Steyr 236?

[burgundyben]

Does anyone have any experience of the Steyr 236?

Seems to have an excellent power to weight ratio and I think I like the idea of having a block and head cast as one unit.

 

[tcm]

block and head one unit?

how does that work then? yerd have to assemble all the crtanck and pistons, then sort of hopefully push them up the bores with special tool, then put the main bearings on. ...it all sounds a bit hard

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Re: block and head one unit?

And what happens when the piston rings need changing. Will it be an engine out job so that you can get at them from the crankcase?

 

[aztec]

Hi Ben,

i have a recollection of this being the base engine in the leyland Bison..

we used to refer to it as the headless wonder... bloody good engine OHC i think. i had one in the recovery truck, it'd pull a fully loaded truck with ease.

check the specs with a Leyland truck/HGV dealer, they may be able to help.

regards, steve.

 

[burgundyben]

Re: block and head one unit?

dunno, thats why I'm asking

reckon it would be ok if engine upside down in a stand, bores must be well spaced so piston clears webs for mains on its way out.

lets face it, if it needs work like that it needs to come out of the boat.

I like the power/weight ratio

would like to hear about parts avalability, think its Austrian?

 

[miket]

Friend of mine, a marine engineer, brought an old Broom Ocean 37 back from Holland to the Thames a few years back. It had been re engined with Steyr engines around 200 hp. He was very impressed with them.

 

[tico]

Try Cyril at Mermaid... he was doing something with Steyrs a while back.

 

[Jonmendez]

I Have a pair in my boat - Trianna goes like stink and very economical, Power to weight is sopot on as well. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Scarron]

Couple of years ago I sea trialled a Triana Tropica fitted with an early pair of the 212hp 236's absolutely fab (probably "Jon1M"s boat - V. nice too, congrats).

Having had that experience I have set my heart on a pair for my boat, when I can afford to re-engine that is.

They have been building them since 1993 when they were originally branded as OMC Cobra Diesels, Tico is right Mermaids have been the agents for quite a time I understand, Cyril reckons theyre pretty good, and according to him they have been pretty reliable, should be OK though as they are designed and built in Steyr, Austria - the world centre of high speed diesel design, apparently both BMW and Mercedes design centres and factories are fairly local. and not far from KTM. I dunno but some how I rekon Austrian engineering over Swedish [unless its a proper early Husqvarna of course]

They have a very interesting web site at Steyr Motors .com .

If you want a pair though, you'd need the newest 256s, 250hp from 3.2 litres. Last time I enquired they were coming out at about 20k for a pair. so very competetive with Volvo D3s given similar weight and size, but a lot more power. Easy decision really.