Quote Originally Posted by stinkyattic
Absolutely- no doubt the two of you will have plenty to talk about- you know he's been driftnetting since getting back home to the frozen north? And I'm still dreaming of the perfect liveaboard sailboat, but TERRIFIED of marine engines... I think I need to go to LIP therapy, lol... help!!! Is the Volvo Penta as frightening as it looks?
That's a first lol, scared of engines? People dont realise quite how dangerous mechanical things like that are. It's rather funny you should mention it, i virtually cut my thumb off today, went to the hospital and they said it wouldnt need surgery. Supposidly it'll heal on it's own? LOL - The thing was hanging off. I knew there was an artery there so i was a bit worried. One of the women in reception screamed at the amount of blood! I found it quite funny - i mean it hurt, but i think it was the shock. I'm still a bit funny now. Dont know how to describe it. I'm so clumbsy it's not out of the ordinary to bleed everywhere and nearly loose a digit.

Anyway, back to the engines. [I'm pretty sure you were joking about being scared]

There only low HP lorry engines, with a completely differnt gear box. I mean, they're build for boats, as theres more on a boat engine, but really you could put a marine engine into a lorry. It'd just go so slow it'd be a waste of time. I mean the boats only go about 6 mph tops on the rivers. I think the highest rev is about 4000, and thats the engine REALLY going for it.

Almost all of the engines i work on are Nanni Diesel, and a few Perkins, so i can vouch for how good and realiable they are. Cummins is another winner. Havnt had much experience with volvo engines, only the cars, but i see no reason why it wouldnt be just as good as any other.

If i had to give my personal opinion as for endurance and reliability i'd say Nanni Diesel.

The pics are obvious, one is a Nanni Diesel Engine, and the other is my severed thumb - it doesnt look like much now though. I gotta actually bother going to the docs to keep getting it checked for the next few weeks though.

And heres a pic of me from 05 working on one. I had long hair haha.