GASOLINE
ENGINES
Subaru’s new All-Season engine is designed for out- door power equipment that may need to operate effec- tively from summer to winter. The 9 hp engine combines a range of features from the company’s EX industrial and SX Snow Power engines into a unit that offers an oper- ating temperature range of - 20° to 140°F.
NEITHER RAIN, NOR SNOW …
Subaru’s new All-Season engine designed to deliver reliable performance in all climates
BY MIKE BREZONICK
I
ndustrial gasoline engines are designed to operate effectively in a broad range of average ambi- ent temperatures. But the reality is that they often are used in applica- tions where the conditions — which can range from the dead of winter to the dog days of summer — are any- thing but average. In an effort to address the require- ments of equipment that may have to work year-round, Subaru has launched a new engine designed to operate ef- fectively at both extremes. Subaru’s All- Season engine incorporates the bene- fits of the overhead cam (OHC) tech- nology used in its EX Series engines with several of the cold-weather fea- tures of the SX Snow Power engine line (see January 2010,
Diesel Progress
) to create a multiseason powerplant rated 9 hp that can be targeted toward a variety of outdoor equipment applica- tions, such as log splitters, chippers/ shredders and lawn and turf seeders. “The whole outdoor power equip- ment industry kind of got used to engines not working when it got cold in the fall,” said Brad Murphy, vice president of sales and marketing for Subaru Industrial Power Products. “A couple of years ago, we started selling engines into the log splitter market where operation in cold weath- er — especially in Canada and the Northern United States — is critical. We also sell several engines in rotary brooms, which are used for regular sweeping during the warmer months as well as for snow in the winter. “As a result, we started looking at the issues caused by the varying tem- peratures, and that’s how this engine was developed. It’s just us finding a way to fill another niche in the market.” The All-Season engine is based on
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