Wow - you guys know your stuff. Thanks for all the info.
I need to get to the boat and look more closely at the engine. I'll
try to find some serial numbers or other form of id on the engine to
help narrow down exactly what engine it is.
The story I heard was that a Company called American Marine (or
something like that)in Virginia (I think) marinized these engines.
They are called a "Lehman Ford" which I think is the name of a
company (not a Ford motor). They actually have a whole line of
engines up to about 180 HP or so and use various blocks to create the
engine.
My engine runs well and gives good fuel consumption. It tends to
smoke a lot when first started (a very light bluish smoke which goes
away after about 5 minutes). My mechanic says I have sticky piston
rings and that one cylinder is not coming up to compression until
after the engine warms up. When warmed up it runs well with no smoke.
I do not use any oil and have not had any overheating problems - no
loss of coolant either.
This is the second boat I have owned with this Peugeot based engine
and the first did the same thing. Is this a characteristic of the
Peugeot diesels? How does one free up sticky pistion rings short of
tearing the engine down ?
I'll be back with engine id info early next week, after I go to boat
this weekend.
Thanks
Bill O'Brien
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