Wow, Finally got the westy working again. Had 300, 200 and 150 compression, read not enough compression to even cook off starting fluid. Removed the cylinder head and had some slight leakage of penetrating oil in cylinders two and three. Jacked up the generator and rolled it on it's side then removed the pan, pulling the pistons. Piston one had one stuck compression ring, cylinders two and three had two stuck rings. They had to be hammered free using a very narrow screwdriver and a plastic hammer. Came out in several parts.
Valves were able to be lapped to a good fit and the genny was reassembled by my mechanic since I'm much better at taking things apart than the reverse and if something isn't right, I would rather not have to fix it myself. Popped right off first crank!! There is a God!
My mechanic's advise was to use it often and under heavy load so the rings don't bind up again. Just running it isn't enough to get the cylinder temps up to where they should be especially on break in.
I hated using it because of the noise and just being that much closer to some other genny problem. Mechanic says I won't live long enough to wear it out. Don't know if that's good or bad.
Parts (gaskets, rings and rod bearings) $1500, labor $1000. Westerbeke should be ashamed of what they get for parts, kubota as well. Pan gasket was over 100 bucks alone. Shame on them.
Moral of the story, use it or lose it.
Valves were able to be lapped to a good fit and the genny was reassembled by my mechanic since I'm much better at taking things apart than the reverse and if something isn't right, I would rather not have to fix it myself. Popped right off first crank!! There is a God!
My mechanic's advise was to use it often and under heavy load so the rings don't bind up again. Just running it isn't enough to get the cylinder temps up to where they should be especially on break in.
I hated using it because of the noise and just being that much closer to some other genny problem. Mechanic says I won't live long enough to wear it out. Don't know if that's good or bad.
Parts (gaskets, rings and rod bearings) $1500, labor $1000. Westerbeke should be ashamed of what they get for parts, kubota as well. Pan gasket was over 100 bucks alone. Shame on them.
Moral of the story, use it or lose it.
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