I’m not surprised that someone has marinized a Mercedes diesel, but I wouldn’t expect them to be terribly popular due to the limited output.
I’ve never worked with propulsion engines in a boat but I’ve done lots of work with marine generators, which aren’t a lot different as far as the modifications necessary to make them work in a marine environment. My takeaway from the experience made me convinced that a boat is not something I would ever care to own - unless it was something like a canoe. The adage about them being "large holes in the water you pour money into” is as true as the one about there being no such thing as a “cheap Mercedes”… -D > On Nov 19, 2019, at 1:45 PM, Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There is a company in Scandinavia that has kits for marinzing for Mercedes > diesels. Its not too uncommon to see 602s as marine engines in Europe. But > they're fairly low output compared to any engine we'd find here in the states > in most boats. Its hard to compete with a Mercuriser V8 in terms of > horsepower. And boats like trawlers that have lower horsepower needs are > better served by large slow turning engines that last forever, like Ford > Lehman diesels. > > I too would like to retrofit a MB diesel into a boat, having been around > boats for most of my life. But finding a combination of boat and engine that > makes is difficult. As Dan said, the exhaust is a major issue. Building one > yourself isn't simple... its pretty easy for the engine to swallow up sea > water when conditions are not perfect. > > Jaime > > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 1:18 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > “Marinizing” an engine, that is, making it suitable to operate in a boat, is > a very tricky business and typically involves some serious modifications to > an engine, primarily in the cooling and exhaust systems. A water cooled > exhaust manifold would be required, along with a heat exchanger (closed > system) or not (open system). You would also need to set up an accessory > drive for the raw water pump as well. > > Far more complex than dropping it into another over the road vehicle, I would > think. > > -D > > > > On Nov 19, 2019, at 12:12 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > > I know this subject has been touched upon in the past but what do you folks > > know about transplanting a Mercedes diesel into some other sort of vehicle? > > > > I believe I have seen utube videos etc about transplants into Toyota > > 4Runners or something similar and I think that Jim had a Mazda pickup with > > a MB diesel that someone had put into it that he traded to his brother or > > something like that. > > > > What else is out there? I am curious as to whether there would be > > sufficient power available if one were to put one in something like a full > > size 2WD Chevy pickup. > > > > One step further - how about putting one in a boat? > > > > Randy > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ <http://www.jaimekop.com/> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
