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<blockquote data-quote="lesgawlik" data-source="post: 52570" data-attributes="member: 4115"><p>The story of my machine was interesting. When it went into pre-purchase, it was very hard starting and ran poorly. I think that's why the rental company sold it to the fellow I bought it from. My shop checked the compression, and it was okay. The injectors tested fine. They replaced two glow plugs, but that didn't eliminate the problem. I wanted to have the timing belt replaced, since in the Deutz the timing belt is a known replacement item. Turns out replacing the timing belt made it purr like a kitten. It starts with less than a second of cranking, and runs great. A few months after I bought it, I met one of the local mechanics who worked on machines for the rental company. He was familiar with the machine, and asked me what every happened with the engine - "did they rebuild it". So he knew there was a problem with it, but didn't know or take the time to find out what was wrong with it. The timing belt was not a very expensive. I think if the rental company had spent the time and money to replace the belt, they could have sold the machine for much more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lesgawlik, post: 52570, member: 4115"] The story of my machine was interesting. When it went into pre-purchase, it was very hard starting and ran poorly. I think that's why the rental company sold it to the fellow I bought it from. My shop checked the compression, and it was okay. The injectors tested fine. They replaced two glow plugs, but that didn't eliminate the problem. I wanted to have the timing belt replaced, since in the Deutz the timing belt is a known replacement item. Turns out replacing the timing belt made it purr like a kitten. It starts with less than a second of cranking, and runs great. A few months after I bought it, I met one of the local mechanics who worked on machines for the rental company. He was familiar with the machine, and asked me what every happened with the engine - "did they rebuild it". So he knew there was a problem with it, but didn't know or take the time to find out what was wrong with it. The timing belt was not a very expensive. I think if the rental company had spent the time and money to replace the belt, they could have sold the machine for much more. [/QUOTE]
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