Walter349
Military
- Dec 2, 2007
- 10
I am running a pair of 65Kw IVECO generators in a redundant configuration. We recently changed from a 5W40 Synthetic to a 15W40 mineral lube oil. Now oil consumption has risen significantly.
There is no immediate evidence from the exhaust of the oil being burned, except for some slight grey smoke on start up.
The engines are using F54 type fuel and have about 5000 hurs running time on one and about 4000 hours on the other.
Anyone have any thoughts on why this rise in consumption might be happening?
There is no immediate evidence from the exhaust of the oil being burned, except for some slight grey smoke on start up.
The engines are using F54 type fuel and have about 5000 hurs running time on one and about 4000 hours on the other.
Anyone have any thoughts on why this rise in consumption might be happening?