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www.marinelink.com MN27original engines were plagued by multiple failures, including one the very first year, he said. After suffering two failures in the original engines final year, the vessels operator decided it was time to look intotheir options.We had an MTU factory rep. come out and he and I sat down and talked about the problem. He recommended the same series, but a different model, the M63L, a workboat engine, with much more of a continuous rating/duty cycle. Its really built for tugboats. The draw- backs were that its a much heavier engine and has a different operating speed (the M70 was 2,000 rpms and the M63L is1,800 rpms). The engine speed was only The Klondike Express, operated by Phillips Cruises & Tours, runs the 26 Glacier Cruise in Alaska. Photo courtesy Phillips Cruises & Tours, LLC