OM617 swap impressions and highway cruising (2 lane) 

I can't begin to stress the importance of builds like this one. It's different, and different in a sea of "same thing everyone else is doing" is remarkable in itself. "It can't be done" is only true until someone does it- and it WORKS. I like it!

RU-vid sucks. This is in my feed just now after 3 months ?!?! Hi im alfons and ill will watch anything with an om617. Yeesh. That is one perfectly tuned engine. You did such amazing work.

Your rpms are a little higher than the 3.4 at 60 not much and your getting 10+ mpg better and it whistles when you want it too I’d say it’s a win

Very impressive, this upload...

Cool stuff

Dope video bruh. I am currently looking at the OM617 for the used oil purposes. I have a ranger, they said there no way to RHD swap a ranger on a stock firewall so I DID THE SWAP JUST TO PROVE PPL WRONG. NOW IM GONNA SWAP OUT THE 4.0 FOR A OM617, JUST FOR EXTRA SALT IN THOSE "YOU CANT DO THAT PPL"

Right on

Hell yeah man you did it!!

That's pretty cool

Let’s talk about the pneumatic tires on yer hoist.excellent idea.

TY Nice Ride

WAY NICE!!!!!!!

Sounds great running at its happy rpm and I never saw the point of being able to drive illegal highway speeds anyway.

I'd love to hear a check in on your injection pump and fueling system in general, a couple years on. Did you run a lot of high % veg fuel? 50% is a dramatic amount in my experience, and i'm eager to hear what your experience was. I find mixing diesel, old gas, veg oil, and anything else i think should work does do Alright so long as it's mostly diesel and very much less distillates compared to other additives.

It's hard to argue with 26 mpg and enough power to pull a house. What's to say but good job brother

37👍's up thank for the great info

Whats up with the serpentine setup

How you getting 26 mpg with a modded pump? I get that on stock w126 300sd

What radiator you go with? Just stick Toyota? I found the 4cyl Toyota would keep up on big hill climbs and ended up with a huge champion aluminum . That has no problem keeping it cool.

I don't remember but did the junkyard provide the engine? I expect it did I just can't remember if you pulled it or not.

I’m thinking about getting a Jeep with on617. Enough torque? Sounds good with turbo ? I’m worried about the cooling/overheating. Should I be concerned about that?

Where you get that holset he22? Also you running h8 battery?

Nice work! Boy i wish i could pick your brain! Currently putting a non turbo om617 in an isuzu rodeo. Bought the engine on eBay and it was Per pretty much complete, 52k miles. I didn't know what all i needed with it though so i don't have an oil cooler, shutoff solenoid, glow plug relay or any clue how everything was hooked up. First time messing with a diesel also. Got the manual trans adapted and I'm working on engine mounts now. I did fire it up and its strong. Need to convert the belt to 6 groove, can i ask how you did it? What are the pullies from? Looks like a doomsday diesel set up. My ac/alternator need to stay in stock locations or I'd use his brackets but I'm wondering if anyone has been able to find stock pullies from diff models that will bolt up.. Anyway, tight work!

Straight used veggie oil or did you process it? I’m super interested in this alternative fuel thing.

Did you have any fitment issues? Oil pan or accessory drive?

im building this setup for my cj6. i have the 7cm housing though. 4.56/35s. will have an intercooler. have you determined your mileage?

With your experience with the 617 what do you think a 606 would be like in this gen toyota would it be worth the hassle?

How much a build like This would cost i bought a donnor Bens with engine init.. how much the extra parts would be, I'm thinking about building it myself. TIA

What was the donor?