diesel engine

[Richard W.]

Any one know about these 3.5 hp diesel engines?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7514715679



Richard W.

 

[Vaughn Simon]

Any one know about these 3.5 hp diesel engines?

That shipping sure looks expensive! It might be a good product, but
the seller offers so little information about the engine, I don't see why
anyone would bother.

Vaughn

 

[pete]

Any one know about these 3.5 hp diesel engines?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7514715679



Richard W.

good engine, very havy, long living and easy to maintain the cooling
works bij vaporising water (open reservoir) and that needs a regular
atention to fill it with water

watch out with freezing with this machine

pete

 

[RF Dude]

Makes me think of those Hong Kong JUNK boats... put...put... put... put...
;-))

Have a look at the picture of the engine he ran without cooling water. Is
that scale from hard water that is clogging up the water passages around the
cylinder? If he hadn't ran the engine dry by accident, it would have done
this on it's own. This is why we use "anti-freeze" in our water cooled
engines instead of tap water.

 

[Bruce in Alaska]

I have a China Diesel 3KW, that has 50K hours on it. It is down for
rebuild now, and parts are not the easiest to match up. It seems
every little OEM in china, uses the same basic German Benz design,
but also uses what ever the cheapiest bearings of close to the right
size that is around and adjust the castings to match for each run
of engines. So nothing is standard, and you must actually measure
the bearing sizes when rebuilding these little engines. Mine
has different front and rear Main Bearings as well as different
camshaft bearings than any of the other chinas that I have worked
on. They are a fair engine and will run forever if you keep the
BaseOil clean, but when it come to rebuild time, best be prepared for a
bit of hassel getting the correct parts ordered up.


Bruce in alaska

 

[Vaughn Simon]

I have a China Diesel 3KW, that has 50K hours on it. It is down for
rebuild now, and parts are not the easiest to match up. It seems
every little OEM in china, uses the same basic German Benz design,
but also uses what ever the cheapiest bearings of close to the right
size that is around and adjust the castings to match for each run
of engines. So nothing is standard...

That is one reason that we buy things from companies like McDonald's
and Honda, and one reason why Detroit nearly went bust a few decades ago
before they got the message about quality. A standardized product has more
value than one that isn't. Even though you may get lucky and buy one of
these engines and have it last forever, quality still counts.

Vaughn