OXE DIESEL OUTBOARD

A Swedish company brings compression ignition to the transom.

Pete McDonald

In building the new OXE outboard diesel, Cimco hopes to provide a rugged new outboard option that can handle thousands of hours of duty on work boats — but that also has recreational appeal. Think yacht owners looking to run the same fuel through their tenders as the big boat uses, or boaters looking for increased fuel economy and durability. The OXE is based on a 2L GM automotive diesel normally found in the European Opel line of cars. It is a common-rail, turbocharged, freshwater-cooled engine turned horizontally to work in an outboard design. The key to the OXE is its patented belt drive system, which replaces traditional bevel gears with a twin-belt system in order to better handle the higher-generated torque of diesel and to allow for a smaller,…

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Water Ski (Digital) - 1 Issue, November/December 2018

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