Vetus 42hp - 8500 hours - lots or not?

[lampini]

As per title; also - Vetus - good engines but expensive parts IIRC?

 

Cheers!

[bottle]

All depends... whether it has been meticulously maintained or whether it got that far by luck.

[lampini]

Cheers Bottle - the rest of the boat looks in rather good nick...

 

ETA last serviced Nov '15...

Edited February 14, 2016 by lampini

[bottle]

Then hopefully they have looked after the engine as well.

 

As with cars an engine can be replaced quite easily but if the rest of the car/boat is a rust bucket...

[Guest]

I once read that the base engine for the Vetus (Mitsubishi S4L2) has a "design life" (for the want of a better word) of 10,000 hrs before it would need work. I assume the "work" to be top end stuff. Great base engine used by other marinisers too. Vetus spares are expensive, but parts for the Mitsubishi base engine are available elsewhere.

If it runs well, starts easy from cold and doesn't smoke a lot chances are it is OK.

[Iain_S]

As others have said, it depends on how well it's been looked after.

 

As Catweasel says, bits that don't come in Vetus box are a lot cheaper, and all filters are available from the likes of Inline Filters

[valrene9600]

My Vetus 33hp S4L2 4.17, i think,has done 9k. Starts first time, smokes a little on start runs smoke free once warm. Uses a little oil but runs and sounds fine. Now 11 years old has had regular oil changes.

[lampini]

Thanks!

That's great guys - gives me a much better idea where we are in the "life" of the engine... I guess it also depends on how much of these hours are "under load" and how much just running to charge batteries?

[cuthound]

Had a share in a boat with a Boatserve Mitsubishi 4 cylinder 1.4 litre. Meticulously maintained. Got to 13, 000 hours before being replaced.

 

Later has a share in a boat with a Turkish built 1.8 BMC engine. That got to 15, 000 before needing replacement.

 

Edited to korrect spillung herrurs

Edited February 15, 2016 by cuthound

[ROBDEN]

Deleted wrong post.

Edited February 14, 2016 by ROBDEN