Is a Mercedes a good engine for a DP?
Looking at a DP with a 400 HP MBE engine. Not sure I have seen a DP that didn't have a Cummins engine. Is the MBE a good one? Are there any strange quirks with it?
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I’m not an kargumentative guy’ but when I do disagree, it’s because I have facts to back up my statements and don’t base my position on ‘but everyone else is doing it’. Speaking of twisted logic, are you still selling illegal US imported motor homes in Manitoba and refusing to acknowledge the posted citations to the law?
What I had meant to say earlier was that you couldn’t get a new 5.9 ISB, they changed it to make some improvements and to meet newer tougher emissions.
The MBE series was the same, they made improvements and changes to meet newer emission standards and it’s now a DD13.
If you actually read about the problems that occurred with the MBE 4000 engines you will find that very few are anything but errors made by mechanics and drivers. Make no mistake, this was NOT a ‘new’ engine when it was new to North America, it had been around in Europe and elsewhere for a very long time and was well liked and had an excellent reputation.
But just like anything else it’s the unhappy folks that make posts not the very pleased ones, but even then in the threads where people are slamming the engine there are the people that pop up saying they have lots of them and have run them for a long time trouble free.
What I had meant to say earlier was that you couldn’t get a new 5.9 ISB, they changed it to make some improvements and to meet newer tougher emissions.
The MBE series was the same, they made improvements and changes to meet newer emission standards and it’s now a DD13.
If you actually read about the problems that occurred with the MBE 4000 engines you will find that very few are anything but errors made by mechanics and drivers. Make no mistake, this was NOT a ‘new’ engine when it was new to North America, it had been around in Europe and elsewhere for a very long time and was well liked and had an excellent reputation.
But just like anything else it’s the unhappy folks that make posts not the very pleased ones, but even then in the threads where people are slamming the engine there are the people that pop up saying they have lots of them and have run them for a long time trouble free.
