I bought a Chinese diesel

[Bill G]

I wonder how one of these would do on a log splitter, what's the max RPM?

I bet it would be a beech to start.

 

[Stem]

I bet it would be a beech to start.

like most B&S engines

 

[Bill G]

Checking out one of the included videos looks like lung cancer city!

I would like to see this video................

Thread 'Diesel in snowmobile experiment'

Mar 23, 2024

We had the dumb idea to put some diesel fuel in my clunky 1989 SKI-DOO MX snowmobile. Apparently, a family friend on my dad’s side went snowmobiling with a group of people years ago and one woman accidentally filled hers up with diesel when they fueled up at a gas station. The guys didn’t notice until she was done fueling. She must not have had an empty tank of properly mixed gasoline, because she actually got good fuel economy and it ran good afterwards. The details of that story are unknown/sketchy, but that only grew my curiousity. My sled is junky and the motor is a tad low on...

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[LAWN BOY]

I wonder how one of these would do on a log splitter, what's the max RPM?

I think there’s a YouTube video of a guy with one of these on a wood splitter. Supposedly max room is 3,000.

 

[LAWN BOY]

I would like to see this video................

Thread 'Diesel in snowmobile experiment'

Mar 23, 2024

We had the dumb idea to put some diesel fuel in my clunky 1989 SKI-DOO MX snowmobile. Apparently, a family friend on my dad’s side went snowmobiling with a group of people years ago and one woman accidentally filled hers up with diesel when they fueled up at a gas station. The guys didn’t notice until she was done fueling. She must not have had an empty tank of properly mixed gasoline, because she actually got good fuel economy and it ran good afterwards. The details of that story are unknown/sketchy, but that only grew my curiousity. My sled is junky and the motor is a tad low on...

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[Bill G]

like most B&S engines

Well maybe for some but I have a generator that I bought due to our straight line winds in July 2008. I had to have it to keep (4) freezers of our farm raised beef, pork, lamb, chicken, and turkey nice and frozen from going. We had no power for a week. It has a Briggs gasser. All it has ever had in it is "corn gas" and fires right up. I fire it up once every two years or so and run it a few minutes.

 

[LAWN BOY]

I agree with Bill, Briggs aren’t bad, well some are. I at one time had 3 blown up single cylinders 11-12.5hp sitting in my scrap pile, 1 randomly lost compression shortly after I got it, another I received locked up and PO said it went bang, the other I received with no compression and an oil leak. I like the opposed twin Briggs tho, my main and first lawn tractor, the Murray in my profile pic, came with a nice running 14hp but it leaked a bit of oil, then I got an excellent running 19.5hp for free and put that in and it’s been super reliable for years. My dad bought a brand new Whacker neuson generator 20 ish yrs ago, it’s seen lots of use as he used to do construction and it powered his cabin almost all the time for a while, it came with a 16hp Briggs vanguard storm which still runs awesome. My neighbor has a simplicity lawn tractor that he does not maintain at all, but it’s 14hp Briggs vanguard stays running with no air filter cover and no oil changes. My dad and I change the oil in all our equipment annually. And I’ve heard good about the old lists Briggs 3hps like on my vintage push mowers which I haven’t gotten running yet. My grandpa bought a new Speeco wood splitter many years ago and it came with a Briggs but I forget what happened but it was major so they put a Honda on it which has been crazy reliable ever since, my dad has it now, Hondas are super good.

 

[Bill G]

I truly do wonder why folks think small diesel engines are so great.

 

[farminkarman]

I truly do wonder why folks think small diesel engines are so great.

If they don’t have pressurized lubrication on the bottom end, they won’t live very long. The ones that will actually pay for themself are very expensive and they need to run for a lot of hours to hit that break-even over a gasser.

 

[Stem]

old & "vintage" B&S are decent, but the newer stuff is garbage. but... I'm also a Kohler fan.

in all reality, maintenance plays a big part in how long stuff is gonna live.

 

[Bill G]

Go price a rebuild on a Deere Gator with a diesel.

 

[Stem]

Go price a rebuild on anything John Deere.

I fixed it... LOL. nothing spends like a Deere

 

[thompsoncustom]

I think that little diesel would be cool on a jon boat with a homemade surface drive not sure it's big enough to work well tho. Still you don't see many little boats rolling coal.

 

[bogieboy]

I fixed it... LOL. nothing spends like a Deere

I worked for deere for 7 yrs... i would joke with customers that they were the color of money for a reason....

 

[Bill G]

I fixed it... LOL. nothing spends like a Deere

Not always true.

 

[EFSM]

Hondas are super good.

There is a good reason that other brands find it hard to get a foothold on the commercial horizontal shaft market.
Honda's quality control is fantastic. Combine that with good quality steel, plastic, and aluminum, and it makes for a real workhorse. It's really amazing how little the GX lineup has changed since the 90's.

 

[Bill G]

There is a good reason that other brands find it hard to get a foothold on the commercial horizontal shaft market.
Honda's quality control is fantastic. Combine that with good quality steel, plastic, and aluminum, and it makes for a real workhorse. It's really amazing how little the GX lineup has changed since the 90's.

What model Honda 5HP OHV horizontal had the plastic cam gears?

 

[Wonkydonkey]

Where did you get the 3hp diesel, hopefully they do have something in the range of 6hp

 

[LAWN BOY]

Where did you get the 3hp diesel, hopefully they do have something in the range of 6hp

I bought mine on eBay, but they are also on Amazon. I seen 6hp ones on YouTube.

 

[redneckhillbilly]

I am curious if that 3hp diesel makes more torque than a 3hp gas motor, maybe a 3 hp diesel is equivelant to a 5 or 6 hp gas motor.

I like the idea of having small diesel motors as options to repower some equipment, I am waiting till more info comes out before I jump into playing with one.