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Posted by Steven@AZ on February 17, 2007 at 05:25:53 from (24.121.155.253):
In Reply to: diesel pickup posted by alliswd on February 16, 2007 at 19:43:32:
I've said it before and I'll say it again... if a V-8 diesel is the way to go, how come most of the over the road trucks, agricultural equipment, and industrial engines are inline 6? I know of several mid-90's Dodge Cummins with over 300k on them with almost no problems at all. A friend of mine had his headgasket start leaking around 330k, they pulled it in the shop and were going to overhaul it while it was apart. Pulled the head and the cross-hatch was still in the cylinders and no ridge. New headgasket and kept on driving it. My brother's 98 12-valve pulls good and will get around 20 mpg empty if you keep it under 65mph. I think it had around 170k on it when he rolled it, still didn't use much oil (maybe a quart to 5000) so we are looking for a cab to repair it and put it back on the road. The only real problems I've heard of with a 12-valve Cummins and 5-speed are the loss of 5th gear and the front end on the 4x4 will not take much abuse before it starts loosening up.
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