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Re: Does idling do harm?

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Yahoo Message Number: 68563
I was hoping it was a joke, Jim. To me your making more out of it than is there. I have read my manual and it is not ambiguous to me.
If you let your generator set for months your not removing the moisture out of the windings. I have seen the fan belts form to the radius of the pulleys it rides in if let set long enough. It will make it noisy and cause you to replace the belt or listen to noise. Cat even recommends loosening the belts when in storage. If your to lazy or cheap to spend a gallon of diesel every month to lubricate all the seals and exercise basically every other system (Fuel, coolant, oil, ect...) and keep rust to a minimum, do as your heart is content. These machines are designed to be run thousands of hours but In my experience the lack of use can cause as much or more damage than proper use.

Kevin Burns 00 affinity 5865

Re: Does idling do harm?

Reply #51 –
Yahoo Message Number: 68567
Jim Some people don't understand a joke or a nuance. One last item on the subject . The Tech/ Maintenance manuals have to cover every possibility, so that the Manufactures can cover their butts. The material has to cover the possibility of operating in Alaska at 40 below for extended periods, or hardly at all. It has to cover same at 120 Degrees in AZ. This is no different than the bearings on the jet wheels that were at 60 to 70 Below and then go from zero to 160 MPH when the wheels hit the runway. The criteria for maintenance , in each case is clearly an extreme, and then the maintenance time and schedule, should be different in each case. Typically our coaches are not used much and so our care should be based on how we use the coach. A motorhome purchased to follow rock star around to the different places in the country might put on 200,000 miles per year , where as , we probably put on an average of 12,000 miles per year. In my view Bob Harnden's response summarized it best for occasionally used coaches. Then again, those who agree with me----etc ( joke )

Ron Baran 09 Magna 7025
 

Re: Does idling do harm?

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Yahoo Message Number: 68608
Bob, Ken here, I agree with you 1000%! Emergancy Power Systems are a different Ballgame. I just Started a Cat C-7 a few weeks ago in the Yuma foothills on a SOB. My Cat Exp. gets around the parks here. I had the owner Install new Batterys which I helped him install. The coach HAD NOT BEEN RUN IN 7 PLUS YEARS! He had it to Cat just before he stopped driving it. He is old and wanting to sell it. I checked fluids hoses and he added diesel fuel inhabiter. I had a younger freind just crank the engine and the coach had rear oil press ga. I saw oil press. I told him go ahead and start the engine. Since Yuma is so dry I did not use a board to choke off the intake air just incase the engine could run away like I would do in the shop. Yes it started and I ran at high Idle to Warm up. We have much larger diesels in our CC's. But for me was a learning lesson. I emailed my coworkers and they were shocked after 7 plus years. Again The Cat had ELC and just had the oil changed. Thanks for sharing Bob. Ken 99 Allure 30356.