The Caterpillar 3116 is a

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6.6L

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cylinder

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manufactured by

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and first introduced in 1988. was the predecessor to the

Caterpillar 3126 The Caterpillar 3126 is a turbocharged 7.2L inline 6-cylinder diesel engine manufactured by Caterpillar Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As ...

in 1998. The Caterpillar 3116 was also used as a marine engine. The 3116 ran up to 330 HP.

Applications

* Medium Duty Trucks including the Ford F600-F750, Chevrolet Kodiak/GMC TopKick, Peterbilt and Kenworth medium duty and Freightliner Business Class, *

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especially school buses, including the

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and

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and

Freightliner FS-65 The Freightliner FS-65 is a cowled school bus chassis (conventional style) that was manufactured by Freightliner from 1997 to 2009. Derived from the Freightliner FL-Series medium-duty trucks, the FS-65 was produced primarily for school bus appli ...

chassis

References

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