This is so cool. And for the price, worth it! As a generator, or a replacement engine in a tiny tractor, this just seems ideal. Would love to use this as a hunting shack generator. Now just to find some used vegetable oil…
I love the small chinese diesel videos :) I bought one myself, should arrive this or next week. I'm a bit excited for it haha, I will likely run it on alternative fuels aswell. I want to put it on my homemade generator set I built a long time ago which is currently fitted with an old briggs engine which is completely worn out and has developed a rod knock. A diesel engine is a perfect replacement since it has more low end torque, and can run on so many more fuels :)
In West Africa, in road tractors and other heavy-duty equipment, the Chinese engines are doing the work. That USA DEF / SMOG ...... put my .... out of business, but these Chinese .... keep on trucking.
I think that is what Rudolph Diesel used around when he developed Diesel Engines (Probably before they were even called that lol), so sounds about right! On a serious note, digging into the chemical side of this does have me intruiged.
Don't use the compression release to kill the engine! The manual advises against this and I imagine it's because the valve could impact the piston. Fix your fuel pump arm, my guess is the spring is in the wrong hole.
