Generac Kia Diesel Engine Identification?

Makers Acres said: I did buy the service manual for it as well, but it never says the make and model of the original engine. I tried those numbers I was able to lift off the data plate and did not really find anything online. Click to expand... Hello, where were you able to find the service manual?

Birken Vogt said: I went looking for a video on your channel and didn't find anything about your unit. Did you do a rebuild or something? Click to expand... I am a bit behind in my videos, but yes, I had to replace a piston, replace valve springs and replace one valve. I will be posting this video eventually.

davidcarlson26 said: Hello, where were you able to find the service manual? Click to expand... I bought this manual back in the 2000's but it is a paperback copy and it is around 300 pages. I can try and scan the pages you need if you want.

I should have updated this thread and let everyone know that I was able to successfully rebuild this engine and get it running! It was a huge mental win for me! This was my first engine rebuild so I waited until I had someone with experience that could assist. When I tore the engine down, the cause of the failure appears to be bad valve springs. One spring broke in a way that allowed the valve to drop into the piston while it was running and destroy the piston. When I got into the tear down, I found that 3 of the eight valve springs were broken. Only one luckily had broken in a way that allowed the valve to drop. Keep in mind this engine has 10ish hours on it when these broke. I was able to go to a mom and pop engine shop and found some springs that seemed almost identical to the existing springs from an old Chevy Engine and replaced all 8. I could not find the correct springs anywhere and they also straightened my bent pushrod as I could not find that either. They also had to replace a valve seat for me. I replaced all the Piston rings and I found those out of a seller in India. The engine has about 10 hours since rebuild now and even ran the house during the California wildfire events when power was out. I did film the process and I will be posting a video of the entire process on my channel when I can get to it.

davidcarlson26 said: Hello, where were you able to find the service manual? Click to expand... Shoot me a PM with your email and I'll send it your way.