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Moisture, solids and viscosity or lack of viscosity and more fluid like is all I worry about in all my diesel equipment. Short of that as long as your feeding oil into a oil burning machine that has a resonably low ignition level you will be fine. I feed my trucks and gensets motor oil...

Was just looking at the post and realized I didnt respond to the question about removing the cover that houses the gear shaft. You can remove the four bolts and inspect but there is not a lot to see in there but it is not required for the pump work. Kevin

I just made a thread on this kinda topic and you may want to keep this in mind while pulling this pump. Here is the link to it....... MEP005 fuel in the crank case oil - SmokStak Kevin

To test the generator head you will need a megger but chances are its ok. I have had six of these machines and not once did I have generator head probs. You will have more problems with the controls circuit and fuel with these machines. Continue with cleaning that IP with some WD or brake...

Any progress on getting fuel up to the injectors yet? Kevin

Not sure if you are aware and you may already know this but there is a lever next to the throttle linkage that should be all the way back towards the control panel. Sometimes these are tied back with wire. If it is not tied back it can vibrate forward and cut the fuel. You say you just had the...

I drive a 2000 F250 with 277K miles on 7.3. Have only had to replace the trans 265K for major work, besides replacing the rusted bed!

I work at and have worked at many utility plants that use jet engines to generate power. I am usally around when the flushing of the turbines are happening and end up with a bunch of it. I cut the oil a bit depending on the ambient temp with gas or diesel and it burns great in my F-250. It...

The manufacture recommends the oil to be near 150 degrees F to properly clean. I think that temp would be dependant of what you are filtering and the viscosity of the oil. I tried mine without the heater this weekend and it was doing an ok job. I have decided to build a flash heater just prior...

TacDoc- I bought the next one up and so far it is doing what I expect short of heating the oil first. I plan to purchase the heater soon and improve my cleaning power. All of this stuff hinges on how well you dewater and pre-filter stuff before you run it through the centrifuge. I have some...

If you are referring to the Raptor pump I have about 400 bucks invested in the pump. It supplies the OEM pump with about 20 PSI at a 1/2 inch line which ends up being 60 from the OEM plus 20 from the Raptor so I end up with about 80 PSI. The result is the OEM pump does not work as hard moving...

Notchback- I just ordered one of their 65 GPH units. I watched the demonstation videos and it seems like a pretty simple unit. I already have pumps so I will not need those from their sites. I have lots of different types of oil to test on it so I will try and report back how it works. Kevin

The "Big" question is what are you going to feed this fuel into? Most older engines that are direct injection only require about three things. One removing the moisture and if you are looking at getting a centrfuge then it will remove most if not all depending on what the content of the moisture...

This machine has about 3500 hours on it from what the clock indicates. Hopefully I get as many if not more from it. Kevin

Update- I have found the time to work on this machine again. I have installed the rebuilt head and fired the machine up. The machine did smoke as much as when I tore it apart. I did make an adjustment to the injection pump, rotated it aprox 5 degrees + or - and it cleared up the smoke and ran...

Just an update on my situation: The machine shop has found at least half the valves were worn and all the guides were out of spec and all springs were needing replaced. Almost all of the seals were worn and needed attention also. Total price from the shop for labor was 375 bucks. The shop seemed...

Just an update on the situation..... I received a call from the machine shop yesterday about the head and they explain that at least four of the valves need replacing, all valve guides need to be replaced, and all the springs will need replaced. I did not ask how far out of tolerance the items...

The smoke I have been seeing is a grey kinda white smoke on start up and then changes to a darker color after it is up and running. As for the installation of the pump when you remove the pump I found that the shaft is slotted similar to a flat head screw driver. When I removed it I found a mark...

Well, The pump was removed from a running set and I dont recall it smoking any. Now it did seem like the smoke was less when it was warm out. I have not loaded the gen up yet since I have had it running. The head is off and will be at the machine shop come Monday and hopefully I can eliminate...

I have Just breathed life into the latest genset and so far I have had to replace many things on it to get it up and running. One of the items was the injection pump and not sure if it is related to the problem. Anyhow, I got it up running and makes power fine and the engine runs great! The...