And this would be why you need a reserve fund...

Well, we had some bad news this weekend. At least one injector ring went out in the truck and leaked diesel into the cooling system, which basically starts a whole mess of problems. So, we are looking at a complete overhaul, on the motor. Good thing is, we were prepared.

So guess who's home this week?

 

Just under 800,000.

 

Nope don't mind at all. Its a 2001 Cummins N14. Estimated in frame is $13 - $15K. Its still in the shop. We caught it in time so the pistons were still good.

 

Hmmmmmm same motor? Just wondering? We are hearing that this is common for that motor around 750-800 thousand.

Sad thing is, He did just fine in the mountains. Was glowing about how well the truck went through there. <sigh>

 

The only indication that we had that there was a problem was that the coolant was running out of the over flow on the radiator.

The mechanic told us that the injector rings in these motors are copper, and known to do this at about 700 - 800K.

We have only put about 50,000 miles on the truck since we got it. You think this was an issue before we bought it?