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Have you experienced any vibration from the engine/transmission on the Sea Ray Sundancer 380D CAT 3116's? I'm still getting use to having diesels (love them) and at times I get this "feeling" that there is more vibration at idle/low speed coming from my port side... my wife thinks I'm nuts when...

I was reading one of the other posts that talked about fuel consumption being more on their Port engine vs their Starboard engine but I think they were gas engines. On my CAT 3116 diesels I experience my port engine consuming more than my starboard and was wondering if the engine/transmission...

I am thinking of purchasing a 2001 Sea Ray 420AC Aft Cabin with twin 3126TA diesel engines. Both engines have less than 100 hours. These are original engines that have only been used a few times each season. I took the boat on a sea trial and they seem to run great. Before I sink the money into...

Hi. Looking to purchase a 2000 560 Sedan with 3406 CAT's. My reasearch shows these to be pretty reliable motors with no significant issues. My question has to do with block heaters. I had them in my last boat (98' 500 DA) and I had to use them any time the temp dropped below about 70F...

Hi everyone, I'm currently looking at a very clean 430 Convertible with Cat 3208TA's. They appear to run well and are clean and dry but they are in a 1988 Sportfisher with 4500 hours on them. This is a Bank Repo boat so the boats history including engine maintenence is not available so I have...

Hi. I'm considering purchasing a 1999-2001 540DA with CAT 3406E engines. These boats are difficult to find as this engine upgrade (over the 3196TA) was quite expensive when the boat was new. Knowing what I know about the 3196 aftercooler issues, I hesitate to go with CATs at all (I currently...