| Author | Message | ||
| Jim Sanders (Sandy)
Registered Member Username: Sandy Post Number: 93 Registered: 1-2011 Posted From: 69.199.96.250  Rating: N/A |
Hey guys A Cat 3208 What oil does it use? How much??? What weight. THANKS a bunch fellows JIM | ||
| Jim Sanders (Sandy)
Registered Member Username: Sandy Post Number: 94 Registered: 1-2011 Posted From: 69.199.96.250 Rating: N/A |
Hey guys a post scrip to the post WHY IN He-- should i buy a manual just ask a BUS NUT Ha JIM | ||
| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 675 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 98.20.56.115  Rating: N/A |
15W40 will work fine Jim, but I would use as cheap an oil as I could, you don't want to spend too much money on a boat anchor. | ||
| Jim Sanders (Sandy)
Registered Member Username: Sandy Post Number: 95 Registered: 1-2011 Posted From: 69.199.96.250 Rating: N/A |
Now who is beeing a smart a-- Now!!!!!! SAD BUT TRUE Jim | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 2128 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157  Rating: N/A |
http://www.wanderlodgeownersgroup.com/downloads/3208%20Cat%20Engine%20Questions%20and%20An swers.pdf | ||
| Luvrbus (Luvrbus)
Registered Member Username: Luvrbus Post Number: 1235 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 184.10.191.147 Rating: N/A |
If the 3208 hasn't been upgrade to the 3 ring piston nothing stays in it long enough to worry about it, the dumbest thing Cat ever did trying to use 1 ring per piston | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 1572 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 76.195.74.163  Rating: N/A |
I have a CAT 1160 , the non throw away version of the 3208, hooked to a 6 speed Allison , factory new 150,000 miles ago. $1500,located Arcadia FL. Pushed a Flex VL 100 at 10mpg , and the higher RPM engine allowed 85 mph should that be a plus. 70mph is no longer the limit in many advanced states. FF | ||
| Tom Christman (Tchristman)
Registered Member Username: Tchristman Post Number: 326 Registered: 1-2006 Posted From: 66.218.33.156 Rating: N/A |
The main problem with either the 1160 or 3208 was it is a linerless engine that the block was not hardened. Hence around 200,000 miles, the cylinder would mushroom out and cause the rings to bounce and eventually fail. The cure was to bore the block then install steel dry cylinder liners with the fore mentioned 3 ring pistons. Then you had an engine that could go 4-500,000 miles. If you have a turbocharged 3208, istalling an air to air intercooler would allow up to 320hp from it. Good Luck, TomC | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 1575 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 76.195.75.120 Rating: N/A |
Haven't looked at Da Book in a while , but I believe the 1160 HAS replaceable liners. FF |