TeeTip:
Air flow is very important to keep your equipment running. This year there are a lot of cotton seeds in the air. They are just right to stick in a radiator or cooling passages in your truckmount engine. So you should check and or clean the air passages on your engine. Also, it is important to leave the side doors and back doors open as well as the windows in the cab for air flow while cleaning.
If your maintenance is due on your equipment, now is a good time to do it. Oil change, filters belt adjustment fluid change on pump and blower maintenance on the heating system. This will allow you to get your jobs done without down time and expensive repairs.
We get asked a lot about synthetic oil.
While it is recommended for a lot of cars and light trucks today, it is not the best for air-cooled engines. The specs are different for cars, oil stability is a benefit for cars. We have had more that a few engines that have failed do to insufficient oil flow. In a small engine oil is also part of the cooling system so when it does not flow or is restricted the engine can over heat and this along with improper lubrication can lead to engine failure. This happens fast as the engines run at higher temps than auto engines to begin with. We only use the manufacturer’s oil and filters when preforming service in our shop and we have never had an oil-related mechanical failure.
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Yes that’s right, if you are thinking about that new truck mount or just need some cleaning supplies, the time is NOW.