HIRSCHHORN53
New Member
The end of last weekend was a disaster for my SR. Having just spent a wonderful weekend at Shelter Island, I was heading home, all engines running perfectly, good temp etc, suddenly we heard a loud bang, then black smoke out the port stern end. We immediately shut down the engine. I limped into a close harbor where the boat sits. HOPenn the local Cat rep for our NY area just spent a full day on the boat and took the top plate off and fully examined the engine. As I am told, a valve broke, pieces went through the engine taking out four piston heads and continued on and took out the turbo. Bottom line, they need to remove the engine, and rebuild $$$$$.
My engines only have 780 hrs, always maintained perfectly. Cat did the maintenance service when required.
I questioned what might cause such a failure. I am told it's either improper maintenance or a defective valve.
I have been speaking with several knowledgeable mechanics the past few days, I am hearing that Cat has had many issues with the 3116's over the years. I will say up until now mine have been pretty reliable. However, to have such a catastrophic failure as this with such low hours for a diesel leads me to think there might be an underlying issue on these engines.
Just wondering if anyone has heard of our experienced valve failure on the 3116's. Would really like to get some background on this.
I guess we can forget about a new car for the foreseeable future.
My engines only have 780 hrs, always maintained perfectly. Cat did the maintenance service when required.
I questioned what might cause such a failure. I am told it's either improper maintenance or a defective valve.
I have been speaking with several knowledgeable mechanics the past few days, I am hearing that Cat has had many issues with the 3116's over the years. I will say up until now mine have been pretty reliable. However, to have such a catastrophic failure as this with such low hours for a diesel leads me to think there might be an underlying issue on these engines.
Just wondering if anyone has heard of our experienced valve failure on the 3116's. Would really like to get some background on this.
I guess we can forget about a new car for the foreseeable future.