Coleman Generator Problem

Gear oil is nasty. What's the deal with it that makes it smell so foul? When I bought my 2N it was full of gear oil and water. You could smell it from 15 feet away. I drained it all out (3 drain plugs) and refilled it with the correct mineral lube that the N series tractors use.

Oooh yeah, gotta love gear oil! Great on a first date from what I remember! Heeeey laaadieeeeeezzzz!

Haven't come across anything that new yet, but I've seen some without any needle at all! Whatever setting it had at the factory was cast in place, I guess. Those get the drill ... but that's always a gamble. And yeah, every single piece of equipment I have ever worked on needed more fuel before it leaves my garage. The EPA don't care if you melt the piston!

I remember the Honda carb cleaner ... back when it was actually GOOD, and actually CLEANED the damn carbs ... with methylene chloride. Let me tell you ... get that *censored* in your eyes & you'll be rinsing it out with mace to dull the pain! Then you can't see for the rest of the day - but that trained me to wear safety glasses. Stuff used to instantly strip paint too, until it succumbed to tree-hugger mania along with everything else.

Sulphur/phosphorus compounds are used for extreme pressure protection. I imagine the sulphur is what makes it stink.

Hmmm sulphur ..... could explain the attraction of some the types of ladies I used to hook up with ....

I was trying to think of a reply but you beat me to it.

Wood'nCoal wrote:Gear oil is nasty. What's the deal with it that makes it smell so foul?

Sulfur?