OTHER ENGINES

[Waterloo]

(08-01-2016 )axe Wrote:  

(07-31-2016 )Waterloo Wrote:  It's a pickle for sure... I'm poking around The Truck Paper right now looking at old iron... But what are you getting? I think of everything that could, can and will go wrong... I remember the 80's and 90's... You bought a truck, service it regularly, put air in the tires, check the hubs, hoses, coolant, etc., and you had a million mile virtually trouble free truck. This new stuff, like Rawze has said, 500,000 miles and throw it out, if you can even make it that far!

I'm thinking that in all reality, if you are in the market for a new or newer truck, a glider is probably the only way to go. And yes, fuel mileage can be a bit off compared to the 8 mpg many of us get with these de-mandated ISX motors. But, when you factor in downtime, and repairs, are you really that far ahead of the game? I figure in my three years of ownership of this 2008 ProStar, I have only gotten about two years work out of it and am well over $100,000+++ in the hole with repairs, lost revenue and downtime. That's allot of fuel. I think I am going to start looking at gliders if this truck of mine keeps giving me problems. I went all week with no hiccups, she is running like a swiss watch, just hoping this new Mexican reman turbo holds up, I'm going out there in a few minutes to check on her... I saw a bit of that slobber mist on her boots from the CAC the other day.

To top it off, freight sucks right now, only 7 loads this week, when I normally average 15+. Don't know what to do... Thanks for letting me vent.

Man I feel for ya. Not trying to be a smart a$$ but sounds like you would be time and money ahead to take a trip to South Ga. If I spent that kind of money and was still having problems like that Id probably be in jail. Good luck and hope you get her going.

It has been an adventure, that is for sure. I tore her apart yesterday, Turbo side was dry, just a bit of oil left in the CAC that needed mopping up. It was not much, just a few drops. After doing that, I went for a ride, took apart again... All is dry in there, so fingers crossed. Will be watching the slobber, which I do have, I hope I did not get another bad turbo...

And yes, tried to get down to GA, we don't run down there unfortunately. We looked for a week and found nothing that worked, we are pretty specialized in what we do, tier 1 automotive, not much going on right now as most plants are down for change over... Now I need to buy my plate, I haven't even had the monies to pay for my 2290 yet... Waiting on dispatch right now. Going broke in MI...