but......but.......but.......but........cats are JUNK!
that's a really cool and fascinating story, and I'm sure you'd love to tell it a few more times........but 21,000 hours isn't a new engine.......I can't count on both hands and both feet how many 2250 and 2350 ISX's I know of personally that got holes in the block or complete inframes before 2000 hours.
but......but.......but.......but........cats are JUNK!
Truckers trucking forum had maybe 100 pages of Cat problems. Other brands not much. You think 5.5 mpg is good ?how many of those failures have I see on a cat? ONE, I have a good friend with a 900,000 mile BXS acert that developed a leaking headgasket, due to the high mileage we inframed it with the 16:1 industrial pistons and all the associated stuff, flashed in a good tune, backed off the IVA's, and kicked it out the door. 250,000 miles later averaging 5.5MPG toting 105,000 pounds in a W900L......what a complete pile of schit, right?
that's a really cool and fascinating story, and I'm sure you'd love to tell it a few more times........but 21,000 hours isn't a new engine.......I can't count on both hands and both feet how many 2250 and 2350 ISX's I know of personally that got holes in the block or complete inframes before 2000 hours.
Truckers trucking forum had maybe 100 pages of Cat problems. Other brands not much. You think 5.5 mpg is good ?
ISX is also crap like Cat. Only european owned manufacturers seem to know how to build engines for todays standards..
Is he still butthurt that when I called him out on that isx turbo deal? Said you can't make power with VNT turbos that they were garbage and the very page before he was praising a guy for making 700 some odd hp to the wheels with a stock ISX turbo. I still have a chuckle at that!
It was 800 something. Thank you
ISX is also crap like Cat. Only european owned manufacturers seem to know how to build engines for todays standards..
ISX is also crap like Cat. Only european owned manufacturers seem to know how to build engines for todays standards..
respectable numbers for sure, I'm really curious how that turbo is going to hold up. seems like one of two things happens with the ones on the CM870's, they either shoot the turbine wheel out the exhaust, or the electronics go bad. I swear those turbos should be considered a consumable on those things..... "change the turbo every third oil change" LOL LOL
There has to be something different to your volvox across the pond. I swear all of the ones I know of had sleeve issues like you stated, but also emissions, injector, electrical, multiple water pump failures. Ect. We went to the 6 dd powered trucks because the Volvo powered ones were soo problematic. I'm not saying they can't be good, just that these ones didn't seem to be. (2008-2012 vintage). I believe you totally that you feel your engines are superior, and maybe what you guys have over there is great. But with 6 in a fleet of 70, 1 was down at all times. I wonder if maybe your euro spec cal is different enough that it causes fewer issues???
The 870s aren't as controllable. This is an 871. Most, and I mean most problems seem to com from poor tuning. This has survived quite well with 100k+ loads, but I'm also the only driver. I surely would castrate it if someone else was running it
the DD16's aren't any better, there's several of those running around in western stars and it was the same deal, hit a hill, split down half a gear, wave goodbye, and watch that big W on the grille fade into the sunset........give it up dude, those engines are garbage.
how many of those failures have I see on a cat? ONE, I have a good friend with a 900,000 mile BXS acert that developed a leaking headgasket, due to the high mileage we inframed it with the 16:1 industrial pistons and all the associated stuff, flashed in a good tune, backed off the IVA's, and kicked it out the door. 250,000 miles later averaging 5.5MPG toting 105,000 pounds in a W900L......what a complete pile of schit, right?
don't be fooled, the only engines they have over there that are worth a damn are made by Scania. Volvo is garbage everywhere in the world