Sabb Motor


Sabb Motor is a Norwegian maker of small marine diesel engines, mostly single-cylinder or twin-cylinder units. The firm was established as Damsgaard Motorfabrikk by two brothers, Alf and Håkon Söyland in 1925. The firm started building engines to meet the demand of fishermen who wanted simple, robust and reliable power for their boats..

History

The brothers' cottage industry began by creating a 3HP hot-bulb engine. This was followed by a larger 7HP version which tended to suffer broken crankshafts, but the firm was able to solve the problem and re-launch their engines under the name Ny-Sabb. By 1975, Sabb Motor was producing 3,200 engines a year between 8 and 30 bhp. Facing market competition, the firm concentrated on providing 30bhp engines for ship’s lifeboats, a decison which increased worldwide demand. The UK's distributor of Sabb engines is Sleeman & Hawken Ltd. More recently, Sabb have established a link with Mitsubishi.
In 2006 Sabb Motor AS was bought by Frydenbø Industri and renamed Frydenbø Sabb Motor AS.

Sabb engines

Sabb engines are rugged and simple; for example, some have "splash lubrication" which requires no oil pump nor filter..
Sabb engines include Types H, G, GA, 2H, 2G, & 2J.
Sabb engine details and maintenance tips are available.