I recently bought a 37'
steel schooner in
Greece, which was fitted with a marinized Ford XLD1.8 (Endura)
engine. It suffered catastrophic failure halfway across the
Ionian Sea due to the previous owner's maladjustment of the tensioner when replacing the cam belt. In Syracuse,
Sicily a boatyard
engineer sourced a used Ford Mondeo (car)
engine, which we stripped and fitted with my original marinizing
parts. Total cost inc. labour less than 2,000€, as compared to 5,000€-6,000€ or more if I'd had to replace a modern "marine" engine. I'm all for repurposing engines for which
parts and spares are easily and cheaply available all over the world.