80's Chevy 6.2L Diesel - tow vehicle.

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I think it was penisular desel that had the marine kit for the 6.2/6.5. Mercruiser marinized the VM diesel( formally BMW Marine), the 7.3 Navistar, and now with their partnership with Cummins, the Isuzu 1.6( the Cummins *engines were allready marinized). they have just introduced soome new enmgiens that I haven't had time to look at.
I used to work for a manufacture that built large street sweepers, we used the 6.5 NA (no ***) normally asperated engine in our twin engine sweeper( the 6.5 didn't have enough power to run the hydraulics and push the truck. We got a deal on a bunch of them from GM, but with no warranty. We put the engines in the trucks and drove them to Rocky Mount from Wake Forest ( about 90 miles round trip) to check them out, half the engines didn't make it. They had so many problems with them we ouot thermocouplers on the *heads and found the temps around the injectors were getting so hot, it was holding the injector stuck open, when you backed off the throttle it hydrauliced the motor kicking the rods and crank out in a spectacular fashion. We cut one head up in 1" slices to inspect the cooling passages, the passages were so restrictive it was causing cavitation and isolated heating. We went back to using the 5.9 Cummins and 7.3 Navistar(its only a powerstroke if you stick a ford sticker on it). I've allways be a fan of GM vehicles, but i'd have a hard tiem buying a 6.2, or a 6.5. they are just outclassed by the Cummins(not Dodge) and Navistar(not Ford).

Anyone tried to put a Yanmar in a pickup?
Take a look at Yamaha Marine International website, they are marketing their sterndive package with diesel engines for the European market, too bad we can't get them here. *