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| I've got a TCD 6L914 going on 3 years old with 1600 hours that has been a disappointment because it's burned 2 quarts of oil per day since new. Deutz bases their permissible oil consumption as a percentage of the fuel used so mine would have to burn 4 qts per day for them to do anything about it. I did have the nearly $400 fuel lift pump replaced under warranty since the mechanic found it wasn't developing the pressure it was supposed to. At those prices I'm not looking forward to buying any real parts. Mine burns 4.8 gallons per hour turning a 75 hp line shaft turbine pumping 800 gpm at 32 psi and turning a 15 kw generator on the front so I haven't been overly impressed with fuel consumption. When I purchased it my choices were a 6 cylinder 6.8l Deere Tier II mechanical engine which really wasn't legal in a stationary application or a 4 cylinder 4.5l Deere Tier III electronic engine or the Deutz. Irrigation guy said he didn't like electronic engines placed between a 1200' lightening rod and a 600' ground rod. My Deutz is mechanical and was Tier III although I can't see how it could be with the amount of oil it burns and the smoke. I'm running mine at 1750 rpm for the correct water volume and voltage with temps running from 180 to 210 degrees. It doesn't seem to have an abundance of power as it is slow to come up to speed under load. Perhaps it will last 20-30k hours and I'll have to settle for putting 2 qts of oil in it everyday but my next engine won't be a Deutz. There is a lot of irrigation in my area and the number 1 choice is electric where available and Deere where not. | |
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Deutz Air Cooled Irrigation Engines ?
