V-type engine and work machine

Abstract

[Task] A task is to improve the flexibility for setting a muffler and making a V-type engine compact. [Solution] A V-type engine (1) includes an engine body (3) including a crankcase (7) configured to rotatably support a crankshaft (11), and a first and second cylinder banks (8, 9) extending from the crankcase (7), a first exhaust pipe (41) connected to the first cylinder bank (8); a second exhaust pipe (42) connected to the second cylinder bank (9); a merging pipe connected to the first and second exhaust pipes (41, 42); a first catalyst (32a) accommodated in the first exhaust pipe (41); a second catalyst (32b) accommodated in the second exhaust pipe (42); and a muffler (33) detachably connected to the merging pipe, wherein the first catalyst (32a) is arranged along an outer surface of the first cylinder bank (8), and the second catalyst (32b) is arranged along an outer surface of the second cylinder bank (9).

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