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Originally Posted by TJFogelberg
I'm an accountant by trade so very low mechanical skills but I figured out how to do it myself. My first surprise was that there is no filter to change.
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Odd, I was just thinking about that in a different context. Small engines don't tend to have oil filters. That makes sense when you're talking about maybe a lawnmower engine where the deck will likely rust through before the engine wears out. Briggs and Stratton even have some engines now where they don't specify oil changes. I have one of those engines and change it anyway.
But at some point an engine becomes valuable/expensive enough that it's worth protecting with an oil filter. I'm surprised a motorhome generator doesn't fall into that category. I'm not surprised my small under $500 portable generator doesn't have an oil filter (the device I was just thinking about).
BTW, there almost certainly is an air filter to change, so you should check that out.