Engine choice?

[Bryan Dougherty]

Looking at two basically identical boats (OA 52 sedan…’05 & ’07)…one (’05) is powered with twin Yanmar CXM 500hp and the other (’07) with Yanmar 480hp 6ly…hours on both are roughly 1,200.

Found a lot of info on Yanmar 6ly 480 but not much on the CXM…

Any insight on either would be appreciated….obviously full engine survey by Yanmar guy if it gets to the deal stage.

Thanks

Bryan

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[Tony Athens]

I was an authorized Yanmar dealer for close to 15 yrs in S. Calif.. I really liked some of the engines Yanmar offered, and in some cases were a better choice than a Cummins product in some applications………..With that said, the engines you are looking at were definitely not on that list………..Why you ask?

Simple ………..ZERO after sales support and they came and they went away very quickly ( in less than 5-6 yrs) ……….You need to ask yourself why?

Look for a boat that has engines that have withstood the “test of time” and you can get real support for when you make a phone call..

Tony

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