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Old 11-21-2008
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Originally Posted by sailingdog View Post
Gramp34—

Can you point out a small sailboat that is outfitted with a Caterpillar 3406 diesel with an aftercooler??? I've seen aftercoolers on marine diesels, but these were generally on high end, very high horsepower power boats with electronic fuel injection and such... not your typical small sailboat diesel at all.
The statement with the Cat datasheet was in response to:

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Originally Posted by Omatako View Post
An intercooler (between the turbo and the inlet manifold) is what you're talking about. Aftercoolers are actually quite rare.
"Aftercoolers are quite rare"; presumably Omatako is suggesting intercoolers are not. I never said aftercoolers are common on small sailboat diesels, just that they aren't "quite rare" on diesel engines.

Tim

PS: Don't tell Omatako that intercoolers and aftercoolers are exactly the same thing. Don't believe me? Ask him to explain the difference.
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