[Gasification] new small diesel engines from china

[Jeff Davis]

Dear List,

Interesting article about these diesels:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/08/business/village.php

Jeff



On Saturday 27 January 2007 12:18 am, Kevin Chisholm wrote:
> Dear Ian
>
> Do you know the specific name of the Manufacturer of:
> 1: The engine?
> 2: the genset?
>
> Thanks for the alert!!
>
> Kevin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Vincent" <vincent at igrin.co.nz>
> To: <gasification at listserv.repp.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 12:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [Gasification] new small diesel engines from china
>
> > 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).


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Jeff Davis
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