Capn Craig
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- Oct 16, 2010
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I am a Westerbeke 7.7 KW owner. It's a good running unit. But, Westerbeke is really close to the vest about who supplies their engines. They would like you to believe they build them but they don't. Some are Perkins, I guess mine is a Mitsubishi, but don't know for sure. Parts are very available but priced like they are made of gold. I needed a circulation water pump ( antifreeze ) a year or so and the price was way beyond reasonable. It was available though. I tried finding an agriculture or small equipment Mitsubishi replacement. And eventually decided my time and risk that it wouldn't fir were worse than the cost. About $400 if I recall. I chose my time over my money after a fair amount of research. It turns out the little 3 cal Mitsu is a common engine in a number of compact tractors, refer nuts, and the like. I would think you could replace your Yanmar with something from the commercial market for not a whole lot of $$$