Hi I have just bought one of these engines. Again it's to relive my childhood as one of these engines powered my Granny's home for over 50 years. My question is what engine oil do I use in it? Thanks Regards Stuart
Please tell me more. New or used? how much? Where? I am toying with the idea of getting one as a back up generator and running it on used motor oil, if we cannot get diesel fuel. Do you know if that will work?
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Only water is used to cool this engine. But it is drained out of the water jacket after each use because if the water does freeze, it's expansion causes catastrophic damage to the cylinder head.
What type of oil do you use in the red can? I was told by a friend of mine that knows a lot about these engines that it’s best to use a thick oil, kinda like a gear oil with a high amount of zinc ZDDP In it.
For general rust prevention on the rockers, fuel pump and other exterior moving parts I use chainsaw oil. It's quite viscous so does not flow off. Inside the engine I use regular Car engine oil.
The engine is cooled by water flowing through a water jacket surrounding the cylinder. In the winter the water is drained from this cavity to prevent damage which would be caused if there is an overnight frost. When the water is drained the wet surface of the cast iron oxidises and this is washed into the water on the next run turning the water orange. This causes no problems..
@@adelbawendi1478 If you want to change the water in your engine go right ahead, but really it's not necessary. Lister boat engines are 'through cooled' which means dirty canal water is pumped directly into the engine only passing through a coarse filter to remove weeds and dead rats.
Lister CS engines occasionally come up on eBay UK. Prices vary depending on Horse power but start around £250. They can also be bought from farm auctions but beware, these may have been left outside for some time.
I suggest you indicate, step by step, the operations you do, to set it in motion. Example ; I open the tap 1 which .... I open the tap 2 which .... Use oiler on ...
0:05 I close the water drain tap and open the water tap allowing cooling water to flood the water jacket. I also check the water level ensuring the return pipe is under water. 0:14 I lubricate the valve stems then the push rods then the fuel ump and regulator linkage. At 1:27 I squeeze some grease into the rocker bush. 1:32 Here I am raising the oil pressure by manually operating the oil pump. In these shots you can see the parts I was oiling earlier. 1:40 I operate a lever to open the fuel pump to maximum for starting. Then crank up to speed. 1:46 I operate a lever to close the exhaust valve which creates compression and the engine starts up. Runs like clock work! 2:28 Shut off fuel to stop engine.
This is how it works. The tank is filled with clean clear drinkable water. The bottom valve is opened and the water-jacket fills with water. As the engine runs the water heats up. This causes the water to rise through the top pipe into the tank and cooler water is drawn into the engine at the bottom. This circulation continues until the engine is stopped. Then it is good practice to drain the water from the engine, particularly in the winter, to prevent freezing water from cracking the cylinder casing. This is when a light rusting occurs inside the engine which colours the water. It does not harm the engine.
I have a 1934 model - Ot looks like the fuel filter has changed - I put the after market oil fulter on mine so I could use 10w40 fleet fully synthetic with lots of ZP in.
