2012 441 Generator Question

What brand and what size??? Diesel or gas? I m guessing diesel although meridian built many gassers

have you talked to the surveyor to get his opinion ?

60 hours a year isn’t much. How old is the oil ?

Put fresh oil in it and run her till the wheels fall off.

Probably metals from break-in that has never been cleaned out.
I would not worry about it but lack of use over all, could still be a problem.

That small Kubota is cheaper to replace than rebuild. Warranty better also on a new motor.

On the valve cover is the engine model number. Starts with a D or V and 4 numbers.
ie; V1100 D1500

Shop for this number on the web for a new engine price. Add $1000 for labor and there is your discount you want from the seller.

Also, You always have a place to ship the core,,, to me.. I luv lil Kubota engines.

If it runs, bringing it up to snuff would be changing oil, fuel and air filters.
First valve adjustment may be at 1000 hours.

Just woke back up with this on my mind. I see Capt J is already on it.
Sometimes an oil lab that usually does cars and not marine diesel engines over reacts when some numbers come in high.
The numbers really need to be posted for some more responses to come back to you.

290 hours on the engines? A 10 year old boat?
Cummins? I can see lift pumps coming real soon.

Still don't see big red flags, just cautions.
With that little hours, may never of had a proper oil change.

Plastic sample pick up tube may have scratched the inside bottom of pan also, picking up extra settled material from pan bottom.

I would rather have some hours on them.
Real low hours / lack of use as these, is not a better selling point, IMO.

Better be sweet clean in & out and look like new.
Don't bent over to much.

If this is your surveyor, Not the brokers or sellers, Tell him of my comments and my PM. See if he has any additional comments.

First electric fuel pump to the main engines.

redundancy?
One per engine. Fail without warning.
When they die, engine wont start.
IMO, not necessarily hours, but calendar age.
IMO an Achilles Heel on the Cummins engines.

At the time of these fuel pump calamities, The Area factory shop did admit there "may be a problem" and "were trying to purge the suspect pumps out of inventory".
What that meant, They were not releasing any new pumps till the old ones were gone.
Yep, our largest fiasco was on 8.3 HOs. New November 2008. Pumps started failing early 2014, then every 10 to 12 months for 3 cycles. Last pumps been working over 4 years now.
We had some issues on the smaller QSBs also, just not so major.

If the OPs purchase engines have been dock queens all these 10 years with original pumps, It would be entertaining to see what happens when some real use is accumulated..
Fail or last forever???

I do hate dock queens like this one. Age but no history (hours) on the equipment.
It's a strange gamble that can win / loose quickly.
I do hope it turns into a winner.