Lombardini Engines?

[AxeKnot]

Does anyone have any experience of water cooled 4 cylinder diesel Lombardini engines round about the 30 to 40 HP range?

Are they good engines? Any problems with them?

http://www.lombardinigroup.it/starter.php?lang=2

Thanks

 

[kennertree]

I've got a lombardini air cooled engine on my stump grinder. I've never had any problems out of it. Don't know anything about the water cooled engines.

 

[Mowingman]

Kohler just bought them out. That should make parts a lot easier to get.

 

[Plyscamp]

The water cooled Lombardini engines are used in a lot of boat applications. Do not have any experience with the liquid cooled. Air cooled have served me well.

 

[skid row]

I have 3 or 4 air cooled lombardini's diesels that are very reliable. I have heard nothing but good things about the liquid cooled engines. There is a lombardini/hatz dealer a few miles down the road from here. And from what they have in the showroom they seem to be putting them on alot of high end equipment.

I heard about the kohler merger also, hopefully the parts prices will come down soon.

 

[grandpatractor]

I have serviced and run one aircooled and one watercooled. Both have been good. I have no big complaints.

 

[Gensetsteve]

Does anyone have any experience of water cooled 4 cylinder diesel Lombardini engines round about the 30 to 40 HP range?

Are they good engines? Any problems with them?

http://www.lombardinigroup.it/starter.php?lang=2

Thanks

My advice would be dont under any condition part with money for one of those engines. Especially the older early ninetees engines. I have had a lot of experience in the past not so much recently. In the uk you cant give a genset away with a Lombo engine. Most other makes command top money ie lister ( not the Alpha engine ) kubota , Yanmar, perkins,Cummins, deutz, kohler, hatz etc. In 1995 the failure rate of a lombo engine before 400hrs was 60%. Sorry to be so negative.