800 Man's engines

MAN 800's

Hi Larry

We are the Cabo dealer in Massachusetts. We have had excellent luck with the 800's in both the Cabo's and the Viking's we sell. The 800's do drop cylinders at idle and being a mechanical engine they will smoke, especially when coming up on plane. I have had some success reducing the smoke on the 1050 MAN's by changing the injectors. If the boat has trolling valves you should not notice any shake when trolling. The common rail engines effectively eliminate all of these issues.

Maintenance

Oil & filter change at 250 hours or once a year.
400 hour check by MAN Service
1000 hour check by MAN Service

I believe the term MAN-grenades came from issues with the early MAN 600. As I said earlier in the post the 800's have been excellent.

If you have any other questions I would be glad to help.

I have run the 43' Cabo with all types of power it was offered with. I can understand not being able to afford a newer model. The 800s do smoke a little at trolling speed due to the dropped cylinders, and smell badly at trolling speeds, they also smoke a bit climing onto plane. Are usually good motors overall. The Man 900's are faster, quiter, more fuel efficient, don't smoke. I did 6 or 7 days of Seatrials with a 43' Cabo and the first set of common rails 900 in the Cabo (2nd set in the US at the time) with Man of North America and twin disc on board. Needless to say I prefer the C series CATS that were installed in some boats the years you are looking at. They have more low end torque, are cheaper to maintain, don't smoke or smell at trolling speeds, and fit the boat well. Most of the Cabo's were shipped with MAN's I think it was 02 and some of '03 and then there was a huge shift back to CATs in most boats around '03 and then '04 '05 '06saw primarily CATS Me personally, I would go to a CAT powered one and never look back....... Another option is a newer 40' FB which offers almost the same amount of interior room inside as the 43' and handles much better.

The 43' is one of Cabo's oldest hulls still in the lineup, and well, technology has changed and so has the hull designer starting with the 40' and newer models. The 40' was the first hull Cabo tank tested prior to building a mold and is also designed by Michael Peters. You can take the 40' at 31 knots and turn the wheel hard over and it just turns, it has a nice ride and is dry. The 43' is a good riding hull also, but doesn't compare IMO.

The C12's have a lot of torque, burn completely clean even after trolling all day, have a great reputatution for durability, maintanence is cheaper then the man's, the CAT controls have a lot more features, greater parts and service network worldwide, again parts and maintanence are cheaper,

The MAN's are a little more fuel efficient, can be a little quieter at cruise, but personally I've run all engine combo's in the 43' and prefer cats.