Eva, As a fellow ID off-grider I would suggest you purchase 2 funnels: one large for your wqste oil container and a smaller one with a narrow, long funnel to be used to re-refill the generator. Would be a mininal cost but would make oil handling eaiser, and cleaner. Wish you well.

I did a 30 min oil change for first break in, then proceeded with the second 5 hrs oil change, repeated this process until the generator reached 30 working hours. Notice that every time I did that, I strictly used mineral Diesel engine oil and drained the oil while it was still hot. But now that my generator is cleared of these metallic debris, i either fully drain the oil while the generator is off or I use a manual pump. In one way or another, my generator is already cleaned from the inside. My Total generator which is a Chinese brand recommend changing the oil with monograde engine oil or multigrade 10w40, 15w40 every 100 hrs but due to the lack of oil filter, I reduced that interval to only 15 hours, that means more oil change as the oil turns dark very quickly.

yep...harbor freight gennys say that every 40 hrs u change the oil. when i was full time on it that ended up every 5 days. if u position the ratchet where its gunna loosen on the down stroke u should b able to just hit the end of it w yer palm and it should give. many a busted knuckles pulling up on it like that.

Hi Eva, you can make a funnel from any paper and use it to refill your generator, its easier to do so than you fill it directly from the oil can. see you in the next oil change 😊

My wife asks "How does she keep the thing from coming off of the thing?"