oil filters Wednesday and had the friday night. OEM, from Amazon. I will purchase oil locally, no need for "OEM" specific oil.
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Old 01-10-2015, 03:55 PM   #3
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I pick up all my generator needs at a local Cummins repair facility, hadn't really ever thought about Amazon for that.... Good info to know!


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Old 03-31-2015, 02:30 PM   #4
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Looking for some pros and cons, my generator will be due for an oil change soon. Has anybody ever used a NAPA filter? I have a store a few minutes from my home and they can cross reference their NAPA Gold filter with the Cummins/Onan number.
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Looking for some pros and cons, my generator will be due for an oil change soon. Has anybody ever used a NAPA filter? I have a store a few minutes from my home and they can cross reference their NAPA Gold filter with the Cummins/Onan number.
NAPA Gold is all I've been using for 10 years and over 800 hours. I use Mobil-1 Syn, and change at 150 hours.
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Old 03-31-2015, 06:20 PM   #6
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Thanks Fred that's what I'm looking for, they sure aren't cheap at $14.50.
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i have been using OEM filters and royal purple....but i think any good brand synthetic oil will do the trick...
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Old 04-11-2015, 08:23 AM   #8
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NAPA Gold is all I've been using for 10 years and over 800 hours. I use Mobil-1 Syn, and change at 150 hours.
For my area temps range usage the book recommends straight 30 weight oil but you can't get that in synthetic...Any ideas or should I use regular oil?
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Same here. I'm using Royal Purple and OEM filters from Amazon. Using Royal Purple because they make that stuff in pretty much every weight you can think of. Including all the weights called for by the genset, even single weight Royal purple is available.

http://www.royalpurpleconsumer.com/a...g_20140107.pdf
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Old 04-14-2015, 12:31 AM   #10
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The NAPA Gold filter for the Onan 5500 Generator is actually made by Wix, and is available as a Wix brand filter at O'Reilly Auto Parts stores. Amazon usually has the Onan OEM filter in stock and at a slightly lower price than NAPA or O'Reilly.

I have used all three, never any problems.

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For my area temps range usage the book recommends straight 30 weight oil but you can't get that in synthetic...Any ideas or should I use regular oil?
Air cooled engines are hard on multi-viscosity oils. Forget about that with synthetics, because they are much more tolerant of heat. Plus with 150 hour change intervals over the standard 50 hours with conventional oil, you'll actually save money with synthetics if you have no leaks.
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If you have a O'reillys Auto parts close they carry WIX brand oil filters for the generator and use Mobile 1 you won't ever have a problem. I use both in a hard running Mercruiser marine engine that runs high RPM;s for hours still like new. Now also using in Motor home engine.
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