800 hours on an 1987 Onan genset. Rebuild engine?

Sounds like high school: "RUMBLE!"

here we go

JimInMich wrote:

Trackrig wrote:
That's sort of like saying you're going to rebuild the MH engine even though there's nothing wrong with it.

Bill

Dont be rude. I know something about vehicle engines, nothing about these small engines. I wasnt sure if 800 hours was a lot or not, thats why I asked.

x2 if you have nothing worth adding just don't post anything IMHO

JimInMich wrote:

Trackrig wrote:
That's sort of like saying you're going to rebuild the MH engine even though there's nothing wrong with it.

Bill

Dont be rude. I know something about vehicle engines, nothing about these small engines. I wasnt sure if 800 hours was a lot or not, thats why I asked.

As a Senior Member, you should have read several of the posts that pop up every three or four months discussing how many (or lots and lots of) hours people have on their gen sets that are still running fine

Bill

Trackrig wrote:
That's sort of like saying you're going to rebuild the MH engine even though there's nothing wrong with it.

Bill

Dont be rude. I know something about vehicle engines, nothing about these small engines. I wasnt sure if 800 hours was a lot or not, thats why I asked.

I have an Onan 8000 Quiet Diesel with over 2000 hours on it. So far, just routine maintenance iaw the service manual. No need for a rebuild at only 800 hours. The one thing I would suggest to you is to take a good look at all the hoses. If they are more than 6 or 7 years old, it might be time to change them out with fresh rubber. Good Luck!

That's sort of like saying you're going to rebuild the MH engine even though there's nothing wrong with it.

Bill

Sounds good guys, thanx.

My generator is just shy of 10,000 hours and still working great. It has has some minor work done but as long as the genset works as expected there is no reason to believe that anything other than normal maintenance needs to be done.

Save the money
Use it for something else
Rebuild NOT needed yet