There is something very cool about watching and listening to a 650 rpm engine as it thuff thuffs as it runs and goes about doing serious work.

We now import new Listeroid engines that are very closelyР’В coppied from the early Lister designР’В so as toР’В have them available fo rour customers.

The specially designed indirect injection cylinder head allows these diesel engines to run on a variety of oils including bio-diesel, vegetable oil, pump diesel and many waste oils. The CSР’В engine designР’В didn't require any glow plugs to be started as it had a compression change valve which could increase the compression for cold starting! Having no electrical parts to fail and the slow running speed were justР’В a fewР’В of the reasons for their incredible dependability. The cold-start or C/S designed engines could be started by hand cranking and didn't require electronics of any kind in order to run. Today we now call these engines - Listeroids or Lister copies. Eventualy India came to manufactureР’В the complete engines weР’В import today. When the Lister company stopped manufacturing the CS series, India took over making parts to keep the existing engines up and running.

Ever wonder what happened to those Lister CS (cold-start) slow rpm, large flywheel engines of the past? Well, would you believe that some of those early Lister engine designs are still being manufacturedР’В in IndiaР’В today? These slow speed engines have been extensively used toР’В provide both reliable and efficient electrical power and water pumping duties in remote villages and locationsР’В around the world butР’В now to a limited extent, here in North America as well.

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