Repowering a Peterbuilt

[Rawze]

The only advantage an ISX has on other engines is

A) - It is the easiest to maintain and work on yourself. Insite, Quickserv, etc.

b) - They are just as bullet proof as anything else out there with some decent custom tuning / demandate. they DO NOT HOWEVER LIKE BEING NEGLECTED OR ABUSED! and that is the main reason people have any kind of issues with them. All modern engines are like this now, so you had best get used to it.

c) - The ECM programming is like play-dough -- you can tune the thing to exactly what your needs are and that is really its only advantage over anything else. Without this they are as prone to emissions and other issues as anything else these days.

it is when they are neglected, abused, bad programming, etc.etc. that you have issues with them. if you want something that is modern with modern engine effeciency you never have to work on then by all means go get u a detroit, volvo, paccar, isx, or anything else you can think of based on the droves of company driver opinions, who could barely even tell you what color their engine is, and trade the truck in every 300k miles or so for a new one so that you never have to work on it. - Great business plan if you want to fund the engine and truck makers, relying on that false sens of "Warranty" instead of putting money into your own wallet.

if you want a million mile + modern engine you can work on yourself, tweak to suit your needs, etc... a well built ISX it is. -- YOUR PROBLEM is that you have so far, relied on the broken down network of nit-wits to fix on your engine, then blamed the equipment for all your problems instead of the morons who have worked on it + the previous owner who abused it into the state it ended up in.

A custom build + all the things recommended on this forum to do to it during the build -- == VERY VERY RELIABLE ENGINE! + all the advantages of its modern features (better fuel efficiency, response, etc.) that make it worth having.

if your looking for a different answer -- YOU ARE ON THE WRONG FORUM !!!