How many miles on your Cat C7
Got almost 70K on mine, 9 years old.
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Well,
At present, we now have 83,000 miles on our '04 Itasca Horizon 36GD with the CAT C-7 33OHP. It's been a great engine. I had the valves adjusted at about 60K miles and, made pretty much, zero difference in mileage or power. The engine ran the same after the adjustment. I just recently, at 82,000 miles, replaced my entire fan bearing assembly, belts, hoses, thermostats (CAT calls them "Regulators") and a few other odds and ends. Oh, and a failing water pump.
I had to pull both the radiator and CAC in order to perform all this maintenance/repair/replacement. Although I can remove both top engine bay covers from under the bed, getting to all the important bolts/clamps etc. for all that work would have been IMPOSSIBLE without pulling the rad and the CAC. Even though the 82K mile fan bearing was still turning, it was a tad bit noisy when I spun it by hand.
There was a youtube video about a gent replacing his C-7 water pump at a campground and, while that didn't look too bad, I wouldn't/couldn't do mine that way if someone paid me. I have plenty of pics of this recent job but, no way to show them on RV.net.
Scott
At present, we now have 83,000 miles on our '04 Itasca Horizon 36GD with the CAT C-7 33OHP. It's been a great engine. I had the valves adjusted at about 60K miles and, made pretty much, zero difference in mileage or power. The engine ran the same after the adjustment. I just recently, at 82,000 miles, replaced my entire fan bearing assembly, belts, hoses, thermostats (CAT calls them "Regulators") and a few other odds and ends. Oh, and a failing water pump.
I had to pull both the radiator and CAC in order to perform all this maintenance/repair/replacement. Although I can remove both top engine bay covers from under the bed, getting to all the important bolts/clamps etc. for all that work would have been IMPOSSIBLE without pulling the rad and the CAC. Even though the 82K mile fan bearing was still turning, it was a tad bit noisy when I spun it by hand.
There was a youtube video about a gent replacing his C-7 water pump at a campground and, while that didn't look too bad, I wouldn't/couldn't do mine that way if someone paid me. I have plenty of pics of this recent job but, no way to show them on RV.net.
Scott
