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Mar 13, 2012Explorer
mapguy wrote:
Yep -seems we have reached a point of "consumer gambling" when buying a new diesel truck engine -at least in the light duty market segment. Clearly technology required and reliability are divergent in this market segment for many reasons from cost constraints to fuel quality plus a whole host of others significant issues.
The changes coming in are as drastic as thee switch from leaded to unleaded gasoline, catalytic converters, and then electronic ignition and engine control.
It takes about a decade after a major change for things to settle.
We are not even 5 years from the last major change (ULSD).
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