John Deere Marine power Turbo Diesel

[martinvh1985warmond]

@Carl250r

No pump problems yet (and we do have 4 ships with these engines).

The cooling won't be a problem. The cooling system is a closed circuit (like a car) but keel cooling instead of a radiator.

We sail on sweet (is that the opposite of salt?) water. So not rust problem either.

[ocram12345678]

caterpillar the best

[dieselthekiller]

i am a mechanic and i work into a engine shop ,and i rebuild a lot of this kind;85 hp,135hp,185hp,220hp,225hp and300hp.but i have a lot a probleme with 225 hp.the sleeve

always crack and i have a lot of probleme with fuel pump.the cylinder head crack a lot too...

[carl250r]

you will always have problems with the stanadyne fuel pump they dont last that long on anydoes not stand a chance, but the engine are still good and teh pumps are cheap compaired to most other pumps to repair, keep your filter clean and use a lubricity improver and this will help allot.

i have seen no cracked liners and only one cracked head were over heating was not the problem. teh onlt liner trouble i have seen was liner pitting from poor coolant quality on a high hour engine 40,000 hour

[carl250r]

that pump does not last long on hardly anything ,and with teh low quality of marine fuel ,and with water and algee they dont stant a chance

[carl250r]

generator with rust water for coolant,"go figure"if you keep having head problems and head gadket problems and are not over heating you need to hook it up to a time track tool and time it. you time the fuel pump while the engine is running with a electric timing tool that takes a 1# reference of the #1 injector line electronicly with a pulse detector it is prety cool and realy dials in the timing.

inproper injection timing realy hammers the hell out of the engine. some times lining up the

[carl250r]

marks on teh pump and block is not good enough,especialy when teh pump has been off a few times for servive or has been replaced them marks dont mean anything anymore,there close but not on the money

[carl250r]

6068 powertech

[martinvh1985warmond]

Correct! 225hp

[peralez2383]

Awesome