How many hours is too many

[nbfiresprite]

22 minutes ago, dmr said:

Did you have a look at the bores while the head was off?   and how were they ?

 

..............Dave

12 - 15,000 hours ?

Still in good nick, Compression test showed an average of 325 psi after the head had been overhauled,  Which Beta tell me is good average for this engine. 

[Man 'o Kent]

I had a 1936 National engine, (ex working boat). From the look of it was still on its origional dimpled chrome liners. Those dimples were very shallow, no more than a thou or two and they were still there sixty odd years later.

Gawd knows how many hours it'd done!

[Col_T]

13 hours ago, nbfiresprite said:

Seems Beta have noted this and now have a remote filter kit. 

Fitted one of these to the 1505 in our boat. Bit of a mare to fit with the engine in-situ, we have a modern trad stern so access to the mounting point was a little tricky, but remote filter now fitted where I can get to it without any contortions and the filter is vertical, so much less chance of sloshing oil around.

 

Excellent bit of kit.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

On 08/10/2020 at 21:46, dmr said:

 

A big problem is that narrowboats are not good for diesels, diesels like to work hard, lots of light load/almost tickover running is not good for them.

 

That’s what I’ve always thought: diesels like to be worked hard and in a narrowboat they won’t unless perhaps going up River at full welly. 

I have no idea how many hours my engine has done, there is no counter and no history came with it.