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Have you checked the vapor return for blowby? That would be a sure indicator of ring condition. A lot of blowby means worn rings. And on an air cooled engine there is little to no wet stacking due to the higher head temperatures. If you have no oil leaks the loss of oil would also point in that...

About the same thing I would have heard in 71. LOL.

Ok, I need to ask, If the Chiefs rifle was there where was the Chief? If he was not there and his rifle was that was a serious infraction of the rules in any branch of the service.

That is why I never heard back from them on the set with the pump issue. Mike told me about it but at the time I had only brought money for the one set. I told him to get me a price and I might take another trip down but never heard anything from him. Now I know why. Glad someone got it that I...

Or when it runs away like a member recently had happen.

I didn't see that part!:LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL:

Probably was. Did you ever get the set from Mike going?

Yup, runs good. It does smoke out of one pipe until it warms up but I watched Scooby's video and his does the same thing from the same pipe. I am thinking possibly a sticking injector from sitting so I have a healthy dose of Power Service cleaner/lube in there. I still need to load test it but I...

I have 2 002's and one 003. Mt setup is I have a manual lockout in the panel and I go out to to start the machine. That way I know for sure it has oil pressure, it is running at the proper frequency and there are no other issues. I also go out and check on the unit every half hour to hour to be...

It sounds like you are trying to do this without an ATS? That would be very bad as there are too many ways that could backfeed to the grid. Not to mention illegal.

Two 002's, One 003 and a 7500 watt gas generator.

Is this a new to you generator? Do you have any experience with military generators? Have you had this generator running yet? Lots of questions need to be answered to reply to your request.

To all those considering a Co2 extinguisher keep in mind that you need one big enough to fog that intake until the motor has completely stopped. On a genset with that very heavy rotating mass that could take a while. If you run out of Co2 before the engine stops turning it will pick right up...

Most Detroits came with them, the only problem is that by the time the engine wore to the point of actually needing it the damper was frozen with rust.

A little history on why I distrust most additives. Back in the days when I had my own shop I was hired by a very wealthy client to test additives, both oil and gas. I told him I did not have access to the labs needed and his reply was, "I want real work testing, use my cars" His cars consisted...

Technically it should work as stated, Just the "Secrete every day treatment" kind of sounds hokey to me. I will stick with something that has been tested in the real world for 68 years. For a genset really any of the additives should work as long as it is not something like Walmart house brand...

"but never experienced a diesel runaway firsthand" Most people have never seen a runaway in person. A true runaway is when nothing short of blocking the air will shut it down. Anyone that has dealt with Detroit diesels has probably been in the situation. I had an old 671 Detroit run away on me...

With both the Seafoam and the XPD you said "According to the manufacturer". Think about that. That is marketing 101, convince the consumer it will do no harm at all. I am very suspicious of additives claiming to work wonders. I know Seafoam works in normal mixtures but it takes a long time. The...

Air in the lines would do just to opposite, It would stumble and stall. Black smoke indicates fuel but I have to wonder about that concoction you put in the tank. It has run enough of that through to clean it out so I would get rid of that and go with straight diesel. That stuff was a lot of...

A diesel will only run away due to extra fuel. This can be in the form of actual fuel or engine oil. Turbocharged engines have the problem a lot when the oil seals in the turbo go out and it feed unregulated motor oil into the engine. with a non turbo engine I guess it could happen from oil...