From: Joe Shannon (fordpart@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat Nov 06 2004 - 11:38:38 PST
Cat also recommends that on their GenSets you always cut it of from a
wide open state. This is to save the regulator but it will lock up a
turbo about once every 3 months. The 3126 is the engine I am thinking
about I did repair work for a company that had a few Fords with this
engine, when they went out of business the trucks were about 5 years old
and I had put an engine in each of them. They had extensive cylinder
wear, blowby, and valve trouble.
Rich Sherman wrote:
> At 09:45 AM 11/6/2004, Joe Shannon wrote:
>
>> This is how these affect all other diesel engines, it takes a lot of
>> miles off the life of them. I have seen dump trucks used on site not
>> last 2 years if the exhaust brake is used extensively.
>
>
> Is this true of the newer engines? Or just the 465's? Cat recommends
> the exhaust brake for the 3126 and that's the only kind of engine
> brake that can be used until you get up to the C12 (IIRC).
>
> Just wondering...
>
>
>
>
> ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org>
> To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat May 07 2005 - 20:37:39 PDT