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Kevin Benz of Caterpillar would like your opinion on maintenance intervals:

Take 100,000 standby gensets x 80 gallons of oil...
Extend the oil change interval from 12 to 24 months –
That’s a reduction of 8 million gallons of waste oil.
Do it every 36 months.
That’s 16 million gallons of waste oil reduction.
See where I’m going?

I’d like to hear your thoughts about extending the oil change interval for standby gensets. Typical concerns include condensation/water, additive depletion, oxidation and filter media. A few questions:

• Do you have concerns on extending the oil change interval?
• Is this widely accepted in the industry for standby gensets?
• Do the cost savings of oil outweigh any perceived risks?
• Are you extending the oil change interval today?

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