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Liebherr Machines Bulle D9816

Built: 2023-2025 · Series: Other models

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The D9816 comes from Liebherr Machines Bulle. Production: 2023-2025. The fuel is 7-15 ppm Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel. The rated output is 3,000 kW. The engine is turbocharged. The engine meets emissions stage Tier 4 (Final or Phase In). Fuel reaches the combustion chamber through direct injection. The charge air is cooled by coolant. Charging is by a fixed-geometry turbocharger. It is a four-stroke diesel engine. The cylinders are arranged in a V. Rated output across the Liebherr Machines Bulle range ranges from 129 to 4,290 kW; the D9816 sits in the upper part of that range with 3,000 kW. Its immediate neighbours are the KD62V12-6CNS below it with 2,700 kW and the KD83V16A-6AES above it with 3,010 kW. 91 Liebherr Machines Bulle models across 4 series are on record.

Liebherr Machines Bulle – other nonroad diesel engines: the collective page of Swiss large diesel engines from 140 to 4,290 kW, four- to 20-cylinders for mining haul trucks and construction machinery

Liebherr Machines Bulle SA is the Swiss engine plant of the Liebherr Group in Bulle, canton Fribourg, which since the 2010s has developed its own large diesel engines to make the group's own mining haul trucks and construction machinery less dependent on outside engines such as Cummins or MTU. This page gathers the versions the register could not assign to a named range, from the mid-size D9xx range to the large V20 engines of the D9812 family; the four-digit designations such as D9508 or D9620 distinguish individual engine variants by the manufacturer's own logic, though their exact meaning cannot be resolved from outside.

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The register lists here 75 versions with 140 to 4,290 kW rated output at 1,500 to 2,100 rpm, from four- to 20-cylinders with 126 to 175 mm bore and 150 to 215 mm stroke. Maximum torque ranges from 990 to 22,759 Nm. Among the emission stages, Tier 4 (Final or Phase-in) leads ahead of the older Tier 2; the power category above 560 kW under 40 CFR 1039 forms the clear majority of this collective page.

The large V-engines on this page chiefly power Liebherr's own mining haul trucks, large-class hydraulic excavators and crawler cranes; in the mining segment Liebherr thus competes directly with the established large-engine makers Cummins, MTU/Rolls-Royce Power Systems and Caterpillar.

On a used purchase of these large engines, the documented service history of the turbocharger (waste-gate or fixed design, depending on the model), the injection system and the cooling circuit matter above all, since repairs at this engine size cause high downtime costs; on the older Tier 2 versions without exhaust aftertreatment, oil consumption and compression values also count. Service and spare parts run through Liebherr's own workshop network for mining and construction machinery technology.

Sources: SpecCodex register, model data: Liebherr Machines Bulle – weitere Nonroad-Dieselmotoren, Liebherr

Technical data

Engine

Engine codeC16VB1101correct
Engine familyPLHAL103.VQScorrect
Fuel7-15 ppm Ultra Low Sulfur Dieselcorrect
Rated output3,000 kWcorrect
Power bandkW>560correct
Rated speed1,800 rpmcorrect
Maximum torque17,905 N·mcorrect
Speed at max. torque1,600 rpmcorrect
Cylinders16correct
Cylinder layoutV layoutcorrect
Bore175 mmcorrect
Stroke215 mmcorrect
Operating cyclefour-stroke dieselcorrect
Injectiondirect injectioncorrect
Aspirationturbochargedcorrect
Turbocharger typeFixed Turbochargercorrect
Charge-air coolingliquidcorrect
Emissions stageTier 4 (Final or Phase In)correct

Origin and approval

VersionC16VB1101correct
Sales regionUSA excluding Californiacorrect

Frequently asked questions

How much power does the Liebherr Machines Bulle D9816 have?

The Liebherr Machines Bulle D9816 delivers 3,000 kW.

When was the Liebherr Machines Bulle D9816 built?

Production years: 2023-2025.

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