Cheap Amazon Chinese diesel 168F teardown, reassemble and put to work.

I disassembled a Chinese diesel single cylinder i think its 2.2 kw or almost 3hp. i thought it was a 6 hp. the add was kind of weird. I took the engine apart found metal contaminants in oil from factory. Cleaned all the parts pulled the piston found scoring on the skirt and cylinder walls (not awful but bad for brand new) I decided they were caused buy the bad oil in the crankcase from factory running checks. I assume the oil is reused after each engine and not filtered at all down the assembly line. most bolts were found to be tightened properly except the muffler. put the engine back together and installed it on a grain auger i was using to feed my seed cleaner slowly. So far i have ran it for 40 hours and no issues. it does vibrate and have different harmonics than the gas and will chuck belts if at the wrong rpm but rev it up slightly and it smooths out. i ran 8.5 hours on 3L so i figured 150 hours and the fuel itself will pay for itself. i have not loaded this engine down hardly at all and am curious to see how much it can auger compared to the 16hp that was in its place.
good engine, bad assembly and run in factory. was it worth the 250 usd shipped? ya i believe so, almost for the simplicity of its design itself.

[@JustinFranke-y9w]

Great video sir, not many people would do a teardown and rebuild, thank you.

[@vincentrobinette1507]

Break in oil changes are critical for small engines, because they usually don't have an oil filter. It's even more critical for diesel engines, because of the high compression, and accompanying high chamber pressure. If you buy a new engine, run it for ~1 hour, then again, after a tank full of fuel. You will see a lot of metal in the oil, as the crosshatch in your cylinder and rings bed in. While perfectly normal for a new engine, you don't want those metal particulates swimming around in there any longer than necessary. (It attacks the bearings and cam lobes and lifters) Those first oil changes are the difference between a 400 hour engine and a 4,000 hour engine! It's well worth spending an extra $10.00 on oil, to get a good break-in on a new small engine.

[@ryanroberts1104]

It drives me insane when I see the instructions tell you to do the first oil change at either 5 or 25 hours. OUCH! That's literally the same as putting a handful of metal filings in the oil and running it for 5 hours! It's a good idea to get a magnetic drain plug or other magnet before you ever start it - during break it it helps catch a large amount of the ring wear. Wish I could get one this small with an oil filter. :(

[@southtexasspecials175]

@@ryanroberts1104 ya that's gonna be a mist from now on. If I could find a magnet that'll work. Hopefully it'd stick to the drain plug

[@ryanroberts1104]

@@southtexasspecials175 I don't know about the diesel version, but for the gas engines you can get a magnetic drain plug for like $6 on Amazon. Wouldn't be surprised if this engine uses the same size threads. Also I've seen people take the stock drain plug and drill a 1/8" or so hole in it, not all the way through, and stick a cylindrical magnet in the hole with some epoxy. They also make magnetic dipsticks for the fill hole on the gas engines, but again not sure if it's the same threads.

[@paulmallery6719]

Or any engine

[@televirn5879]

I would also get a magnetic dipstick and drain bolt immediately to help get metal shard out of the engine

[@richardross7219]

I'm glad that it is working out for you. I was going to replace a worn out 12 hp cast iron Kohler but now, I think that I will rebuild it. Good Luck, Rick

[@michaelbenoit248]

If you get a K-Series Kohler rebuilt right & maintained ur kids will be driving it.

[@richardross7219]

@@michaelbenoit248 I've been rebuilding engines for over 50 years. Unfortunately, the parts for small engines are now made overseas. I'll do this K 301 in the next month and put it on an old GT for my son. Good Luck, Rick

[@Wingnut353]

@@richardross7219 Made over seas isn't so much a problem as WHERE made overseas... stuff from korea/taiwan/japan and sometimes india (like detroit diesel parts) are perfectly fine perhaps even better than what you can get locally made. Of course stuff made in china typically isn't in that class.

[@richardross7219]

@@Wingnut353 Yup. My Kohler is about 50 years old. The cast iron Briggs and Stratton, Kohler, and Wisconsin engines of that era are of very high quality and reliability. I should get into rebuilding them again since there isn't anything that I can afford new and I have several dozen engines in my basement. I started rebuilding engines in 1969 and have most of the tools. I need a crank grinder and a head planner. Good Luck, Rick

[@ukaszbach8770]

To start the engine in cold weather it is enough to apply hot air (or the heater you used) to the air intake). Even a burned newspaper is enough. It is better to remove the filter so as not to set it on fire. Greetings from cold Poland

[@306familyfarm]

My intake is plastic so for me the torch on the head is the easiest.

[@chevy6794]

This is also an IDI engine so it needs the heat in the pre combustion chamber. Intake heat probably won’t help this one much.

[@ReubenHorner]

Heat straight up the intake port will sort the job. Electric start would make it mint

[@davem5333]

Looking at the build quality makes me worry less about Chinese military hardware.

[@brianmax1301]

And to think that the electrical components for our fighter jets computer hardware are made in China . How stupid was that to have our worst enemies making our fighters critical components ?

[@TheMrAndybass]

Chinese export products are very different to their own use market

[@tZydeco]

Always a good idea to underestimate those you view as opponents.

[@wills5482]

You get what you pay for, you don't see anybody complaining about CNCs, Lathes, 3D printers, iphones, all kinds of computer parts, PCBs, and Mills issues and they're mostly made in China

[@randymagnum143]

@@wills5482 who is buying chicom cnc?

[@lawrenceengel3330]

Enjoyed watching the tear down, clean up and reassembly of that little diesel engine

[@76629online]

That piece of debris in the combustion chamber was a Chinese diesel booger. They're quite common.

[@jackpinesavage9806]

If the belt is jumping more than it did with a gas engine, you may need to add an idler on the slack side. Diesel crankshafts see significantly more angular acceleration from the firing pulse thus the problem early on in vehicles with taking out transmissions.

[@306familyfarm]

Ya I just reved it up a bit until the harmonics were good.

[@markatkinson9963]

They must run them to tune them. Might just be part of the process.

[@thomaspepper2201]

A friend told me always wash the crank case OUT WITH KERISIEN OR DIESIL OIL numerous times before adding oil. He's had to use twisters to remove spiral metal machining pieces before. Just change the oil a lot and they preform fine, and snug all the bolts.

[@ryanroberts1104]

Pretty much the same inside as the gas ones. They always come with *nasty* oil full of metal, I pour kerosene in the crankcase and shake it all around and dump it out if I'm not going to completely disassemble it. Then change the oil about every hour for the first 5 hours...they just keep making glitter. Eventually once everything wears in they work surprisingly well. Magnetic drain plugs are also really, really good to have in anything without an oil filter.

[@thefunniestfarm4731]

I also change the oil multiple times for the first few hours, but I do the first oil change after 10 minutes of hard break in. It comes out super shiny. I'd rather not run the initial break in oil for much longer, since it has the biggest metal shavings. I stop changing the oil after ever ride when it stops having shiny stuff in it. That crap will wear every moving part early if left in for long. If I could afford it, I would rev to max rpm then replace the oil every 20 seconds for the first 5 oil changes.

[@seanmckay3392]

@@thefunniestfarm4731 its a small engine not a spaceship buddy stop wasting money doing that change the oil every few hours shit just do a fresh oil change and then run it for another year change it again nothing bad will happen

[@montecorbit8280]

This was an interesting video. I remember back in the day that I think Robinson sold a line of small diesel engines with the Subaru badge on them. I remember seeing them in the Northern Hydraulics catalog,(later just Northern). I always wondered build a go-kart out of them. I think they offer the kit for the go-karts as well.... If I might make a request, your next video film it in landscape mode instead of portrait. It will be easier for people like me on my cell phone to be able to see it. Thank you in advance, hope you have an excellent day!!

[@davidmiller4425]

The predator generator from harbor freight was the same, and in the directions it states too change the oil

[@greglewis3382]

I have the orange version of this engine. It's on my reel mower. Never took it apart since I'm not mechanically inclined. Had it one year still working so far.

[@Deveak]

The price is right, maybe 40-50 bucks more than a predator of similar size.

[@ElectricBlakeGames]

Hopefully this engine lasts a long time

[@111000100101001]

Good review, inside and running! I’m leaning towards a diesel vs gas for a generator project coming up.

[@306familyfarm]

Thanks! It would be good on fuel definitely.

[@brianmax1301]

@@306familyfarm What is the horse power and torque rating for this diesel

[@306familyfarm]

I think it’s a 3hp but not sure on torque

[@johnbrizendine7716]

It almost looks like they did the initial break in already on the engine. If you do an engine tear down immediately after running a new engine, it will look like that from breaking in. That's why it is always so important to do the engine break-in procedures and rinse out the crank case after each oil change during the break-in process.

[@stanleybest8833]

Watch the oil level breaking in. It's high. Cold weather? Ether can break it very easily. Use a kettle of hot water on the top of the cylinder slowly. I love my Sichuan Sifa MB168F. I made a 20 MM to 1 inch shaft adapter and added a 7 inch pulley. I won't idle it very low and I won't rev it high. 15W40 and real pump diesel. It cranks a car alternator. I turned the governor bolt in 5 turns and locked it. That's my maximum speed. No need to open the fuel system. Just use extra pulls until you smell exhaust raw diesel.

[@wazza33racer]

Soviet tractors often came with cigarette packets in the engine, welding rods in gearboxes and handfuls of sand in the differentials. Once all those "foreign objects" were removed, they ran great. Eventually the KGB investigated the factory, all the workers were drunk..........5 managers were arrested and never came back.

[@markconley9279]

To the gulag with them!

[@bigteddy66]

Sounds like the cherokee's that came to the UK. I personally like them but they were a bit of a laughing point, and don't forget as we all know land-rover were fantastic. Cough cough.

[@neffk]

8:45 the bump is an artifact of casting

[@PAUL-1961.]

Great video ,just a little suggestion turn your phone sideways so the video is wide screen,better view.Thanks

[@haloondrugs1173]

Indirect or direct injection ?

[@306familyfarm]

Indirect. It has a small precup

[@stanleybest8833]

@@306familyfarm No. It's called direct swirl chamber. Indirect means intake injector. This is simple quality. Use real pump diesel and 15W140 and you'll see some life from it

[@joebrown9621]

Other than a few quality control issues of a cheaper built motor .. it looks pretty normal for a splash lubricated air cool engine

[@averagedev7768]

I bought a 186FA and that thing had loads of filings in the first oil change. In the manual it said let it run 8h without load. I did 2 cycles of that and a oil change after each. The 2nd oil change was very clean where first had aluminum filings and was grey in color

[@306familyfarm]

Ya would have taken several oil changes to get the filings out from the pool on the other side of the case. Would be a good idea to unbolt it and tip it over to drain all the oil out.

[@MichaudDaniel]

Did you bought a use engine ?

[@306familyfarm]

No just a bad factory test run I believe.

[@markchapman2585]

Made in China nothing but the best parts and quality control. Good job taking it apart and putting it back together.

[@silverbullet7434]

It's good you taking it apart they're famous for chips and dirt in there engines. I'd recommend any engine from china be opened up and cleaned!!

[@306familyfarm]

I would definitely agree the wear surfaces wouldn’t have lasted long with the amount of metal in the bottom

[@thefirstmissinglink]

Can also run propane raw into the intake, rather like starting fluid. I have a craftsman generator that I heat with a propane torch between the intake and exhaust ports when cold.

[@garypeatling7927]

Lots of oil changing on these engines works hard and gets very dirty, seen them wear out very quickly with no oil in

[@306familyfarm]

Ya I’d say good oil changes would be important for a splash lubed diesel. Also I swapped out my 15w40 for 10w40 for more splash in the cold

[@JohnSmith-yv6eq]

Run for15 minutes...drain and replace oil. Run for 30 minutes..drain and replace oil. Run for 60 minutes..drain and replace oil. Now run for the scheduled oil change periods... all the grinding shavings from initial engine runs have been created...and disposed of. (Remember...no oil filter) See comment about the factory test running each engine with the same oil as used in the previous engine being tested then draining it and using it in the test of the next new engine...ad infinitum. Quick way to load up oil to form a grinding paste....

[@everybodysjonathan]

Appreciate the tear down vid

[@ShainAndrews]

23 minutes in portrait... You deserve everything you have coming to you.

[@Jawst]

I hate these Chinese cardboard gaskets they seem to dry out and shrink. They use these gaskets on the air blowing diesel heaters which is extremely dangerous because there is nothing stopping you from getting carbon monoxide poisoning

[@craigsmith8217]

Curios to know if you changed oil and if it had any metal in it. I'm sure your initial cleanup extended its life.

[@306familyfarm]

I did a 20 hour change and it looked ok, black but decent.

[@d.jensen5153]

Are these direct injection or is the fuel injected into the manifold during the intake stroke?Any idea how much pressure the fuel pump produces? Is the fuel spray fine (small particle size)?

[@306familyfarm]

It's a indirect injection diesel, so sprays atomized diesel into a precup.

[@d.jensen5153]

@@306familyfarm Thanks! If it comes out atomized, the pump must develop a fair amount of pressure above and beyond the 320 psi (22 bar) it would take just to get the fuel to dribble in.

[@306familyfarm]

Ya diesel injection systems like this can be 2000-2500 psi. Pretty standard setup.

[@d.jensen5153]

@@306familyfarm I'm amazed a cam sliding against a rod can develop that much force without wearing out immediately. :o 25 pulses per second x 3600 seconds per hour x 4000 hours equals 360 million pressure pulses!

[@4x4rcoff-roadtractors54]

I was always curious at how much foot pounds of torque that engine made I know it makes three horsepower but I can't figure out the Torx diesel is enough for tour it's got to be something okay did you ever figure it out?

[@306familyfarm]

Not sure on rated torque

[@4x4rcoff-roadtractors54]

@@306familyfarm No big deal I was just curious if you might have known since you got the booklet with the engine I want to purchase for myself I have a few things I can use it for i'm just trying to figure out what the torque is but thank you for replying back so quickly

[@306familyfarm]

Oh I didn't see any other rating in the book other than hp

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Very cool! I always feel bad for the Chinese laborers who work with little pay to assemble these products. I worked about a year in Chine at a shipyard and experienced how their companies operate. Hopefully you have great success with this engine! The fuel use is impressively efficient.

[@assyholey4224]

@@elvismorales7741 60% of inmates are political prisoners, if Adam shift had his way it is coming to the good old Usa.

[@thefunniestfarm4731]

I was thinking about putting one of these on a bicycle, but holy crap that thing is wide. Guess I'm still going with a tillotson 228r

[@MittyNuke1]

I have this same engine, it’s basically the exact same size as a Honda gx200 or 6.5 hp predator. Way too big for a standard bicycle I think.

[@thefunniestfarm4731]

@@MittyNuke1 I've ridden a 212 predator, it's not too bad. Just need a wide bottom bracket kit with bent cranks. My hs144f with a grubee belt drive on the shaft is almost the same width as a 212 with just a clutch on the output shaft.

[@MittyNuke1]

@@thefunniestfarm4731 interesting, that would be really cool to put one of these little diesel engines on a bicycle.

[@thefunniestfarm4731]

@@MittyNuke1 Look at my profile pic, I'm still deep in the range of what is "comfortable" on a bicycle and still pedal ok. You can go a half foot wider easily and still be comfortable. Pedaling with this wide stance is another monster though. It's like walking with your feet 3 feet apart.

[@russellday5003]

Have you run it on waste crankcase oil yet?

[@306familyfarm]

No I don't have a filter system for it.

[@Buzz-vz2js]

Was thinking about tryin one on a log splitter

[@whiskeybuilder6335]

Me too. I'm worried about turning enough rpm.

[@306familyfarm]

I think they run about 3000 rpm. I saw a guy on KZbin put one on a log splitter.

[@whiskeybuilder6335]

@@306familyfarm 600 rpm slow, but I figured torque would make it up under load.

[@whiskeybuilder6335]

@@306familyfarm we ordered one. Curiosity got the best of my son. He loves to tinker with weird stuff.

[@306familyfarm]

@@whiskeybuilder6335 nice! I would definitely at least pull off the side case and wash it out to be safe

[@frankiefiveangels601]

Where did you find the valve clearance specs you set toward the end of the video? They didn’t match the manual. Curious because I’m about to tear down one of these as well.

[@306familyfarm]

I forgot I had a manual until after I put it together. The font has the right measurements. Or I believe I show them at the end of the video in the book. They are less than .005 I believe

[@dennymcelhaney8652]

Hows it doing? Any updates?

[@306familyfarm]

I used it a bit this winter to feed cows started with 10 pulls no heat at -10c seems to be going good. Have around 70 hours on it.

[@dennymcelhaney8652]

@@306familyfarm wow im impressed. Thinking about getting one to tinker with. Thanks for the video! Did you turn the output shaft down or have a 20mm pully already?

[@306familyfarm]

@dennymcelhaney8652 I decided to turn down the shaft to make it more standardized. Going to be putting more hours on this fall after I'm done combining.

[@dennymcelhaney8652]

@@306familyfarm thanks for the replies and the video! 😎😎👍👍👍

[@batmanlives6456]

That’s Chinese quality right there !!! The debris helps bed things in !!!

[@spike555]

They did a test run at the factory. That's carbon on the piston, shavings are from being "broke in", oil is dirty because they used cheap oil for the test run.

[@TheChrisgralnic]

While you had the case apart I would have slammed a new higher quality Timken bearing into there .

[@Cream_of_sum_yung_gai]

I doubt that is a new engine, i bought one of these a few months ago and it wasn't filled with dirty black oil. With the keway damage i'd say you got shipped a returned engine.

[@sethdabull]

That's honing lines in the cylinder

[@306familyfarm]

Honing lines don’t go straight up and down.

[@alternatemusicaddict5226]

This is a 170fd the orange version is the 168fd there is a difference. Main difference is the red version has a wider block and the injector pump is in the block as for the orange version it’s extremely similar to a Honda clone or more like a tillotson block, the injector pump is in the side cover

[@306familyfarm]

I’m just going off what my receipt and the sticker on the motor. Both says 168f you can see it in the first 10 seconds.

[@d46512]

The block is a Honda clone and yet they say the overall design is a clone of Yanmar.

[@306familyfarm]

The recoil looks exactly the same as my Honda 6hp on the inside.

[@assyholey4224]

@@d46512 i have a 12 hp Yanmar 1988 on a Gillett made in USA Genset, bought a new 12 hp Deisel all most exactly the same, but never looked at the smaller diesel.

[@MittyNuke1]

I have both the red and the orange versions of this engine and both were sold as 168f to me. I think you may be right about the location of the fuel pump though, will have to check. They both look like they are based on the gx200.

[@ajwilson605]

No way to prove it but, I'd bet you got a customer return. The marks on the output shaft will bear that mention. I've bought several off shore sourced small engines and never had one come to me with damage or witness marks on the output shaft. Looks like it was installed, run for a few hours, then returned because of customer dissatisfaction. Dirty oil, scuffed piston and bore, not from the factory. The factory only runs them long enough to set injection timing and performance. Oh....and please shoot video in "landscape mode" rather than "portrait"....

[@erik_dk842]

Portrait mode is fine for those who have one eye above the other, but not so good for humans

[@picklerix6162]

Looks like a good replacement engine for the African Queen.

[@d.jensen5153]

Your observation only increases the value of the engine to me. ;)

[@lancelot1953]

Hi 306Family Farm, good informative video. We use a lot of older equipment on our 2 farms (dairy and cattle/feed farms) mostly 1970~2000 New Holland/Case Inter implements, similar tractors with newer high power additions (John Deere, Kubota, older International). We tried to stick to OEM parts and avoid Chinese parts. Our experience with Chinese knock-offs (belts, chains, bearings, ...) has been at times disastrous and have occurred at the worst time (evening harvesting before a storm). You were fortunate to identify your impending engine failure "just in time". Thank you for sharing your experience with the farming community. May I suggest filming videos with a more stable camera - the constant motion including focus variations makes it hard for the viewer(s) to follow. Peace be with you, Ciao, L (Morningside and Starshine Farms, Inc.)

[@waiting4aliens]

Really informative video, thanks.

[@adamcrux6829]

The reason it had old cruddy oil in it, is because they "recycle"/reuse the same oil after testing the engines on the assembly line. So that oil has probably been run threw hundreds of those new engines. They drain all they can but no matter what some is left behind and by the time it makes it to your door it has all settled to the bottom. I'm also pretty sure they don't even filter the used oil they literally just poor out as much as they can then poor it into the next engine to test.

[@306familyfarm]

Yes I agree.

[@tcmtech7515]

One of the biggest problems with cheap Chinese engines is that they make everything from common metals that dont take to heat treating well or they don't heat treat critical parts at all leading to them having very high wear rates on critical components like camshafts and the injector pump internals and the injectors themselves. Don't be surprised if this one starts acting up while it still has less than 1000 running hours.

[@306familyfarm]

Ya I figured if I ran this engine for 150 hours the fuel savings pays for itself compared to the engine I replaced. So anything over that is a win.

[@farmermatt629]

I like it … are you cleaning seed?

[@306familyfarm]

Yep cleaning durum.

[@marvindebot3264]

There are good Chinese 168s and there are crappy Chinese 168s, that one looks to be closer to the crappy end. You can usually tell at first sight just by looking at the external build quality. Overall tho they take a fairly hefty beating but I always flush the sump, run it briefly on running in oil (10 minutes, no load) and flush it again before using a good quality oil with first change at 5 hours.

[@A3Kr0n]

At least they gave you a mannual. LOL.

[@TheChrisgralnic]

Looks like they use filtered used oil for initial testing . Which I guess is fine since the benefits of brand new oil are resistance to heat change and thinning , I guess it works but that’s really gross that they contaminate a brand new motor like that with random contaminants

[@southerneruk]

If you had contacted the main Chinese agent, they would have sent another one free of charge, just provide prof of condition of motor

[@lutomson3496]

those are not bad motors, but as you have found out take them apart before running and clean

[@assyholey4224]

I just got a indexer for my milling machine, clean everything from China.

[@davidegan3280]

this is the quality you get when you are to cheap to monitor your child labor appropriately

[@tronixfix]

Is it still working?

[@306familyfarm]

I put about 40 hours on it and finished cleaning grain. Ran for like 10 hours at a time. Worked good, I would buy another but would clean inside again definitely.

[@papabits5721]

Rode hard? Mabey a return

[@306familyfarm]

@@papabits5721 the mounting bolt holes didn’t have any signs that it was mounted so I doubt it.

[@tronixfix]

@@306familyfarm so you’re still using it every season? The use is from the factory run.

[@306familyfarm]

I’m not using it now. I am going to use it probably once more before next fall when I clean grain again.

[@ByWire-yk8eh]

Nice, but shame it's portrait mode. Uses 1/3 of my screen. Tough to see.

[@timerickson7056]

I bet the factory tests if it passes the oil is drained and used in the next test without filtering. You may of gotten oil used in a thousand other motors until a major failure I'm betting it goes on with only addition of new oil to the dirty kind of situation

[@solct]

Vertical video on 16:9: A crime against humanity

[@gwc3721]

Price?

[@306familyfarm]

250 American shipped

[@en2oh]

Sadly, shipping to Canada is about the cost of the engine ☹

[@306familyfarm]

Ya I live close enough to the US I just drove down and got it. Canada shipping/ mail sucks

[@en2oh]

@@306familyfarm never looked at USA shipping… I have an address in NY state

[@306familyfarm]

Ya shipping was 50 for me to Montana

[@roballan4944]

That break-in material is fairly normal.

[@BeingMe23]

I wish everyone would film in landscape mode...

[@andrewmaylish2107]

Belts jumping! Yup it's 20 foot long.

[@MrTurboTurkey]

Its nice that it came with a mannnnnnual

[@306familyfarm]

Ya I forgot it came with one until after I put it together. It had some decent stuff in it.

[@briancorty4348]

That oil is assembly and breakin

[@michaelmcneil4959]

What was the point of uploading a minivideo?

[@jamesplotkin4674]

Some people like portrait for odd artsy-annoying reasons.

[@Orygunner67]

Looks like they sold you a used one!

[@staym925]

Pressure the tank with air and it pop that dent out.

[@ianboard544]

For people going on about the quality - come on, I've seen these for less than $150.

[@jackpinesavage9806]

The rocker arm pedestal should have a dowel pin to enforce alignment. Could you tell if the piston was only aluminum, vs having steel reinforcement cast in? It looked like the tool for making the housing could have been designed to eliminate the 'dead pool' of oil. That camshaft should have rolling element bearings. It's not going to last with splash lube and high pressure from diesel valve springs. I suspect the metallurgy isn't even close to adequate for a good diesel design. It appears someone who was ignorant of engine design thought they could just convert a gas engine to diesel without accomodating the diesel's significantly higher operating forces. Sheet metal will crack, mounting feet could start breaking off, etc. It's fine for messing around with, but you wouldn't want to rely on one of them.

[@306familyfarm]

Ya but the hole that the stud goes into must be too big hence the movement side to side. We will see how long it lasts if it breaks I’ll put up another video. Lots of small motors don’t have cam bearings. The Polaris 800 side by side is the same, but it has a oil pump at least.

[@dadandkids5028]

TOFU oil.

[@kendexter]

Those China one time runners

[@maddog3080]

I would have to say that someone bought that engine, used it, and returned it, then they sold it to you.

[@306familyfarm]

I checked the mount bolt holes and didn’t have any signs of being bolted down.

[@moefuggerr2970]

Vertical vid. You get a thumb down and a block.

[@graham6137]

Please shoot your video in Landscape format!

[@306familyfarm]

Ya I remembered when I started editing it.

[@matijadaljevec6916]

168F in Croatia is honda gx160 gasoline knockoff....

[@juliogonzo2718]

They sure aren't cheap on Canadian Amazon. You can buy them direct from China for less money but might get confiscated by customs as they do not meet emmisions standards. If I was going to buy one I would make sure it was shipping from here not China or you could get burned

[@MittyNuke1]

Not sure about Canada but you can buy these on eBay for about $220 shipped (US dollars). Trying to buy them from China directly through AliExpress is insanely expensive due to shipping. When I bought mine it was shipped from within the US I think.

[@gphilipc2031]

👍

[@shortarms4114]

Grade A Chinesium.

[@Luke-zb4hm]

🤤 diesel...

[@lmfarms4611]

from what I understand engines shipped from over seas use oil that is not engine oil, thicker to protect engine in shipping.

[@andysaunders3708]

For what you likely paid for it, if it ran for even 5 hours, it's probably cost you essentially zip. You don't buy sophisticated tools or machinery for peanuts.

[@stevenmitchell6347]

Some manufacturers run every engine before packing and shipping or pick one out of every 10 or so. You got one they ran. As for debris, you have seen the KZbin videos of some of the "factories" there, haven't you? If you reassemble it clean and correctly, to specs given, it should be okay...for a while. You get what you pay for!

[@jd70HJ19]

It made its own version of Permatex aluminum base anti seize 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣 did it run upside down for a couple of hours🤔😂😂😂😂?

[@andrerousseau5730]

I think it's obvious. It's a return from another customer (maybe a warranty claim) that's been passed onto you, I.e. you've unwittingly bought used merchandise.

[@ClotEastwood]

🔥🚀

[@martinlawson1476]

I think you should invest in a camera 📷

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

I don't think it's worth 250 bucks. I'm not taking apart a new engine. I'd hit the junkyard and get something bigger and better if I want to fix an engine.

[@306familyfarm]

That’s a good option if you have diesels in junkyards near you, I’m not that lucky.

[@michaelfraser5723]

bench tested at the manufactory

[@andysaunders3708]

I believe that most of these cheap products are made in Chinese orisons, where there's no reason to feel proud of making a good product. Just churn out the numbers. QC would be non-existent. Just meet the targets, and flog them off, cheap-as.

[@scowell]

VVS

[@douglasthompson2740]

Typical Chinesium. Don't bother tightening bolts, fill it with used oil, adjust the valves--you have to be kidding round eyes!!

[@bardee1]

side panels makes a very poor video. can't watch it.

[@Moped-garage]

That engine is absolutely horrible. I can't even believe how bad that is. I was shocked to see the piston was so scored up. Reusing oil? Wtf.