Engine Swap

[Martin59]

Hi, my motorhome engine drinks the juice it’s a 2.8jtd 2005 Fiat Ducato 5 speed gear box, it’s only got about 37500 miles on it, could I swap it out for a newer more modern engine with a 6 Speed gearbox ??

 

[chatteris]

what mpg are you getting my 2.8 jtd gets between 25 and 32 depending on speed

 

[Rob n manda]

04 2.8 lowline 35mpg easy on a run @55-60.

 

[cmcardle75]

Hi, my motorhome engine drinks the juice it’s a 2.8jtd 2005 Fiat Ducato 5 speed gear box, it’s only got about 37500 miles on it, could I swap it out for a newer more modern engine with a 6 Speed gearbox ??

You'd never make the money back in terms of economy, nor will you up the Euro classification.

 

[Itsmcb]

You would need to have a huge increase in fuel efficiency and a drive a lot of miles to recover the cost of changing an engine and gearbox.

Edit #cmcardle75 beat me to it

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[pappajohn]

Hi, my motorhome engine drinks the juice it’s a 2.8jtd 2005 Fiat Ducato 5 speed gear box, it’s only got about 37500 miles on it, could I swap it out for a newer more modern engine with a 6 Speed gearbox ??

If I may be so rude..... Its nowt to do with the engine, its the style in which you drive it.
Drive it like a car you'll get shit mileage.... Drive it like the 3500kg (+) van it is you'll get more.

 

[SpeedyDux]

I understand that there are 2 alternative final drive ratios available for the gearbox so if you want, the higher ratio enables lower engine revs on motorways and possible better economy.

 

[Stanbrook]

Do not bother with the 3.0160Multijet 6speed, it drinks diesel and eats money repairing its crazy exhaust gas recycling nonsense.

 

[Rob n manda]

Bed over cab dont help.

 

[RubyOptics]

When you say it's drinking diesel...what kind of mpg are you actually getting??

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[Rob n manda]

Do not bother with the 3.0160Multijet 6speed, it drinks diesel and eats money repairing its crazy exhaust gas recycling nonsense.

Get it mapped out,

 

[Stealaway]

Hi, my motorhome engine drinks the juice it’s a 2.8jtd 2005 Fiat Ducato 5 speed gear box, it’s only got about 37500 miles on it, could I swap it out for a newer more modern engine with a 6 Speed gearbox ??

Its a brilliant engine. You should easily get over 32mpg if you drive it steady and use the torque - not the revs. 2000rpm max

 

[Grummyb]

I think we need to know what the mpg is before we start being rude about people's driving if the fella gas never had a motor home before he won't know what's good and what's bad mine does about 18 to the gallon which for so will be crap but it's a 1.9 diesel basically a car engine pulling a 3 tonne brick and working it's tits off all day

 

[pappajohn]

I think we need to know what the mpg is before we start being rude about people's driving if the fella gas never had a motor home before he won't know what's good and what's bad mine does about 18 to the gallon which for so will be crap but it's a 1.9 diesel basically a car engine pulling a 3 tonne brick and working it's tits off all day

Oh dear, I thought I was quite polite.
If Martin hasn't driven a heavy van/motorhome then everything I said is appropriate and significant.
If, on the other hand, he has then it may still be appropriate.

 

[fifthwheel]

Hi, my motorhome engine drinks the juice it’s a 2.8jtd 2005 Fiat Ducato 5 speed gear box, it’s only got about 37500 miles on it, could I swap it out for a newer more modern engine with a 6 Speed gearbox ??

You might have ECU problems swapping engines, its possible but expensive. I wouldnt even think about it, as others have said you would never see your money back.

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[Grummyb]

Why should the driving style be different because it's a bigger vehicle, my driving style is the same regardless of vehicle size

 

[Grummyb]

We need to know the mpg before we start making comments

 

[gus-lopez]

I think we need to know what the mpg is before we start being rude about people's driving if the fella gas never had a motor home before he won't know what's good and what's bad mine does about 18 to the gallon which for so will be crap but it's a 1.9 diesel basically a car engine pulling a 3 tonne brick and working it's tits off all day

My last 32 year old coachbuilt 1900 normally aspirated diesel would average around 30 mpg. Worst case would be 24/5mpg in to headwind or crawling up mountains .

 

[Grummyb]

I do need to have a look at mine as I think it's got at least 1 blocked fuel filter but I was trying to make a point about vehicles giving different mpg based on the vehicle not the driving style and what people think is bad MPG