Merc Vito Petrol V6 3.7 123

[V8RX7]

Does anyone know anything about these ?

I've recently stumbled across them but I'm slightly concerned that they only seem to have been made for 2 years and that I can't find much info from google.

It seems the 3.2 didn't have enough power so they tried the 3.7 but it only had around 10bhp more and then they went to the newer 3.5 which i believe had some reliability issues.

Edited by V8RX7 on Tuesday 2nd January 21:36

[mrbarnett]

A 6 cylinder petrol van? Nice!

Viz. the bigger engine, I believe it was mainly swept to increase torque. Those older SOHC engines are lazier than the later 3.5 DOHC (I had the 3.2 and it had a fabulously flat torque curve from 2000 to 5000 rpm), so maybe check the peak torque/revs to get a better idea of the differences between engines?

[Yil]

i got a V6 diesel one I am replacing soon.

[V8RX7]

Thanks mods for moving back to GG

Edited by V8RX7 on Tuesday 2nd January 21:30

[V8RX7]

I considered the 3.0 diesel but sellers want £5k+ for vans with 150k+

I can get a 3.2 with 100k for £3k and fit an LPG kit for £500 and get better economy admittedly losing a bit of torque but also losing the risk of injector, pump & turbo failure.