MTU SERIES 60 DIESEL ENGINE

Everything eventually is no longer supported. However, diesel marine engines have generally remained supported for many decades through one channel or another.

rc, if I already owned a boat with either DD 2 or 4 strokes I'd just ride with them without any concerns, not saying either are bad engines. Because we are looking to buy, would put less value on the s60 engines because no longer being mfg'd and now owned by Rolls-Royce according to PacBlue...surprise not MTU. The 2-strokes are everywhere and suspect they will be supported until the numbers get low enough not to be profitable, not as sure about the s60. Most of the boats on our radar have the Cat 3406E's or C18's, which is my preference based strictly for parts, service, and dependability, one has the s60's which has been discussed very well here and satisfied my curiosity.

Rolls-Royce owns MTU.

Many of the CAT's you look at are no longer manufactured either. Or any other brand. Today's engines are not yesteryear's.

Except for MTU stuff, nothing is supported for the 396's, nothing.

I realize the 3406 is now the C15 and likely has updates. No on C9 or C12(3196). Cat has that huge service network. I might still do the s60 if the right boat came along.

3406 became the C18. As far as I know the C15 is no longer in production I think.

Dang, your right. Adios C15 (3406E)!

That's an interesting comment considering they are putting 4 new 8V396TE54's on every new LCS built by Austal in Mobile, Alabama.

No mention of S60 not being manufactured, they are still availed for the near term. USCG RBM is filled with them and parts support will go on longer than most boaters active ownership. Corporate ownership of engines manufacturers is an evolving game, like Volkswagen owning MAN, etc.

Try to get an injector pump for an older 8v396's. They go for around $60,000 I've been told, IF you can find one anywhere. Perhaps they re-iterated that smokey POS engine and re-introduced it. But if you have one of the older ones, lots of parts are impossible to find and they're junk motors......lots of issues. Then again the LCS's have had major issues and horrible engineering so the 2 match each other.

Your knowledge of an LCS type vessel outside of reading headlines wouldn't fill a Thimble, let alone the engineering behind the scenes. Stick to what you know.

LCS 1, Freedom class built by Marinette Marine / Fincantieri in Wisconsin still have IF gen sets, unlike the LCS 2, Independence class built by Austal in Alabama which have MTU. Both shipyards are still delivering new vessels.

The LCS has been nothing but problems. Major electrolysis, gear box failures, engine issues, generator issues. In the several years since the first one has launched, none of them have even come close to completing one tour successfully.

AND, when exactly was the last mechanical 396 put into a yacht????? Have you ever run a yacht with 396's???? They're stinky, smokey, problematic, and parts cost a small fortune. You can't sell a yacht with 396's in it, 16v92's are twice as desirable as 396's and that is not saying a lot.