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JimInMich
Explorer
Nov 20, 2016

800 hours on an 1987 Onan genset. Rebuild engine?

My 1987 Onan 6700 watt/50amp genset shows just shy of 800 hours use. Nothing's wrong with it so far, just wondering how many hours of use I can expect, before it's going to need a engine rebuild. I kn...
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Trackrig
Explorer II
Nov 21, 2016
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

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