Sometime during the night the engine block cracked -
I think it was fatigue and the oil drained out. Once the
black stuff got out (liquid smake ?!) it was all over.

Now, and someday, I might take the alternator and consider a homemade
job or buy a new engine. Still awiting a bright idea.

I'm thinking a 'Dutch' windmill generator - lawn decoration.
But most of our wind is 20 feet and higher.

Martin

On 3/30/2012 10:31 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
"Martin Eastburn" wrote:
Caution -
that is an RV generator - the 220 volt looking plug isn't.


Mine is somewhat like that - my Honda ran to long - over a week and
it was to hard on it.
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A tip for running 10HP Max Eng-Gen sets

Run straight SAE 30 oil and change every 40 running hours or
quarterly.

Learned this the hard way from a small engine specialist.

Lew

"Martin Eastburn" wrote:

Sometime during the night the engine block cracked -
I think it was fatigue and the oil drained out. Once the
black stuff got out (liquid smake ?!) it was all over.
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May have also been corrosive by products of combustion that weakened
housing.

That was the basic reason for frequent flushing.

BTW, I threw a con rod that had worn egg shaped.

Lew