[Vwdiesel] MB engine swap

[Patrick Dolan]

My 7.3 itself is dead realiable (cam position sensor, some fuel lines, starter) in about the same mileage, but the rest of the truck....what a POS.

We have 24V Common rail Cummins in our field fleet, and have been with them since 12V days. You are right, in the long haul the 12V Iis king, and cheap to modify (except for the first three years).  However, since we no longer keep fleet trucks past 100k miles, we have fantastic service from them, great power and great economy.

Pat

----- Original Message -----
From: Kurt Nolte <syncronized_turbo at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:36 pm
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] MB engine swap

> We've an '01 7.3 in a 250 that has bulled its way through 200k 
> miles 
> without significant problems. It's chewed up two starters (the 
> second 
> due to improper dealer installation) and had to replace a fuel 
> related 
> sensor, but other than that... she started life getting 18-19 mpg 
> no 
> matter what she was doing, fully loaded, empty, city, highway... 
> now 
> it's  more like 16-17, but we /know/ the nozzles could use 
> replacing and 
> the timing could probably be looked at.
> 
> Speaking of Cummins, reliability takes a crap when you go from the 
> 12v 
> to the 24v designs, alongside durability. The 24 valve 6bt engines 
> have 
> just too many sensors and too many fragile electronics to be draft-
> horse 
> reliable anymore, and the valve trains are a bit more complex 
> (understatement!) and more prone to rapid wear.
> 
> -Kurt
> 
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