Newer diesel engines
I am looking for a used maybe a Newmar in the 40 ft range. I was told today that starting in 09 the engines were not as good as previous years. Is this true that in these years I would more likely to ...
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fla-gypsy wrote:creeper wrote:Fiesta wrote:
I read the book, don't idle more than 10 mins. .
That is called wet stacking. Idling diesel engines is BAD and leads to excessive engine wear. So for those guys at the campground who crack up their diesels at 5am and let them idle for an hour, you're doing damage to your engine as well as annoying other campers.
A little more to that I think, OTR diesel trucks will sit and idle for hours at a time sometimes with no apparent harm.
The manual on my 2013 Cummins ISB says not to idle for "extended periods". I once called Cummins and asked for clarification on what an extended period is. I was told not to idle it more than 10 hours or so.
It was important to me at the time because I was boondocking and my generator had quit. I had to run the main engine to keep the batteries charged. I should have asked if it would regenerate if I used the cruise control to elevate the idle while parked.
Idling is not good for engines and I try to avoid it as much as possible except for brief warm up and cool down periods.
