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Grit_dog
Sep 07, 2018Navigator III
Groover wrote:
"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."
I would suggest that you not try that with most new diesels with particulate filters. I did see an ambulance on a Ford chassis with a sticker on it about "certified clean idle" as I recall. That was several months ago but I have wondered what that means and what if any equipment was added.
This was in 2014/15 and most all the trucks were new. Point was is there were and are untold numbers of new tech diesels getting used well outside the parameters that some people think will send them to an untimely grave.
New diesels don’t choke and die because you sat in traffic or idled around the mall parking lot 10 times!
BTW those stickers have been on diesels for quite a while. Means they meet current standards for emissions. Nothing was “added” to them that didn’t come from the factory.
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