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Old 10-16-2011, 11:34 AM
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You'll know when they're not happy... You can tell by listening if they're laboring to stay running or not.

Generally most of these hydraulic roller engines will idle at around 800-900 rpm without issue. My solid roller engines get about a 1200 rpm idle.
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