Has anyone tried the cheap foreign diesel engiens?

[oil pan 4]

There are cheap little diesel engines on evil bay, rocket man's company, ect.
They are like $270 to $600.
Has anyone tried them?
Are they a clone of a known engine that you can get parts for?
How long do they last?

 

[Zaedock]

There's a 196cc version I was thinking about picking up for my log splitter.

I love the translated info sheet.

 

[Propflux01]

I love that:

“seam welding and oil leakage”

 

[skyactiv]

Try buying an air filter for it and you tell me.

 

[dlundblad]

I saw these just the other day on Amazon and wondered the same. I wonder how hard they’d be to start in cold weather.

I assume the larger ones are Yanmar clones. I would buy one knowing there will be no available parts.

 

[xgmad]

alloy box enhanced thickening

 

[Cujet]

I recall seeing a 10HP one dyno tested and it made about 8HP. No surprise, as at 406cc displacement, a diesel engine is a little lower in output than a similarly sized gas engine.

 

[wag123]

I recall seeing a 10HP one dyno tested and it made about 8HP. No surprise, as at 406cc displacement, a diesel engine is a little lower in output than a similarly sized gas engine.

The Chinese exaggerate everything, and since the FTC has no control over them, they get away with it. I always assume that I need to deduct about a third from whatever they are claiming. A small generator that I purchased claims to output 1600 watts continuously, it turned out that it produces barely 1000 watts, any higher load and the voltage and hertz both drop.

 

[tundraotto]

I assume the larger ones are Yanmar clones. I would buy one knowing there will be no available parts.

on that same thought, I would expect the Yanmar parts to be drop-in.

 

[oil pan 4]

Try buying an air filter for it and you tell me.

I had the same problem with my generac pressure washer. Swapped the air filter assembly to that of its Honda clone, problem solved for $25.

 

[oil pan 4]

It looks like a fun, noisy, smokey toy for anyone old enough to start it.

 

[oil pan 4]

I ended up getting a yanmar, not cheap but at least I can buy an air filter for it.

 

[dlundblad]

I ended up getting a yanmar, not cheap but at least I can buy an air filter for it.

What are your plans for it?

 

[JTK]

Lots of YouTube videos out there with these. From what I've seen, they're very loud and vibrate a lot. Still pretty neat though for $200 or so.

 

[oil pan 4]

What are your plans for it?

Generator and I already have I set up.

 

[dumkid]

I'm working on getting the government school funding to buy me one (if I can convince them it's educational, and it's not forbidden, they'll buy it) you can actually get parts for the 196cc ones but the quality of those parts is dubious