Volvo D6 310 HP, good engine?

10,000 hours? How many years are you thinking?

I'm not the expert some here will be on this subject, but my general awareness says there is nothing wrong with the engine, although fewer people perhaps familiar with it and knowledgeable in servicing it. As with anything Volvo, parts can sometimes be a problem and a delay. I'd certainly choose a 2015 Volvo though over an 20 year old engine of other brands.

I have used two of them in tenders and have not experienced or heard of any major problems one had a blower clutch fail which was attributed to water having got on it and causing it to slip a few times but this was saved by machining a bit off the steel to expose the fibre stuff mid charter, the other one was beached and swamped by a large wave and was declared a write off by the time it could be extracted from the sand.

I have seen some reports on line of EVC problems but not experienced any myself.

If its been rebuilt by Volvo it should be sweet. Just make sure it doesn't sit for long periods where it can ingest salty air through open valves and perform the regular maintenance and you should get a good run out of it as with any modern engine from a reputable manufacturer.

Someone on another forum, when asked the similar question, said:"Good engine, but bring a defibrillator when visiting the parts department"......

Actually keeping away from salt is harder than you think. The air has it. In our area about 10 times the content of the middle of the country. However, we don't approach the salt content of the air off the Eastern Seaboard further north. So, what K1W1 said still applies, plus you are going to be using it a good bit.

Volvo D6's are good motors with no inherent problems. They run smooth and pretty clean. However, they have several secondary fuel and several oil filters that are a bit on the spendy side to service them.

Verrrry interesting. Landed 10:15am, got underway at 2pm, after owner and wife got off, got everything ready, 3 pizzas from the pizzeria etc. Was calm when we left and then at 5pm a cat runs from back by the donzi and waverunners around the front of them and hides under one of the waverunners, couldn't coerce the cat to come out. Started off at 9.3 knots and by this morning was at 8.6 knots. This morning there was Cat poop under the Donzi and on top of the waverunner seat after the cat tore open the cover which was ready to tear anyways, but no cat. A bit bumpy crossing the stream (4's with occasional 5's right on the beam, some movement but not bad, but a lot better dealing with it in the daylight, but got docked at 11:30am so not bad time-wise. Took off the covers on everything, looked for the Cat, nowhere to be found. cleared customs, renewed the cruising permit, mate and I ate late lunch on flanigans and headed home at 5pm. Engineer and assistant went home right after clearing immigration. Tired, but no issues.

Well, had one small one when checking/changing fuel filters in Nassau, the water sensor fell off of one racor and it started draining fuel, only had a shutoff on the output of it and main supply to all 3 racors, luckily I had some racor rebuild kits on board and it had a rubber plug in the kit that fit the water sensor hole in the bowl perfectly and stopped the leak. Only slept from 10-3am while the mate had the helm, I ran it 2pm-10pm and 3am-11:30am.....engineer and helper did their own shifts but one of them was awake the entire time as well......

Did you report the cat to Ag? Just kidding.

Shhhuush

No more dirty jokes. Plenty of them out there baiting you for a sexual harassment suit. The business has changed.

Party poopers.