Primary fuel filter

[Rawze]

(02-19-2020 )MAScontractingllc Wrote:  ...
keeping those rpm's down when getting up to speed
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low rpm (much below 1500) + foot half way or more to the floor results in a very shortened engine life. Especailly on the model engine you own.


Install a boost gauge, your next important move (should have been done the day you got the truck), and use it / practice some better driving habits that yield less wear and tear and headache, more long term profit.

This means - DRIVE BY YOUR BOOST GAUGE!, and as well, start by limiting your boost overall to only 20 psi or so,..and over time, work your way down to only allowing the truck to make 15 lbs or so by better and better driving habits. - YOUR WALLET will thank you later.

That truck cannot get out of itys own way at 3.36 rears .. especially if you try to drive it the right ways for high profitability... HENCE:

Find a set of used rears to throw into that thing, keep the RPM up at 1550-1650 when your at 15+ or more on the boost gauge, and only use below 1400 when your making less than 10 lbs boost. (why my earlier statement about your geared all wrong for what you do).

It is also not so much that 10-speed tranny you mentioned. That is secondary, and unless it fails and needs replacement, there will be no justification / return on cost/investment for replacing it that you can get back with any gains of profitability.


Is a person in business to make money?- and maximize their long term (money they keep) profitability? --- OR are they in business to burn up the highways, and work themselves and their equipment as hard as they can so that all the extra efforts make them think they are getting somewhere?-- because THOSE 2 THINGS ARE NOT THE SAME! -- and typically are NOT compatible either.

THIS MODERN EQUIPMENT we are subject to use these days,.. they are not made for the "run hard' scenario any more... those days are like you say... long, long gone.. and those trucks that can do so need to be in a museum somewhere. <-- this new stuff is made for a very low profit margin. It can make a damn decent paycheck just nicely if a person just learns how to work with it and disciplines themselves towards higher profit margin instead of simply trying to eat more miles.

So if you want to push against something with all your might and vigor .. use this effort to Push against those fuel mileage numbers, especially in the low-rent market your in, not your miles. - Figure out how to factor that in as heavily as possible and you will start to see some eventual daylight at the end of that tunnel.

-- As far as de-mandating it goes... yes you will absolutely have a cleaner running engine, yes your fuel mileage may go up (depends on how clogged, unhealthy the system is tho), and several other benefits.

DO I RECOMMEND IT?=-== I am not able to, NOR is it legal for anyone to tell you to do so! -- A person has to make their own choice on that one, as it is not legal if you live in an epa regulated country.. but I blame no-one for doing so, that I leave completely up to them to make that decision.

and if you do go this route...
-- WHATEVER YOU DO -- DO IT RIGHT -- THAT IS THE HARD PART -- BECAUSE THERE ARE WAAY TOO FEW PEOPLE WHO CAN ACTUALLY DO IT RIGHT!. There are delete shops around every corner, and hundreds and hundreds with more than fancy eye-catching websites all across the internet -- all talk a good game,.. all have those testimonials and the like, fancy trucks and false promises, ... BUT in all reality -- there are ONLY about 4 or 5 in total in the entirety of the north American continent that even get it close to being reliably right. - that is the reality of it,and YES, I see hundreds and hundreds every year, as I openly and freely review any custom (or delete) programming someone has had done to their truck to ensure it is safe for the enigne, simply because I do not want to see yet another failed and destroyed trucking career and engine over it.. <- Someone need to show how bad this problem really is, I happen to be one of them who understands all this stuff with an unbiased honest opinion on what is seen out here, as everything I do it for free. There is no gain in it whatsoever in it for me at all.. I am semi-retired and make my money with my truck, and not by telling people where(or who) to go to or what to do, one person vs another.


So... DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER having anyone touch that engine or truck when it comes to this, unless it is someone recommended directly by this forum, or you will be nothing but another one of the thousands of victims that got taken advantage of in the end. - here a running list of some of these victims if your curious: http://rawze.com/forums/showthread.php?t...5#pid13255

btw: MM programming is avail for it, that is what is recommended (or a very close variation of it that is up to date and is the latest version), for the 2350. It is just not going to be found on the inter-webs is all.

Like others mentioned...

forum memebrs..
'Mommaburt', 'Unilevers', perhaps a trip to Mr-Hags shop, where he goes all out and ensures the whole truck is right,
,.. (or possibly 'running rough', thou I think his prices are too high for what he is doing).