detroit info

sushiholic · Sep-13-2005, 02:59 PM

looking at older detroit 6V53's these I have never seen or riden with, anybody out there have the low downb on these engines... I can't even find info at boat diesel dot com

captamb1 · Sep-13-2005, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by sushiholic

looking at older detroit 6V53's these I have never seen or riden with, anybody out there have the low downb on these engines... I can't even find info at boat diesel dot com

Check this out
http://boatdiesel.com/Forums/main.cf...107&CFIDC=NRU2
If you are not a member let me know I will get you in.

Jim

FishVomit · Sep-13-2005, 03:48 PM

old as dirt, simple, reliable, shoot oil out both ends, lot's o'puke out the puke valve, rebuildable cheap, smelly, dirty and most likely smokey

and once again reliable and will take a beating.

huge size for the HP, freaking heavy too.

great for old stinky commercial fishing boats and if you like to go slow.

can run on wd-40, bacon grease, or asphalt.
fuel injectors are self priming.

legend has it you can block the exhaust valves with spoons etc and rope start by leaving one active, simply pull the spoons and each hole starts to fire. That could come in handy if you have no batts in the middle of nowhere.

iron workhorse. engine room will never be rusty.

sushiholic · Sep-14-2005, 01:59 PM

I already looked there, not much info.......thanks though. And yes I am a member there.

Papa "J" · Sep-16-2005, 08:33 AM

what kinda info are you looking for?

ajon · Sep-18-2005, 11:41 PM

very reliable motors marine corps runs them in the LAV easy to rebuild

sushiholic · Sep-19-2005, 07:45 AM

Papa J I was looking at reliability, reputation and also things to be aware of, look for. What kind of fuel burn rate do they have, These are the 230 HP I think.

Papa "J" · Sep-19-2005, 08:23 AM

you gotta give the whole story...type of boat, are they turbos, how many hours. how much hp, when were they rebuilt, stuff like that. As far as detroits go in general. Very reliable, they leak, easy to rebuild, they will run forever if taken care of

sushiholic · Sep-19-2005, 09:46 AM

The boat is a 36 pacemaker (heavy), 1973 vintage. The engines are 6V53 naturals 3800 total hours 1000 since major.

tuna<><time · Sep-23-2005, 11:52 PM

They are 2 cycle and tend to use more fuel than 4 cycle. They are also very noisy. A worn out Detroit will run a long time if you have starting fluid.

sushiholic · Sep-24-2005, 07:57 AM

These fire right up....and run great, supposedly. Engine survey and seatrial will tell the tale.

RASTA · Oct-09-2005, 07:05 PM

i believe those are 2 strokes,thats why they"slobber"good motors,try valley detroit diesel,,i can get you the number if you need it.---rasta