| JDRogerz@gmail.com 2005-12-31, 9:21 pm |
| Diesels will run in excess of 8000 hours with good maintenance. Check
oil for dilution on a reguliar basis; run the diesel at 90% rated load
and speed for 1/2 hour or more when you run it(idleing at no load will
cause it to carbon up); run it at least once a month; and perform all
required maintence as per the manufactors reccomendations.
Pop wrote:
> "twostik" <mwood@joplin.com> wrote in message
> news:1136013823.204919@news001.transaeris.com...
> :I recently purshased a 12k lite plant at a county auction .It
> has about one
> : thousand hours on it .
> :
> : The diesel engine can be started with the electric starter or a
> pull rope
> : .could anyone tell me how long this setup will last since it
> already has a
> : thousand hours on it .i will only use it for back up electric
> and some times
> : to run a mig welder in the field .the engine is a one cyl
> yanmar
> : as a back up i will need to power w 22 0 vlt well pump and the
> usuall stuff
> : in the house fridg.freezer and hot water heaterand of course
> the tv a bit.
>
> Well, I'm a tad jealous! I suspect you'll get a good lifetime
> out of it but have nothing to back that up. What IS good
> however, is deisel: It's so much easier to keep fuel around for
> them.
> I've decided if I ever had to replace mine it'll be a diesel
> unit. Lots easier to get fuel from my furnace tank than to try
> gettin git out of my car if I should run out. Most will run just
> fine on #1 fuel oil.
> I hate having to store so much gasoline around here for the
> genset.
>
> Pop
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