On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:09:08 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

The Yanmars, old and new, are work horses. Ours has 1200 hours and about
all I need to do is change the oil and inspect the rest -- and keep the
fuel clean, the only problem we've had other than a plugged cooling line
at the inlet.

I have a Yanmar diesel on my primary genset. Almost 1500 hours in two
years, only failures have been the raw water pump and several
impellers. Fortunately that was covered under warranty.