Giant Diesel engine from 1910

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Engine used to generate electricity in 1910. THIS VIDEO IS (C) VALENTINA BORDIN. DO NOT USE, PUBLISH OR BROADCAST ANY OF THIS VIDEO CONTENT WITHOUT MY WRITTEN PERMISSION.

[@neotropos]

Definitely sounds like "don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me..!" What a great machine!

[@peteacher52]

What a hypnotic sound! One of the few engines that is genuinely relaxing to listen to. It does indeed speak, but perhaps Put-you-to-sleep, put-you-to-sleep!

[@madstu666]

What a fantastic noise, like some tribal drum beat ! Good fun to see video, and 105 years old now, wow

[@Altairw]

madstu666 thanks!

[@dhonidhoni6239]

[@gregorymalchuk272]

@@Altairw Do you happen to know the power rating of the engine?

[@eroc2689]

So this is the first fresh hip hop beat anyone ever heard... I like it

[@Kara0ki]

what a wonky contraption. love the clacking noise from those massive valve rockers. sweet engine.

[@oeduardocooperyoutub]

Industrial music, awesome

[@Journeyman-Fixit]

In pretty good shape for 1910, you could dance to that beat! :)

[@user-xk2lb2ob8p]

On the contrary, modern music reminds industrial noise.

[@Chr.U.Cas2216]

Simply fantastic. Thanks a lot for saving restoring showing taping editing uploading and sharing.

[@kubanskiloewe]

at this rpm´s Deutz could have give a hundred thousand years of warranty with no risk :D

[@leifvejby8023]

Dear Santa, this Xmas, for my garden, please!

[@Chr.U.Cas2216]

:-) :-) ;-)

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Love the sound and the falling-water cooling system. Wonderful machine!

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

And it's the combustion chamber itself that is heated. Also, the oily fuel ignites by the heat of the combustion chamber walls, and not by compression. Diesel had quite a bit of trouble to manufacture a compression chamber that had such a high pressure so it would ignite the fuel. In a way, these semi-diesels are the more crude version of a diesel, since they didn't need such a high compression. The hot bulb was glowing red.

[@arturocamillacci]

100 years old and still going strong!!

[@ZEZERBING]

Sounds like the newlyweds upstairs

[@RetroCaptain]

Yes! No chemicals needed! Just uses a breeze to cool the water as it circulates & sips the fuel..

[@wagoneer81]

These old engines can be rhythmic and musical in their own way. This one is waltzing along in 6/8 time... I love the simplicity and raw power of these old power plants! Keep them alive for as long as we can!

[@Alexgrosy]

there were diesel engines in 1910 but as far as I know all of them had a blast injection. This one is solid injection. So I agree it must be late 20's or early 30's as written in my old comment.

[@Karl_Johansson]

Don't fuck with me!

[@overloaded1498]

That's exactly what I was just going to post. For those that don't get the drift, listen to the engine running, while looking at drymsko2's comment!

[@dellira]

exactly waht i heard too haha :D

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

The bulb is the combustion chamber on top of the cylinder, where the fuel gets injected and then ignites not like in a diesel engine from compression, but from the heat of the bulb walls. In order to start such an engine, you first had to heat the bulb red glowing so it would ignite its fuel when injected. They are also called semi-diesels, since they burn similar fuels (but with more variety).

[@loatherd]

The : hot bulb: is the same thing thats in VW golf or rabbit engine but now it's called a glow plug. A glow plug is only used for starting, back then it was on constantly and heated by a flame.

[@enginebill]

This is a cold start, solid injection full diesel engine. It uses volume governing of the fuel. It is not a hit or miss gas engine and it is not a hot bulb engine. Hot bulb engines are low compression engines which require heating prior to starting, this is a high compression engine which requires no preheating. I have personaly run an identical engine to this one. Hot bulb engines could be four cycle or two cycle. This engine was more likely made around 1920.

[@tedbacks6365]

This engine should start a career as a percussionist...

[@ziiofswe]

A neighbor had one of those! If I recall correctly, it had no reverse. If you wanted to "put it in reverse" you had to change the rotation of the engine instead. And I'm not saying that all hot bulb engines need continuous heating during low load... just that it can happen (depending on the individual engine). I've seen it happen with my own eyes... But if it was due to a worn engine, too rich fuel mixture or something else, I don't know. I just noticed they had to keep the burner on.

[@potamiag]

amazing engine i think this is the only engine ive seen that it does not produce the huge cloud of diesel smoke when running!!!

[@chromolitho]

I want one. But smaller. thanks for putting this up.

[@Altairw]

that must be so cool! I love old engines too!

[@northerbrewer]

This is not a hit and miss guys. This is a hot bulb or semi diesel. It inject oil into a large precup chamber where it is vapourized but noes not ignite untill air is forced into the chamber. These engines are not cold starting like modern diesels since the fuel is injected as a liquid not mist and the compression ratio is low for true compression ignition. But they were very cheap to run ( would burn any fuel from gas to waste oil ). They could not rev much above 400 rpm.

[@ziiofswe]

Actually, when they're running without load, for show, like this one, you sometimes need to heat the bulb more or less constantly because the low load doesn't keep the combustion chamber hot enough. But I'm sure you already knew this... :)

[@chuckbear1961]

Awsome sounding engine. Like techno dance music,and what I`d like to see is a keyboard player next to it playing music with it.

[@cadaverdogblix7448]

poetry in motion and harmony in sound

[@LordSmuggington]

I find the sound quite, calming.

[@theimaginator16]

omg it is putting me to sleep with it's perfectly rhythmic sound... i could listen to this to go to sleep it's so calming

[@chazmt]

This is just awesome i would love to see machines like this run in person

[@kaseycoleman993]

I'm assuming the device at 45 seconds was its manual/automatic driven fuel pump. This is amazing to look at. Thanks for the vid!

[@DrTalon123]

Did you notice, it took that HUGE engine just to move that small lever up and down back then. Just look at how far we have come!

[@dieselheart001]

I could imagine falling asleep to the sound of this engine. It's like listening to a big old grandfather clock.

[@Altairw]

grazie! purtroppo sono molti anni che non vedo più questa macchina alla fiera di Arsego, spero che non sia andata perduta.

[@Pontiacman1964]

Kind of spooky! Sounds like it's alive, really alive. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@GrimlyKK]

Tending those engines was a dirty business :) Either the restorer's sense of humour or it was actually a drop cooler.

[@HYPNOTICVIDEO]

Rotate ,Rotate , is the way it sounds to me. Amazing

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

It was universal. Put the belt on anything you want, and it works with the engine. Not limited to generator use only, or threshing use only.

[@MUSTASCH1O]

I bet that was a fine engine in its day. Especially since it's STILL RUNNING in that condition.

[@TestTubeBabySpy]

fascinating macine, it has its own little cooling tower

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

That lever is the fuel pump. Be glad that nobody had to stand beside it and actuate it manually.

[@thezunzou9960]

oooh its an older film but sooo awesome, beautiful sound!!

[@Altairw]

Sadly this was the last time I manage to see this amazing machine in action. I wish I could see it again and make a new better video!

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

I know from "Lanz Bulldog" tractors, which are also based on a hot bulb engine, that they run on idle without needing to heat the bulb, until it's really cold outside.These machines are pretty neat...tok-tok-tok-tok-tok-tok-tok.... ;)

[@WW5RM]

Hot Bulbs had a chamber that oil or fuel went into and was heated before the engine could be started. Once started the heat was removed and combustion came from the heat inside the cylinder. Much like modern day Diesel Engines do but the compression is much lower on the hot bulb and I believe efficiency was lower because of that. I believe hot bulbs were the first engines to run on oil which later lead to Rudolf Diesel's engine that ran on oil as well but was much more efficient. =]

[@spoinkel]

sounds very techno, but the time signature is 5/8 so it'd need some chopping to fit a 4/4 beat.

[@FlatBroke612]

Physics dictates that it's divisible evenly... By 4.

[@Altairw]

interesting. I'll try to be here next year when they start it!

[@Uchiha2289]

German engineering in perfection^^

[@NOKIDOI]

I don't think this engine was use to generate electricity, but to power a Threshing machine. So the famous Deutz trademark builded a lot of farming machine like this one. It was used before the Combine harvester came into use. There had exactly the same machine in my home town during the 60s, but only used for the Saint Jean festivities, in an act of remembrance of the old time. If you observe the background, in the video you'll see a lot of others farming machines.

[@sunglelive]

nice sound for music mix

[@oroszlan40]

-ha a gépezet alapjárati hangját hasonlítod a zenéhez jól képzeled .A gépek is kissé túlozva de a tulajdonságukkal panaszkodnak-örülnek-dacosak stb. és nekünk kell rá jönni a turpiszságukra.

[@wernerfeil7900]

Klasse, da wären ein paar technische Daten interessant, auch der Verbauch würde mich sehr interessieren. Kann man das vielleicht mal hier posten?

[@fodasevoce]

Beautiful !!

[@gda882002]

very nice ,how many rpm dose that turn and dose it run on gas? i love the sound

[@Fredrikgaard]

@rafa426 It's a cooling water "radiator". The water transfer heat to the air when it it falls throu the air.

[@jebthereb2]

beautiful.

[@ddemko100]

What show was this at? i think I saw this engine at summerset.

[@TheVancen]

what is a hot bulb engine exactly? anything like a glow-plug engine?

[@Altairw]

Thanks for the explanation! But where did all that water come from?

[@michaelburkham2465]

Radiator

[@OHBISX]

It`s a good sound "TIPLUM PIF, TIPLUM PIF..."!! In 1910 in my country.. oh my God...!!

[@V8Jagnut]

very nice engine. thanks for showing. how deep into the ground do you think that would work itself after 2 days of running.lol

[@1tristan1henderson1]

Simply, a compression engine that uses a heated "bulb" to ignite compressed fuel and air.

[@Alexgrosy]

It does not look like a hot bulb engine to me. I think this is a solid direct injection diesel engine. The injector can be seen at the top of the cylinder. The manufacturer is Deutz as you can see on the side of the engine frame. I don't think this engine is from 1910. It's more likely built late 20's or early 30's.

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

I thought this applies only to hit-and-miss type hot bulb engines? Since on a steady engine, it fires on every stroke, so the bulb shouldn't be able to cool down?

[@midgetcogger]

very nice old engine

[@Tritium5678]

Nice beat...:-)

[@apprenticemart2]

I'm no expert but I'm sure this is a diesel engine. Deutz introduced their first non-compressed air assisted injection diesel in 1911, and had significant improvements in the area of direct injection in 1921. I can see an injector on the front of the engine, but there's no bulb for hot bulb heating that I can see. Also, generating engines nearly always have twin fly-wheels. I doubt this engine is 1910 but feel free to prove me wrong.

[@Altairw]

@bluefire87HN Il posto è la fiera di Arsego nel padovano che si tiene ogni anno a fine ottobre (è stata fatta proprio domenica scorsa) Purtroppo l'ultima volta che è comparsa questa macchina è stato proprio l'anno in cui l'ho filmata (2 anni fa) e poi non ne ho più saputo nulla. L'anno scorso c'era ancora qualche trattore d'epoca a testa calda, alcuno anche in vendita. Quest'anno purtroppo nulla di nulla :(

[@MRRARK1970]

That is not a hot bulb engine. It is a full compression diesel.

[@cmsch180]

pardon my ignorance, but what is the "waterfall" for? cooling?

[@WW5RM]

I think you got it man!! I believe they were oil engines like the first diesel engines were! Diesel Engines are the BOMB!! I run WVO in mine and save tons on fuel!! =]

[@Mercmad]

The cooling system is very clever .I wonder what she sounds like under full load?

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

Wrong twice. First: It didn't need to be constantly heated by a flame, only when starting the engine. Second: In this so-called semi-diesel engine, the heat from the bulb ignites the fuels, while in a diesel engine the ignition is achieved through pure compression, so this engine runs on much lower compression (it was a huge task for ol'Rudolf to fabricate his high compression engine), while in a diesel the compression chamber stays much cooler (the heat isn't needed for ignition).

[@steamwally]

Yes I think you are right, if it is a hotbulb, where is it!

[@TVPiles]

It is a semi diesel, but not a hot bulb. This is a four stroke engine, hot bulbs are two strokes

[@fredoplatel8223]

super !! merci .

[@helstontvx]

Great rhythm....recon I could mix that up for a hip hop tune!

[@astrialkil]

lol it does kind of sound like that ! Grumpy old engines.

[@bluefire87HN]

finalmente un video in italiano!!!! :-) dov'è il posto?

[@HYPNOTICVIDEO]

Sounds like people are chanting with the sound. Wild

[@mikado201019]

@enginebill On the bill says it's 1910. 100 years old and still kicking! :-) Like an allien space craft engine.

[@callmetatersalad132]

anyone know the ft pounds of torque this beast has?

[@mattiasjohansson7718]

Can i use the watch link in a comment on facebook?

[@Altairw]

Idk what that is but if it links back to this page than it's perfectly fine

[@vincentrobinette1507]

I wonder how the thermal efficiency of an engine like this, with a large cylinder turning slowly, compares to a modern, smaller, higher speed engine with the same horsepower rating. Which one will do more work on a given quantity of fuel? For stationary use, where the weight doesn't matter, it might turn out that the old, heavy engine is ultimately more economical!

[@theFatTubist]

@beboybo That is a radiator... it cools the water.

[@nikald98]

why is raining in that room next to the engine???

[@sasho54]

Amazing cooling system...

[@ALABAMAHEADHUNTER]

Sounds like it's trying to say something . Cool engine .

[@dougspair]

@OHBISX ..I'm thinking more of a Kuh- lunka' tick...Kuh-lunka tick...cool sound either way.

[@markjurkovich7814]

I wonder if Deutz still has parts on the shelf for this. 😉

[@Serostern]

Yep, it's a part of the water cooling system.

[@allenscott19832008]

this is a full compression ignition DIESEL engine that tag has typos on it I know this engine I did some research on it for the last 3 days

[@brianbrunner7807]

What horsepower? RPM? Manufacturer?

[@Tractorman82]

silvester59 I think you are right!

[@skbakanov]

Nice radiator

[@stereopolice]

Fall back on you fall back on you fall back on you ....

[@oroszlan40]

Szinte hibátlan az alap járat.Hát igen az én ill. a mi korunk büszkeségei!

[@05clenharth]

the reson they are called hot bulb is because there is a bulb like metal thing o them that vaporises fuel this must be heated red hot before staring and is red hot whilst running

[@ddh27234]

what is a hot bulb engine?

[@jameslemmon6148]

How much feul does it use in a day running like that??

[@Altairw]

No idea