3.0L Duramax teardown

ksss wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
It won't be long before this engine goes the way of 3.0 Ecodiesel and Power Stroke.

If it does, it wasn't because it hasn't been a good engine. I think it is still around because of how good it is. GM went to the effort of updating it recently, had they planned to kill it, it would have made sense to kill it prior to spending the money to update it. That said, I am not saying that GM and everyone else doesn't spend money in a seeming moronic way sometimes. I think the EPA and politics have more play in what stays and what goes these days. It seems like the EV winds are changing somewhat from the promises made a several years ago. So maybe it will stay for a while.

The auto industry is taking a beating. Between the EPA mandates, EV being forced into the market, Union mandates, and what customers really want, I don't think they know if they need to "Wind their butt or scratch their watch".

Ram had to ditch their Eco Diesel soon after they did a complete redesign because of the black eye from the first gen ED, they couldn't sell any. Ford never committed to a diesel in half ton so they went with a existing POS engine in their parts bin and has been replaced with the Power Boost.

I don't think diesel is the right path for soccer mom use that will be in constant regen, unless they can get rid of the DPF.