FULL DIY Generac Generator Maintenance Service - Oil Change, Air Filter, Spark Plug

Congratulations! You just made a significant investment in the protection, security, and resale value of your home with the purchase of a whole house backup generator like Generac.
Don’t let your whole house generator break down or its warranty void. Instead make sure you continue to maintain your whole home generator.
This video demonstrates step by step how to maintain your backup generator by performing you own oil change, oil filter change, air filter change, and spark plug change on this Generac 22kW whole house generator.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:17 Let generator run for about 2 minutes
0:24 Stop engine and let it cool
0:33 Turn off rocker switch
0:39 Kill breaker to the house
0:43 Open generator oil fill cap
0:50 Release generator oil drain tube
0:54 Remove oil drain cap and train into drain pan
1:07 Return oil drain cap
1:11 Return generator oil drain tube
1:19 Remove the generator oil filter
1:29 Apply a thin layer of oil to new filter gasket
1:33 Mark the current date on the new oil filter
1:38 Install the new filter
1:50 Begin refilling oil
2:02 Check while refilling (do not overfill)
2:07 Return the oil fill cap
2:15 Remove the air filter cover and the old air filter
2:33 Mark the current date on the new air filter
2:40 Install the new air filter
3:05 Remove the spark plug lead and spark plug
3:20 Install the new spark plug
3:39 Repeat on the rear spark plug
4:11 Return spark plug leads
4:21 Apply a decal with the current date of service

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍👍👍. Thank you Eddie

[@FieldGuidetoDIY]

Thanks so much for watching, Pete!

[@msotrauss]

The oil container is designed so that you pour the new oil with the elongated side horizontal to the floor, and in that way you get a constant flow instead of a "glup-glup-glup". Awesome video otherwise. Thanks

[@FieldGuidetoDIY]

Oh, thank you so much for sharing. I did not know that.