Diesel Generator maintenance?

[Tom Graves]

I have a Westerbeke raw water cooled diesel generator installed in my C&C 37, and am wondering about the maintenance schedule. The generator sees about 10 hours of use per year. I do a fresh water flush of the cooling system after each use, and change oil and fuel filter 1x per year.... Generator is around 20 years old and has less than 200 hours...

Should I be doing any other maintenance.... other than the regularly scheduled stuff in the manual?

 

[Don S/V ILLusion]

run it more. Under load. The worst enemy of any engine and especially a diesel is to let it sit idle for prolonged periods

 

[Tom Graves]

run it more. Under load. The worst enemy of any engine and especially a diesel is to let it sit idle for prolonged periods

 

[Tom Graves]

is there a rule of thumb on how long to run per week/month?

 

[chip veres]

Our radio station does 15 minutes per week.
Chip Veres
s/v Sand Dollar

 

[Don S/V ILLusion]

Don't kow there is any definitive answer to that question but 10 hours/year is not good