Changchai 12 HP Chinese diesel engine

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Changchai L12NM horizontal diesel engine. Running on temporary wood frame. Will eventually drive a YANAN MINDONG 6.12 kw. 240 volt 50 hz 1 phase alt head, for standby power to the home, through a manual transfer switch. Alternator is brushless and AVR controlled. Engine will be electronic governed. Engine start 2.03

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IT,s so hard to get diesel in the States !

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they build train and have to buy engine from the west. also big heavy construction equipments

What was cost to ship the engine?

it will run for only 1 month , Chinese stuffs doesn't live more ;)

Yanmar copycat. I love Japanese engines. China engines are junk. See this video is a new China-made engine but so many unusual cluttering sounds can be heard? The compression is weak.

Chinese diesel engine is. A waste of money ,doesn't last long

Hi again PatrickThe Baptist. I personally don't run this one on WVO/WMO, but there are people who have done so, and I think, with success. I believe they will run on pretty much anything as long as its sufficiently processed. I think that 'blends' are the most common form for these engines. The genny( which I still have to upload vid 5, running with a load ) is mainly for standby, but when I move to 'stand alone' eventually, it will probably get a bit more use. Up til now its done about 107 Hrs without a hiccup. The engine is rated at 12HP/1Hr, 11HP/Cont and drives a 6.12 kva Stamford copy genhead. 4.5-4.6 kw and it will run all day with a clear exhaust, but if you get up to about 5kw or better, she starts to grunt a bit, and show a slight haze from the exhaust. With regular Summer diesel and about 2.5kw of load, it will use about 600ml of fuel, per hour from its 8 lt tank.
One point of weakness with these engines, is their cooling system. At some point, I will change it to an automotive style radiator, but with a bit of careful preparation ( Jap bearings in fan and tensioner, Dayco belt, new PROPER gaskets for rad to block and careful sealing and tightening down of the rad bolts, it has given no issues or leaks, even in 40 deg Celcius + days.
With these engines, in my experience ( which isn't much ) a bit of pre use fettling goes a long way towards a reliable engine.
Anyway, cheers and God bless from Downunder,
Mike.

NeatO, so can you run it on waste oil? I'm looking to build a genny for my off grid living at some point and run it on waste oil..

What's the price (FOB)? I'm interested.

So a crank start?

very cool nice

Looks like you got a good engine.

check out those sexy legs, not as good as the engine.