Considering Trade from Gasser to Diesel
I have read a couple posts regarding the cost of maintenance nad/or repairs for late model diesel engines and am a bit concerned considering I am looking into trading my 09 GMC, 2500, 6.0L gasser for ...
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Sport45 wrote:transamz9 wrote:
Iv'e said it before, twice as many RPM's is going to be twice as much wear.
Maybe if the bearing loads were the same, but they're not.
Look how fast your turbo is spinning. By your logic it should be worn out before the first oil change. But it doesn't because it was designed to run at that speed. Just like gas engines are designed to run at their operating speed. A gas engine with a 200,000 mile design life will last as long as a diesel engine with a 200,000 mile design life.
Bearings are not the only things that wear. Rings, cylinder walls, valve springs, rocker arms so on and so on. The you have transmission parts that are turn twice the rpm. A lot of gassers share the same transmission as the diesel. Are they built differently? NO
