Cool story, get your facts straight with the guy from Colorado bragging about the same truck on FB and saying it has a 100mm turbo on it.
It had a 98mm on for the Missouri pull. Not the big iron classic or any other pull it's been in
Cool story, get your facts straight with the guy from Colorado bragging about the same truck on FB and saying it has a 100mm turbo on it.
They serve a purpose for working truck, saying they aren't that good because they don't compete with a truck with a 3.9" turbo doesn't prove anything when the big turbo in the twin set is 86mm, maybe when jfaulkners engine is done his twin set will be mow comaprative, but then again his truck is going to be set up to work with big power.
Had a big cam go down on us, so had to haul it in.
Cool dude. Like I said I'm done talking about this.
What happened to it?
Not sure haven't had time to tear into it. One cylinder is dead, I think number four it is colder than the others. Only thing that scares me it has a BAD vibration so I hope the crank isnt broke.
That would be very unusual, I'd start with pulling that injector and having a look at it.
Ya that is the plan I'm hoping it is just in the top end injector or valve train problem. I don't think it is a burnt piston or broke crank as it has no blow by. Just the vibration confuses me never had one do that.
"Diesel Freak" lmao. Smoke switches for everyone. That truck have a 6' gear shifter and a 8 ball spinner knob too?
I wouldn't let diesel freak oil the chain on my bicycle"Diesel Freak" lmao. Smoke switches for everyone. That truck have a 6' gear shifter and a 8 ball spinner knob too?
Ya that is the plan I'm hoping it is just in the top end injector or valve train problem. I don't think it is a burnt piston or broke crank as it has no blow by. Just the vibration confuses me never had one do that.
97rada I agree with faulkner 100%. I hope you do not take any of that personal.
J faulkner is on par with the engines IMO. I have to say we agree on everything. Except the MX13. We have little experience with modified or deleted ones though so that may be why.
ISX is a flaming pile of chit. You can put lipstick on a pig and spend piles of cash trying to make it pretty but at the end of the day you shouldn't have to spend piles of money on something just to keep it on the road whether that is "bulletproofing" something or in the shop when it breaks. When I say the ISX has bankrupted people I am not exaggerating. It has quite literally bankrupted people. I wouldn't touch one with 500k+ on it no matter the price. It isn't the emissions that suck the most. They are the most annoying part of an ISX but the hard parts are what kill guys. At 400k miles they start to have a few problems, the emissions start to really go on the fritz, they spend a pile of money to get back on the road and then a couple years later they have been in an out of the shop so many times they cannot afford to off the truck. Then one day their cam bearing take a chit or it throws a rod. Suddenly their $20k truck is an $80k truck with a rod on the ground given all of the shop bills they accrue over the years. We deal with these guys daily.
MX13 is a piece of trash in stock form. No idea what they can do deleted or tuned. Same holset trash turbo found on the ISX. 200k miles turbos at best with a price tag of $5000 + actuator from most Paccar dealers.
Detroit 14L are a decent engine with some inexpensive tweaks but they are at least manageable in stock form. The gta45 turbo is a bit on the squirrely side but they aren't quite as bad as the holset VGT units. Obviously a tune and a borg replacement and these engines are decent. The newest detroit stuff is laughable at best. Comparable to a maxxforce in dependability. Really.
Maxxforce I cannot even believe people can keep on the road anymore. We generally will not sell parts for these. They have been more of a problem child than they are worth. "Hey so I bought a valve cover gasket from you and now I have rods laying on I65. Think maybe the gasket was a bad one?"
CAT. Leave them alone and they are manageable. Everybody wants to blame the compound turbos but we all know they are morons. At 600k miles you will likely need turbos, yes. Put stock ones back on with new bellows and gaskets and move on. If you feel the need to modify then know what you are getting into. High compression acert stuff isn't likely to be happy with a big fat tune and some 20% overs in it pulling it down to 1000rpm in the hills driving it like a C model. A single turbo won't fix it.