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Last weekend I picked up another MEP-802A with only 45 hours on it. Paid a little more than I would have liked, but prices are going up on everything, and the unit was only about a 1.5 hour drive to reach.
The owner that I purchased it from had it for over 10 years, and it spent almost of its life sitting dormant in his shop since the original reason for getting it went up in flames (literally).
When inspecting it I found the interior to be much cleaner (aka clean paint on the motor and almost zero corrosion on the gen head as well as the entire interior was very clean all around except for a small mouse house I found in the middle of the auxiliary fuel hose in the front compartment that still had the original zip ties on it).
The unit does not have the fuse mod, which makes me guess that it spent most of its life in storage and may not have ever made it to the field (low hours). Running, voltage and everything check out via Fluke meter and ear. But, my concern is that the light grey (wispy) smoke in the exhaust when running under no load. I am thinking that this could be a couple of things, but I may be wrong. One, the rings were never properly seated by being run under a full load for break-in. Two, low quality fuel (red diesel) and/or moisture that had been absorbed by the small amount of fuel in the unit over its time sitting basically in mothballs. I checked the oil and it is fairly translucent (for a diesel engine).
I am waiting on a NEMA 30A weather proof enclosure for electrical. But, if I am thinking in the right direction, this may clear up if I put it under a good load for 8 hours or so running my entire house??
I am probably going to get crucified here, but I added a generous amount of Seafoam to the existing fuel, but I am planning on filling it with fresh road diesel prior to running it under load.
Thoughts?
As always, just my $.02 (I'm broke now).
The owner that I purchased it from had it for over 10 years, and it spent almost of its life sitting dormant in his shop since the original reason for getting it went up in flames (literally).
When inspecting it I found the interior to be much cleaner (aka clean paint on the motor and almost zero corrosion on the gen head as well as the entire interior was very clean all around except for a small mouse house I found in the middle of the auxiliary fuel hose in the front compartment that still had the original zip ties on it).
The unit does not have the fuse mod, which makes me guess that it spent most of its life in storage and may not have ever made it to the field (low hours). Running, voltage and everything check out via Fluke meter and ear. But, my concern is that the light grey (wispy) smoke in the exhaust when running under no load. I am thinking that this could be a couple of things, but I may be wrong. One, the rings were never properly seated by being run under a full load for break-in. Two, low quality fuel (red diesel) and/or moisture that had been absorbed by the small amount of fuel in the unit over its time sitting basically in mothballs. I checked the oil and it is fairly translucent (for a diesel engine).
I am waiting on a NEMA 30A weather proof enclosure for electrical. But, if I am thinking in the right direction, this may clear up if I put it under a good load for 8 hours or so running my entire house??
I am probably going to get crucified here, but I added a generous amount of Seafoam to the existing fuel, but I am planning on filling it with fresh road diesel prior to running it under load.
Thoughts?
As always, just my $.02 (I'm broke now).
If my math is right, this is a 7.8KW load.