<br /><br />You know the saying about diesel exhaust.............."smells like-MONEY"!! 
$cha-ching$... <br /><br />See quite a few 3208's around... <br /><br />The folks at the local Cat parts dept tell me the 3208 has the largest distribution of any Cat engine. There are still a few million in use. The 3208 was discontinued almost 2-years ago because of emissions laws. The last of 3208s were purchased by the 40-ft shipping container full and sent to Louisiana boat yards. ). I can't remember the Ford name but, they were painted red.<br /><br />It was developed for the L-Series truck line for L-7's and 8's. Some even went into F-600, 700, 800.<br /><br />Cat liked the engine and bought the rights from Ford and increased the displacement and added a turbo option. A promise was made to Ford that they would have exclusive rights (automotive) to it, for a period of years. That ended in 1986 with the introduction of the in line 6 cyl., 6.6L and 7.8L "Brazilian" diesels. Of which many are in boats (mostly trawlers) as Ford/Lehmans.<br /><br />The engine that Ford developed was based off of their gas 534 cid. truck engine. A brute in itself. <br /><br />Our 3208T critter jumps to life with about ¼ turn on it. I want to keep it that way. Ive been doing a lot of reading on fuel and oil and filtration for both. Actually, Ive been doing a lot of reading on the whole diesel thing
3208 in particular. I have questions. Is this iBoats forum strong on diesel topics? Boy, do I have questions
