My Honda didn't like oil change.

is the fuel cap breather open?

Hi Neil,

I use the recommended oil (Honda brand) and dont have any probs at all.

Does sound like you have too thick of oil.

Cheers Mike

probably uses SAE 30 like a 4 stroke mower not a multi grade oil.

I don't believe the generator has the ability to disect what type of oil it's spinning, it sounds like you are low on oil? Have you re-checked the oil level itself?

On checking I realised that when I last changed the oil, which was somewhere out of the way, the only oil I could source was 20w50.

That has now been removed and 15W30 put in.

I will cold start it tomorrow to see if the problem has gone.

Thanks for all your replies.

Cheers Neil.

Honda sell oil specific for there small engines cost $10 and you'll get about 4 oil changes from the bottle. Change mine on my EU 20I with no problems.
Arthur

Went down to the Mower (everything 2 &4 stroke) shop not long ago to get a new spark plug and oil for my Honda 2 l gen.

A very young girl came out to serve me and I thought - here we go, what did I do to deserve this god.

Guess what, not only did she know exactly what spark plug I needed, but went straight to location of same amongst a myriad of others, and when I mentioned I needed oil for an oil change, she immediately selected a bottle from under the counter and said this is the one you need to use.

Yep! Honda branded oil - both the spark plug and oil have worked perfectly.

Have to say I was very impressed by that young lady, She put to shame heaps of dudes twice her age in sales that I have come across over the years. I am sure she will go far in life and it was a pleasure rather than a nightmare doing business in that shop.

Good to see you got satisfaction ( :-) ) Dusty.

I cold started the genny this morning with the 15-30 oil in it and had the same problem. 3 starts before it would continue.

I went to the local Mower (and everything 4 stroke) shop inc Honda in Bunbury and bought a bottle of Honda branded oil which is 10w-30.

I have put this in and will see how it goes in the morning.

One thing the lady at the shop said is that it is vital to keep the sump full to the point of overflowing, as you would for a car diff filler. Not doing this can trigger the 'oil alert' sensor.

Cheers

Neil.

Yippeeee, did another cold start this morning and no stop-start. One pull and it started and kept going.

Obviously the oil viscosity was the problem and now using the Honda oil 10w-30 has fixed it.

I have no doubt that any 10w-30 would do, and may be cheaper than the genuine at $12 a litre but the Honda bottle comes with a nifty pourer that makes refilling a breeze, no messing with a funnel.

Thanks for all your input and hopefully this thread may help someone else too.

Regards
Neil