Paccar diesel engine.

[FF]

I had heard Paccar had built a new big truck engine for the air police.

Unfortunatly it is a DAF , built like a car engine.
The Camshaft is belt driven , and its failure may cause engine death , as so many cars do.

Not much chance on a marinization* as a boat engine with this failure profile , but for the gear heads ,

http://www.daf.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/Products/PACCAR-MX-engine-info-sheet.pdf

 

[RickB]

FF wrote:The Camshaft is belt driven , and its failure may cause engine death , as so many cars do.

Not much chance on a marinization* as a boat engine with this failure profile ...

Wrong as usual. The cam is timing gear driven off the rear gear train.

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[FF]

"The cam is timing gear driven off the rear gear train."

Sure does't look like it in their diagram ,

Although in the US the International DT 360 or 466 would still be my #1 choice for under 5 gph power.

-- Edited by FF on Thursday 30th of December 2010 06:07:59 AM

 

[Truckmechanic]

The cam is indeed driven off the rear gear train and timed with the crank via idler gears. what you see at the front is the A/C compressor. The only main part that is belt driven is the water pump and that has a speed sensor that the ECU monitors to give a warning in the event of a belt failure so you wont over heat. I have been working on the MX since the early Prototype and development days in 2003. GREAT engine! The predecessor, the XEC engine, was used in the marine industry. I suspect the European version of the MX may follow in those foot steps.

 

[Delfin]

Wrong as usual.

Just curious, but is RickB actually a nom de plume of Keith Olbermann?* There are so many similarities, I'm starting to become suspicious....