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Grit_dog
Sep 06, 2018Navigator III
Lol!
I'm sure that V10 has served you well. Never had issues with them back in the day except 1 spit spark plug on a 99? I think.
But your prolific allegiance to gas powered trucks is comical.
"Praying every day that it will start...." Hahaha
Own a few, or a few hundred, put some real miles on them and get back to us....in 10-15 years.
Personal trucks, have only had 2 "modern" diesels. I must be the luckiest guy in the world by your account. Since our known injector killing LB7 went about 150k before selling it (running fine for at least a couple years after then I lost track of it). Only repairs were a neutral safety switch (not diesel related), window regulator and a new bleed screw for the fuel filter housing.
The current old Dodge 5.9 has not been as trouble free, yet not a bad truck. Only diesel engine related problem was it needed injectors at 120k miles. It did leave us stranded, but 2 slightly weak injectors just wouldn't get er done after being parked in -10 to -30 weather for a few days and no way to warm it up. Truck fired right up once I got it back to "warm" weather, about +10deg.
Everything else has been chassis or accessory related. Well, except the known cr@p clutches in the G56 trans.....again, not diesel related.
This may not be an accurate representation of the "new" diesels, but after 2 winters in the arctic with a fleet of trucks both gassers and diesels, YES the emissions on the new diesels didn't like 1000s or hours of idling in below zero weather and literally no load operations. Didn't lose a single diesel engine or even open one up. Some had 4000hrs of mostly idling, PER SEASON. Yes a few of the crew trucks had close to 8000 engine hours and like 8000 miles! But plenty of gassers got towed into the shop at -40 as well.
I'm sure that V10 has served you well. Never had issues with them back in the day except 1 spit spark plug on a 99? I think.
But your prolific allegiance to gas powered trucks is comical.
"Praying every day that it will start...." Hahaha
Own a few, or a few hundred, put some real miles on them and get back to us....in 10-15 years.
Personal trucks, have only had 2 "modern" diesels. I must be the luckiest guy in the world by your account. Since our known injector killing LB7 went about 150k before selling it (running fine for at least a couple years after then I lost track of it). Only repairs were a neutral safety switch (not diesel related), window regulator and a new bleed screw for the fuel filter housing.
The current old Dodge 5.9 has not been as trouble free, yet not a bad truck. Only diesel engine related problem was it needed injectors at 120k miles. It did leave us stranded, but 2 slightly weak injectors just wouldn't get er done after being parked in -10 to -30 weather for a few days and no way to warm it up. Truck fired right up once I got it back to "warm" weather, about +10deg.
Everything else has been chassis or accessory related. Well, except the known cr@p clutches in the G56 trans.....again, not diesel related.
This may not be an accurate representation of the "new" diesels, but after 2 winters in the arctic with a fleet of trucks both gassers and diesels, YES the emissions on the new diesels didn't like 1000s or hours of idling in below zero weather and literally no load operations. Didn't lose a single diesel engine or even open one up. Some had 4000hrs of mostly idling, PER SEASON. Yes a few of the crew trucks had close to 8000 engine hours and like 8000 miles! But plenty of gassers got towed into the shop at -40 as well.
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