Prostar and Volvo

[Evotrucker]

So I’ve got a cm870 in a 06 Volvo, it’s the older brother to the cm871 but it’s almost the same.

The pros and cons depends on the which devil you Prefer to deal with, the isx is a good motor and I would and will only deal with the tuners from this forum on my truck. I wouldn’t go anywhere else and that’s even if I had newer cummins just because rawze and many of the other memebrs on here have tried just about everything and have many many many years of experience!.

If you do get a isx you will need to do it properly or it won’t last but you can say that for anything so any of the recommended shops or advise that will be given for a rebuild will be for good reason and trust me on this when I say, we all try to skimp out on a thing or two here only to be bitten hard down the road. Their are many posts on this on this forum to prove it. You go with the isx you get manual for free and any other manual for free, don’t ask for the software here because that’s not how we roll here.

The D13 is a great motor and the newer gens don’t have many of the defects while trying to run lower rpms like the isx. One of the most commons issues you will run into is the sensors and emission system but their are many D13 that have gone a million miles with proper maintaince with out deleting the entire same thing can be said about the isx. Also one of those main issues is injectors and injector cups, since Volvo has updated the tools to properly do the job and properly updated the injector cups style, when done right it should hold for 2-3 years, also you need to do a over head every year regardless and of the miles!. The injectors and injector cups work different then they do with the Isx. Volvo truck masters on Facebook has also a great amount of mechanics that know what they are doing. I have recommended some of those guys and the drivers have found another shop to go to other then Volvo to do some repairs. Sadly you won’t get the manuals for free from volvo but you can buy the manuals online for a decent price. I think it’s called emanualonline or something like that. The software isn’t shared here as I mentioned earlier but for Volvo I’m not sure if you can find a pirated software version of it or not.

The rebuild on volvo and ISX is close but might be 3k-6k different at the end of it but that depends on what kind of shape the entire motor is in and what you should replace and what you don’t need to.

There is a lot to think about but if it were me I’d go with the D13 just my 2 cents which to add up much compared to the other guys opinions lol. Best of luck!