Which engine is best and less hassle for 3500kg moho? (33 Viewers)

[Cemmy074]

Still looking moho but most private seller asking more than dealer price. And I just confused with new engines. 2.2-2.3-3.0 fiats, merc 2.1 and 2.2-2.4 transit, my old one had 2.8jtd... I don't want to suffer with pulling and don't want endless problem and not good mechanics around me. Any feedback will help. Thank you

 

[Pausim]

The MJIII has proved so popular that Stellantis dropped both the 120 & 160 soon after launch and will be inveiling a new engine for 2025 & and a new auto gearbox.

The 8 speed auto gearbox is new for 2025 but the engine is the same 2.2l Multijet 3 in the current Series 9 with the 9 speed box.

 

[VXman]

Strange thread this. We are comparing engines from widely different ages from a old 2.8/3.0 litres to brand new 2.2's. Confusion between old 2.2's and new 2.2's. Surely you wouldn't base buying a motorhome on an engine.

Age/budget/layout should come first and then see what the engine options are within that.

 

[Davecrawf]

Still looking moho but most private seller asking more than dealer price. And I just confused with new engines. 2.2-2.3-3.0 fiats, merc 2.1 and 2.2-2.4 transit, my old one had 2.8jtd... I don't want to suffer with pulling and don't want endless problem and not good mechanics around me. Any feedback will help. Thank you

Had my 3L, cam chain for 10 years now, and I love it. Lots of power and just about 30mpg on a good day.

 

[MikenSue]

When Reform gets in they'll scrap the net zero plans anyway and we'll be FREE again Less than 5 years of unpleasantness to go

And then we go to war.

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[Dogstoat]

As the mechanic who services my 1990 2.3 diesel Foster & Day 'Corsaire' says...

...."after 'the bomb' has dropped...only cockroaches and Mercedes diesel engines will survive....."

 

[Cidered]

When Reform gets in they'll scrap the net zero plans anyway and we'll be FREE again Less than 5 years of unpleasantness to go

Presume that you don’t have any children. You’ll be FREE in the grave, our children will be swimming.

 

[68c]

Watson and Lovelock and their " Daisy World' theory in 1983, proposed a climate change model based on white and black daisies. White reflect the sun and cool the planet, black the opposite. White daisies like the heat, and of course the black ones prefer cold. By thriving or not they control the planet' temperature. To a degree!

Humans raise the temperature, water level rises, civilisation collapses so less humans, less fires, more clouds from larger oceans reflect the sun so planet cools. Humans thrive again and........

Just needs regular destruction of civilisation or a more intelligent top species and all is well.

 

[Freo]

Had my 3L, cam chain for 10 years now, and I love it. Lots of power and just about 30mpg on a good day.

Jeez, I got just under 19mpg from the 3L Ducato X250 I had. It did run well, it has to be said, but greedy.
(I did manage to get just over 20mpg in Spain and Portugal due to the lower speed limits.)

 

[Simonjdcooper]

I had some problems routing my way across France to Dieppe from Switzerland last week avoiding both toll roads and emissions zones. Fortunately my Garmin Camper SatNav was up to the task and asked me did I want to avoid them which, being in a 2007 van, I did. it told me that it was impossible to avoid EMZs in the outskirts of Paris but could route me via Rheims. So I chose that option. The route was a stop/start torture and quite unpleasant. So I would most definitely appreciate a Euro 6 engine but have no plans to shell out the significant sums for me to upgrade atm.

P.S. For anybody else with the same dilemma (but with a Swiss vignette which is the only bit of road paying I do) I will in future take the toll free German motorway from Basel to North of Strasbourg (or just maybe the toll free bit of the French A35) then cut across to Luxembourg then dive across from somewhere south of Charleroi in Belgium to Dieppe. Looks like a long way round but the roads will be toll free, speedy and free of emissions zones.

not forgetting that fuel is quite a lot cheaper in Luxemburg too!

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[Bcollinson]

Still looking moho but most private seller asking more than dealer price. And I just confused with new engines. 2.2-2.3-3.0 fiats, merc 2.1 and 2.2-2.4 transit, my old one had 2.8jtd... I don't want to suffer with pulling and don't want endless problem and not good mechanics around me. Any feedback will help. Thank you

I have had a 2.3l ducato engine and a 3l ducato engine. The 3l wins hands down. More powerful, more economical and much less gear changing. W and n cam belt to change.