The options we had were Mercruiser 1.7 into a 6m boat or Volvo D3 in a 7.5m
Would of thought the Volvo could go in a 7m and now that its up to 190bhp that'd be a fast combo!
Alternatives could be the Volkswagen Marine 2.0 Tdi, seen adverts for them, haven't heard of them in a boat yet though.
Also been talk of BMW providing blocks for Yanmar, so that could be another fantastic 2 or 3 litre engine.
My engine has done 96 hours and is now having it's first service. I had a problem when taking part in the Weymouth cruise and first put this down to contaminated fuel. As it happens it was an electrical problem due to fauly plug on engine harness. We have fitted a lot Mercruiser diesel engines but this problem was the first of the kind.
About the same size as the mercruiser, but a lot more power (more money as well).
Nick.
Looks like a messy cam-belt change. My Merc 1.7 looks to be a doddle, although it'll be quite a while until thats due a change (Gonna do it at 300 hour sto be safe)
