[Gasification] new small diesel engines from china

[Ian Vincent]

Beware..I am not sure about this brand but I bought 6 small diesel 
generators made in PRC  last year and not one of them made it beyond 500 
hrs running. All needed to be dissassembled and remade simply because they 
where made so appallingly in the first place. They where air cooled copies 
of Yanmar units and looked good when they where new. But unfortunately they 
literally fell to peices, leaked oil, caught on fire, over charged 
batteries, ran big ends, starter motors died, batteries developed leaks, 
wiring breaks. you name it, they did it. The drama was endless and almost 
daily. I still have four of them and are simply unable to sell them because 
there is no way they would ever last thru the warranty period..Ya want 
one?? going cheap....

I am not saying these ones are like that..just to beware.

Ian



At 12:46 26/01/2007 -0800, you wrote:

>i hadn't seen this yet, but on ebay there is a seller for 3.3hp water
>cooled diesel engines for a buy it now price of $279.  also 12hp and
>23hp ones for a little under $700.  amazing.  yes, likely a bit junky,
>but for that price, own two!
>
>http://stores.ebay.com/Carroll-Stream-Motor-Company
>
>these might make good entry platforms for producer gas rigs.
>converting to spark would give you a high compression engine that
>would perform much better on producer gas than a similar gas engine.
>same for hydrogen (if you can get it).
>
>j
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