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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JaxDad the MBE4000 and the DD13 are TOTALY different engines. The 4000 has 6 individual heads, camshaft in the block. 6 electronic unit pumps with a line going to the injectors. the DD13 and the larger DD15 have a single cylinder head with double overhead cams and a common rail high pressure fuel system and electronic injectors in the head. the early MBEs had a lot of fuel line breakage problems that was for the most part solved with new fuel line with dampeners and new tightening procedures, they also had up to the last units built quite a lot of head gasket problems and block erosion under the heads and liner sealing issues. this engine is expensive to repair and parts are getting harder to find, the last production was 2009 so IMHO this is a buyer beware issue
