What is a good used engine.

[Sneaky Pete]

Interested in the Broom, Nimbus Aquador of about 32-38 feet. Having read a bit on the downside of some KAMD and TAMD Volvo engines what would be a reliable and cost effective, to maintain, engine option for these boats. Volvo, Yanmar single installation or double. How good are the D4 and D6 series engines?

 

[Plum]

Interested in the Broom, Nimbus Aquador of about 32-38 feet. Having read a bit on the downside of some KAMD and TAMD Volvo engines what would be a reliable and cost effective, to maintain, engine option for these boats. Volvo, Yanmar single installation or double. How good are the D4 and D6 series engines?

I did dome research on VP engines and found very little evidence of a downside. Bought a boat with a TAMD41p which i have had for 3.5 years. Excellent engine. No more expensive to maintain than any other diesel, although i do all my own maintenance and buy non-oem branded consumables.

Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

 

[Mr Googler]

What’s the downsides of a TAMD!!!

 

[Sneaky Pete]

What’s the downsides of a TAMD!!!

Turbo problems, smoky exhausts, electrical problems. Ok they have their fan base and some think they are the greatest since sliced bread but there is a great deal of negative comments and I am trying to find out the balance between the good and bad aspects of mainly Volvo engines. If it were Cummins there wouldn’t be a problem.

 

[dash300]

What’s the downsides of a TAMD!!!

None that I have found with perhaps the exception of early smoke startup on the A's and B's
I have a pair of TAMD41P's so the end of a well tried and tested range. No smoke, and with just 200hp from 3.6 ltrs very under stressed. Easy DIY no lappy needed just been a trouble free joy to own.

 

[Bouba]

. If it were Cummins there wouldn’t be a problem.

Wise words

 

[benchmark]

Volvo engines per se are not bad , the problem I have with Volvo is because it seems like thy company is structured to earn their profits from consumers AFTER the engines are bought , in form of sales of spare parts and servicing.
The bold ripoff original volvo spare part prices just because of the green paint and not to even mention volvos non-user-friendly engine fault diagnostics system on the modern engines.
Even though Denmark is Next door to Volvo’s home Sweden, It’s a pain to find a certified Volvo mechanic who has time for you in the nearest future and when you do , they charge you anything they like because they know that consumers can not get access to Volvo diagnostic equipment without going though them.
If I must own a Volvo one day, it will be the older models which you or any other decent mechanic , can service your self without any fancy pansy Volvo electrics.
Believe it or not, here in Copenhagen it costs about 450 gbp just for a Volvo mechanic to plug your motor up and read out a fault code, this does not include the cost of the spare part that may need replacing or man hours required to fix it.

 

[NBs]

Hi,

I find it more important in an old engines that it has been used regularly, preferably 200 hours a year than 20 hours and change oil and filter manufacturer's instructions + other work.

The old owner will be able to show you the maintenance equipment or job purchase receipts for a longer period of time or other accounting Records services . The other engines also includes the entire shaft line up to the propeller and their inspection and reliability evaluation.

Much of the things that run down the diesel engine at sea do not read the engine brand, but are manufactured by someone else. For example, fuel line, filters, injection pump, nozzles are not Volvo or Cummins or other, they are Boch or other and diesel buk is this made VP etc? Turbo is not a Volvo but a KKK or a Garet or something else. Rarely is the actual block or its systems if you regularly service the machine according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Someone mentioned the electrical problems VP, whether the cause of the VP or the owner who did not provide wire connections to the WD40 or Engine room dirty and moist always ?

Or the turbo decomposes below 2000 hours of use whether it is a VP defect or the owner who did not change the oil recommendation + clean Heat exchanger regularly in accordance with or not to heat up the machine before loading the big rmp or arrive bred and do not drive the machine low load/rmp and cool the turbo.

I believe the culprit can be found more often by looking at the mirror than the brand of the engine manufacturer.

NBs

 

[NBs]

Volvo engines per se are not bad , the problem I have with Volvo is because it seems like thy company is structured to earn their profits from consumers AFTER the engines are bought , in form of sales of spare parts and servicing.
The bold ripoff original volvo spare part prices just because of the green paint and not to even mention volvos non-user-friendly engine fault diagnostics system on the modern engines.
Even though Denmark is Next door to Volvo’s home Sweden, It’s a pain to find a certified Volvo mechanic who has time for you in the nearest future and when you do , they charge you anything they like because they know that consumers can not get access to Volvo diagnostic equipment without going though them.
If I must own a Volvo one day, it will be the older models which you or any other decent mechanic , can service your self without any fancy pansy Volvo electrics.
Believe it or not, here in Copenhagen it costs about 450 gbp just for a Volvo mechanic to plug your motor up and read out a fault code, this does not include the cost of the spare part that may need replacing or man hours required to fix it.

You can buy your own orginal or spare diacnostic tool exaples..

https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...ml?spm=a2700.7724857.main07.39.702049a59bfyJG

NBs