Lombardini diesel engine fuel filter 3 way

[not done it yet]

Single pot Lombardini (LD6 or similar IIRC)? 20-odd years-old.
I used to see these running at 3000rpm on portable generator sets back in the day.
Tbh they aways gave the impression of being a bit.... cheap and built to a price. I always had the feeling that they'd not do big hours before wearing.
From that time (25 odd years ago) you had a choice of 1 pot air-cooled diesels, mostly....

1. Honda GD411 (pricey but good)
2. Lister A Series (AB1, AC1, AD1). If starting handle only, then a nasty workout to start (you needed to be an athlete with the strength and speed of Dolph Lungrens W***ing hand to get one going, AB1 esp. Good once going).
3. Yanmar L70/L100. IMO the pick of the bunch cost/build quality. Expensive spares though.
4. Lombardini LD6. As said. (There was also a monster LD9 1-cyl - I'm pretty sure even ole Dolph would struggle to pull start one of those!

If the compressor is occasional use (& the Lombardini is goosed) - would a petrol Chinese Honda GX340/390 clone perhaps be the cheapest & easiest way out??

You missed Hatz. Superb diesel engines, likely the RR equivalent for this class of diesels. I have three or four (one in parts). The others have always started when required. The E75 has been with me for over 35 years and always an easy starter (has a cold start device on the pump as well as the option of screwing in a smouldering wick)

 

[sardine]

easy start gets a bad name, but it can be a very useful tool!, especially on older diesels!
Did a simple fuel filter change on an older john deere tractor, really wished i had a can of easy start, just to get it kicking over fast enough to pull fuel through!
was there with my van running connected with jump leads, cranking for ages before the damn thing would fire!

A gas blowtorch down the air intake manifold does the same as Easystart but without the violent start.

 

[Bornfree]

You missed Hatz. Superb diesel engines, likely the RR equivalent for this class of diesels. I have three or four (one in parts). The others have always started when required. The E75 has been with me for over 35 years and always an easy starter (has a cold start device on the pump as well as the option of screwing in a smouldering wick)

I've got an E95 on a mighty midget welder. Lovely engine but very loud.

 

[Robotstar5]

A gas blowtorch down the air intake manifold does the same as Easystart but without the violent start.

My dad used a paraffin blow lamp to get his old Landy started on cold mornings, by the time he got the blow lamp working you were looking at a 10 minute cold start

 

[GRW]

You missed Hatz. Superb diesel engines, likely the RR equivalent for this class of diesels. I have three or four (one in parts). The others have always started when required. The E75 has been with me for over 35 years and always an easy starter (has a cold start device on the pump as well as the option of screwing in a smouldering wick)

Yes, I forgot Hatz. I only got to see a couple of the 1-cyl Hatz, but yes, nice motor.
(One was I think in a really nice quality built generator set, I think built as a backup for very small rural telephone exchanges. It was an upright cabinet, with the Hatz in the top half on a shelf, with a slot cut out to allow a wide drive belt with ran a twin-bearing alternator pulley. It's the only AC Generator I ever saw with that small footprint "stacked" couple arrangement)

The local councils had quite a few 2-cyl aircooled Hatz sets, 12.5kva, 3ph, 3000rpm. Noisy as hell, but solid little things. I'd guess they'd been built in the 70's.

 

[8ob]

The local councils had quite a few 2-cyl aircooled Hatz sets, 12.5kva, 3ph, 3000rpm. Noisy as hell, but solid little things. I'd guess they'd been built in the 70's.

Most of the air cooled diesels of the era were noisy as hell, got a four pot Deutz on a stump grinder and that thing is at head height when in use.

Bob

 

[GRW]

Most of the air cooled diesels of the era were noisy as hell, got a four pot Deutz on a stump grinder and that thing is at head height when in use.

Bob

The old oil/air cooled Deutz is a lovely engine though.

 

[chrismac]

The old oil/air cooled Deutz is a lovely engine though.

would that be like the one on the back of my welder generator, poor photo but its the only one I have.

Untitled by chrismac2012, on Flickr

 

[8ob]

The old oil/air cooled Deutz is a lovely engine though.

Not when they are head/ear height

 

[chrismac]

The Lombardini engine must be knackered....... runs on lidls chain cleaner only, my £7 tin of easy start is brutal...it runs on it too but wow, not nice sounding,

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Had it running backwards after a late squirt and it ran on its own, this made me double check the tappets, ( am I right n thinking if they were not set correct the timing could allow this to run backwards, its not running at the rev' s it should but holding steadyish...

New video by Chris Macleod

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and its getting fuel as can be seen here, a slow motion of the injector

New video by Chris Macleod

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whats the thoughts after seeing this, I have the engine on the bench now, just looking at it wondering if its worth taking the head and barrel off.

 

[chrismac]

Not when they are head/ear height

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fairly serious looking bit of kit!

 

[GRW]

would that be like the one on the back of my welder generator, poor photo but its the only one I have.

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Pretty hard to tell lol. Tbh it was mainly the bigger industrial Deutz oil & air cooled multis that I was on about - really well-made, quality kit. But if its that era of Deutz, chances are it's a good un.

 

[addjunkie]

The Lombardini engine must be knackered....... runs on lidls chain cleaner only, my £7 tin of easy start is brutal...it runs on it too but wow, not nice sounding,

New video by Chris Macleod

photos.google.com

Had it running backwards after a late squirt and it ran on its own, this made me double check the tappets, ( am I right n thinking if they were not set correct the timing could allow this to run backwards, its not running at the rev' s it should but holding steadyish...

New video by Chris Macleod

photos.google.com

and its getting fuel as can be seen here, a slow motion of the injector

New video by Chris Macleod

photos.app.goo.gl

whats the thoughts after seeing this, I have the engine on the bench now, just looking at it wondering if its worth taking the head and barrel off.

Looks like that injector is squirting rather than atomising!

 

[chrismac]

Looks like that injector is squirting rather than atomising!

might be worth sending that away to get checked out before I do much else. i have not really been in about diesels much but did wonder on the atomising or not as the case may be. thanks

 

[addjunkie]

might be worth sending that away to get checked out before I do much else.

How much is a new one

 

[chrismac]

How much is a new one

not sure, ebay check was over £100 I think

 

[chrismac]

How much is a new one

breaker engine, dodgy I know from a runner £66 might be worth a punt.

 

[addjunkie]

not sure, ebay check was over £100 I think

At that price chinese honda clone looks cheap

 

[m_c]

Most diesel engines are capable of running backwards, it's just that the injection timing will be quite retarded, so they won't run that well.
The injector doesn't look like the best, but I don't think the small engines inject at that high a pressure, and I've never personally tested an injector on a small engine, so I wouldn't want to say for definite that that is a problem. Especially since the 4 jets seem very similar.

If you could find somebody with an old injector tester, you could at least check the injector opening pressure.

However as you've probably realised, parts replacements on these engine can quite quickly mount up to more than a suitable replacement.

 

[8ob]

If you could find somebody with an old injector tester, you could at least check the injector opening pressure.

I agree, they are also a great tool for smashing large volumes of diesel through an injector and dislodging crap from the seats. Another trick to detect an injector with a poor seat is to remove the injector pipe and crank the engine over while observing the pipe union on the injector, any bubbles or dribbles coming back are a sure sign of a duff seat.

Bob