I picked up my new Powerline 6/1 electric start engine Monday. I just about killed my neighbors poor little trailer getting it to my hangar, but it made it unscratched
Finally finished uncrating it and cleaning it up yesterday, overall I am very pleased with the apparent quality. The engine has several nice features such as a massive cast iron valve cover, a good quality fuel tank with nice fuel lines and of course that big electric starter hanging off of the side of the case! I added approximately one gallon of diesel to the tank, bled the fuel filter and hand cranked it untill I heard the injector squeak a couple of times. I continued to spin it and released the compression release and the engine popped of immediately! I only ran it for about 15 seconds because I did not have any water in the cooling system. When it ran the engine ran it hopped around a bit, but I guess this is to be expected as it is actually sitting on two pallets and the pallets flex quite a bit. I will try to get it off of the palet in the next few days and run iot again to check the balance, I think it will be OK because when I shut the rack and engaged the compression relief the engine would spool down smoothly. I also tried the electric start and it is definately the cat's ass! Using the electric start the engine would light off immediately with the twist of the key! I highly recommend the electric start if anyone is looking to buy an engine, it is a small price to pay for the utility that the starter provides.
