I may have shared this before….had a remote project in the North Slope oil fields.
One of our subs with a base of ops up there was trying to wring out all the life out of their pre 2007 emissions light trucks because the emissions issues were prohibitive in vehicles that idle 24/7 and run in temps down to -50deg.
They had a pretty even mix of 6litre Flowerjokes and LLy and LBZ Duramaxes.
They had like 2 spare Dmax engines on the shelf and about 20 spare rebuilt 6.0s on the shelf….and Zero Cummins B series spares. (They didn’t have a lot of Cummins trucks to be fair, because they didn’t come in a full crew cab until 2010. Mostly just 5500 Dodge service trucks.)
um, so whats your point?
None I guess. Other than they blow. Figuratively and literally.
Or more accurately, one should heed any warnings about these engines and not presume any sort of reliability.
I wish Jeff the best of luck with this but it’s already been a money pit and now may have a blown hg or cracked head? The coolant puking at a low temperature is a likely symptom.
