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I have 214,000 miles on that '95 crappy 6.5 engine. Still runs great. Only thing ever replaced were the glow plugs and oil pressure sender.
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When GM quite selling the 6.5L, 96 out of 100 light duty diesel trucks sold in the us were manufactured by someone other than GM. those are numbers even GM could not ignore.Guy at work has a 94 I drove the other day has 639,000 miles on it and still seemed to run good. Only down side is it didn't start the greatest but it's got one broken glow plug and the rest are china plugs.
I wouldn't say the Detroit is terrible motor but at the same time I don't think anyone would ever pick it today with what's available out there my ford has over triple the torque but it's decades newer.
ya for the engines of that time I think everyone wishes they would have put the cummins in there but I'm sure it was more about money then performance.When GM quite selling the 6.5L, 96 out of 100 light duty diesel trucks sold in the us were manufactured by someone other than GM. those are numbers even GM could not ignore.
The only reason they are still made is because of the HMMWV, which for parts logistics makes sense.
GEP did do some wonderful things as far as reliability but the Detroit always was and always will be a dog of an engine
The Detroit can do something the new Diesels can’t do… run on vegetable oil and bioDiesel. The lower compression IP can tolerate the higher viscosities that the newer 10,000 PSI IPs cannot.Guy at work has a 94 I drove the other day has 639,000 miles on it and still seemed to run good. Only down side is it didn't start the greatest but it's got one broken glow plug and the rest are china plugs.
I wouldn't say the Detroit is terrible motor but at the same time I don't think anyone would ever pick it today with what's available out there my ford has over triple the torque but it's decades newer.
Conversion kits for common rail diesels are all over the placeThe Detroit can do something the new Diesels can’t do… run on vegetable oil and bioDiesel. The lower compression IP can tolerate the higher viscosities that the newer 10,000 PSI IPs cannot.
I posted… but many others contributed and/or were quoted.I have done a search, but can't find the thread you are referencing...I found a few others where you talked about the thread, but I just can't find the actual thread. Could I get a link to it?
If the PCB/EESS unit does not cycle properly it can blow glow plugs.You are saying the control module burns the plugs?
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