The one weakness I found in my 617 was that the oil pumps can fail. Mine did that at 75 mph on the NYS thruway.
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The oil pressure went from 3+ to 0 in an instant! By the time I pulled off the road - like 30 seconds - she was toast and had thrown the proverbial rod. Oh, and the engine only had 149,000 on it!
JohnHef has a piston that a 617 threw right out of the engine hanging in his garage!
I do agree on the sound of the 5 cylinder. It reminded me of a WWII radial when it was running at 3000 RPM. I guess the odd number of cylinders does that.
My OM603 now has 347000 on the #14 head!
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'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
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'92 Subaru
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