Caterpillar Diesel
I'm looking to buy a DP and see a lot of negative press about the Cat diesels. I haven't seen much positive press and there may be a reason for that. Has anybody had a good experience with the Cat? ...
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Fer2005 wrote:
I guess most of the problems have been with the mid-2000 models, C7 and others. Most of the complaints have been with the fans seizing, fuel pumps going bad, blown head gaskets and other problems.
I haven't seen any problems on earlier models and very few people have posted as Dolan did, no problems.
Just wondering if it was a short period where the problems came from and then the problems were fixed. Thanks again.
I have a C7, have had zero issues with it. My BIL has a C7 in his rig and has had zero issues with his, so we must be exceptions? I would not hesitate to buy a rig with a Cat C7 again, or any Cat, Cummins, or Detroit, they are all good motors and have their strong and weak points. I keep in mind when reading the forums folks don't usually post I went out this morning, drove it and everything worked. When folks have issues you don't know if they drove it like they stole it, serviced it regularly or not.
