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• Reliabilty of diesel engines
  • In north america there are lots of Kubota tractor dealers...
  • I have had both
    • Yanmar starters
    • What was the issue with the starter motor? There's a general issue with something that looks like a bad starter, Steve.
      • The boat was in Mexico
    • There are times when the voltage drop from the engine will not start that isn't the starter motor.
  • Yanmar has been very good for us.
  • One thing that comes to my mind...
    • More tractors than sailboats worldwide?
  • I've had my Beta for over 10 years ...
    • Noise level from Beta engines
      • Vetus Mitsubishi in boat I'm familiar with was SO quiet, it was amazing.
      • Difficult to answer...
        • Yanmar exhaust system diameter
          • Back Pressure
            • That's why Yanmar uses a discharge of 3".
          • You need to call the distributor -- like Mack Boring.
          • Tha larger exhaust is one of the reasons I didn't go with Yanmar in my repower..
            • Ditto we nixed Yanmar due to exhaust size and cost
          • St. Catherine's...
            • Yes, we are in Tromso, in the far North
              • Where in Canada?
                • Foster, QC, about 100 km E of Montreal