dubbs1
Member
Hello,
I just bought my first skid steer. A cat 246 with a blown Perkins 3034 engine. The oil pump failed. The previous owner tried to drive it back to his shop with the oil light on after the pump failed. It didn't make it! The crank is pretty bad, one rod journal in particular. The Turbo didn't survive either..
I have been doing some googling and looking around on this motor and have heard that there might be a problem with oil galleries being too narrow and that they might be able to be machined to reduce oil pressure.
Seems like a pretty expensive engine to find parts for also. I am hoping to find a used crank and used set of rods. Will prob buy a new oil pump. The block is still in really good shape. Hoping to just give it a quick ball hone and put a new set of rings in it. Obviously will get all new bearings and gasket set ect.
One guy I was talking to has swapped the Mitsubishi 3.4 into a 246 from a 246 B or C.. This sounds like quite a bit of work with the intake and exhaust being on different sides, and mounts being different. Is there an engine that anyone knows of that swaps in to the 246 easily that is cheaper to buy than the Perkins engine?
Would be great to get some leads on used parts or new parts even.. Fixing the engine is the option I want to go with mostly..
Some info on the motor..
The engine is a Perkins 3034 Turbo. (3.0L)
Perkins engine part # 704.30
Arrangement # 147-1234
ESN# 3NW20365
These engines came in Caterpillar 226, 228, 232, 236, 242, 246, 248, 252, 262
Thanks!!
I just bought my first skid steer. A cat 246 with a blown Perkins 3034 engine. The oil pump failed. The previous owner tried to drive it back to his shop with the oil light on after the pump failed. It didn't make it! The crank is pretty bad, one rod journal in particular. The Turbo didn't survive either..
I have been doing some googling and looking around on this motor and have heard that there might be a problem with oil galleries being too narrow and that they might be able to be machined to reduce oil pressure.
Seems like a pretty expensive engine to find parts for also. I am hoping to find a used crank and used set of rods. Will prob buy a new oil pump. The block is still in really good shape. Hoping to just give it a quick ball hone and put a new set of rings in it. Obviously will get all new bearings and gasket set ect.
One guy I was talking to has swapped the Mitsubishi 3.4 into a 246 from a 246 B or C.. This sounds like quite a bit of work with the intake and exhaust being on different sides, and mounts being different. Is there an engine that anyone knows of that swaps in to the 246 easily that is cheaper to buy than the Perkins engine?
Would be great to get some leads on used parts or new parts even.. Fixing the engine is the option I want to go with mostly..
Some info on the motor..
The engine is a Perkins 3034 Turbo. (3.0L)
Perkins engine part # 704.30
Arrangement # 147-1234
ESN# 3NW20365
These engines came in Caterpillar 226, 228, 232, 236, 242, 246, 248, 252, 262
Thanks!!