90cummins
Veteran Member
I have 2 genuine air cooled Yanmar diesels and a Chinese quiet generator set with an L100 clone.
The Yanmar air cooled diesels are excellent engines very well designed, durable and easy to work on.
My Chinese quiet diesel generator rated at 6500 watts has however proven otherwise, this generator failed at 41 hours due to a failure of the small bearing end of the camshaft. The cam bearing surface was not hardened and wore causing the engine to shut down due to low oil pressure from metal contamination of the filter.
It has taken me 2 years to find (Chinese) replacement parts. The engine is back together and currently running fine however I have little faith in it.
Finding information or user experience on the Yanmar and Chinese clones is difficult and finding Chinese parts is worse.
I have learned quite a lot about these engines and would share it with others however there is no forum that focuses on the L series Yanmar or clones.
Would it be possible to create a forum dedicated to the air cooled Yanmar and Chinese clones??
Thanks Tim
The Yanmar air cooled diesels are excellent engines very well designed, durable and easy to work on.
My Chinese quiet diesel generator rated at 6500 watts has however proven otherwise, this generator failed at 41 hours due to a failure of the small bearing end of the camshaft. The cam bearing surface was not hardened and wore causing the engine to shut down due to low oil pressure from metal contamination of the filter.
It has taken me 2 years to find (Chinese) replacement parts. The engine is back together and currently running fine however I have little faith in it.
Finding information or user experience on the Yanmar and Chinese clones is difficult and finding Chinese parts is worse.
I have learned quite a lot about these engines and would share it with others however there is no forum that focuses on the L series Yanmar or clones.
Would it be possible to create a forum dedicated to the air cooled Yanmar and Chinese clones??
Thanks Tim
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