Maintenance of Harvester gas engine range extender

[Macallan 18]

We don't know which VW engine will be used as the Harvester gas range extender yet, but I assume it will be a simpler and smaller engine.

I'm curious what maintenance we'll need to do on the Harvester -- will it be the typical oil change interval for that engine or something different.

Also, with its special placement it'll be interesting to see where to fill and drain the engine oil.

 

[ClayCollins]

It would be great to see a cutting edge ultra compact power plant like a Wankel or perhaps one like Liquid Piston is developing for drones: https://www.liquidpiston.com/

 

[TheVirtualTim]

A lot of cars now monitor engine usage and the car tells the driver when it is time to change the oil (rather than a pre-determined interval based on miles or months) based on usage patterns.

I have no special knowledge … but these systems are pretty common.