Million mile CAT ACERT motors?

**Cowpie1** · 07.09.2012

Cool, Les. Wasn't getting into details that deep and didn't know it didn't apply to yours. Most everyone else fits into one of the three engines listed. For those, sometimes it pays off to dig a little deeper than the first page or two and find out the details. I would recommend anyone, for any length of OCI, do an oil sampling program to keep up with how the engine and oil is doing. Now that is cheap insurance!! No telling what a person can catch early on before they ruin an engine.

**Jfaulk99** · 07.11.2012

Originally Posted by Les2

My engine isn't even listed in there....LOL.

All the information for your engine is carved on stone tablets Les! In fact it's probably older than the dino oil you put in it! Haha

**Les2** · 07.11.2012

Originally Posted by Jfaulk99

All the information for your engine is carved on stone tablets Les! In fact it's probably older than the dino oil you put in it! Haha

That's why they suggested buying a excavator when buying the service manual...LOL

**SmokinCAT** · 07.11.2012

That's what fills up half my barn, stone tablets that have truck and engine manuals on them. LoL

**vze326ff1** · 07.11.2012

I OPTed a guys c15 when I worked for Carter that had 2.5 million on it and he rebuilt it around every million miles. and come to think of it he I did not come in the shop a lot. He drove east coast to west coast and he replaced everything, some where around 25,000 dollars.

**bubbanbrenda** · 07.13.2012

OK Mr.LBZ,
Last fri. truck started making noise like exhaust leak,dropped it @ shop to have it checked out, top turbo out(your fault)probably wont be done til tues.(not really your fault but I'm blaming you anyway).I guess the next time someone asks how my million miler is doing I'm just going to say OK for a million.Don't brag on it or it'll bite you on the ##### every time.

Originally Posted by bubbanbrenda

I am the 3rd owner and mine has 1,007,558.5 right now, I have all service records since day 1. Only issues have been waterpump and a head replacement @822,485(caused by previous owner trying to limp it home fro St.Louis with the waterpump failure mentioned above).It still has the factory Paccar radiator and CAC.I average 6.2-6.5 MPG's pulling a smooth-bore tank loaded 75-80,000 about 70% of the time and idle about 2hrs a day.I work mine in a very dusty environment and change the oil and filters every 10-12,000 miles(Delvac and 2 gal. of Lucas) and the single under-hood air filter every 20-25,000 miles.It uses 0 oil between changes,has 65-70 lbs of oil pressure @ 1400 rpm. Now that I've been bragging on, it the crank will probably drop out of it the very next time I hit the key, and yes I will blame you!!!!!!!!!!!

**LBZ** · 07.13.2012

Originally Posted by bubbanbrenda

OK Mr.LBZ,
Last fri. truck started making noise like exhaust leak,dropped it @ shop to have it checked out, top turbo out(your fault)probably wont be done til tues.(not really your fault but I'm blaming you anyway).I guess the next time someone asks how my million miler is doing I'm just going to say OK for a million.Don't brag on it or it'll bite you on the ##### every time.

No friggin way... I am going back to bed. It is 7:50 am on Friday the 13th. If I managed the above from a forum, not even going to attempt doing anything on a day like this.

**rollin coal** · 07.14.2012

Originally Posted by bubbanbrenda

OK Mr.LBZ,
Last fri. truck started making noise like exhaust leak,dropped it @ shop to have it checked out, top turbo out(your fault)probably wont be done til tues.(not really your fault but I'm blaming you anyway).I guess the next time someone asks how my million miler is doing I'm just going to say OK for a million.Don't brag on it or it'll bite you on the ##### every time.

Go figure, I just noticed tell-tale blow-by smoke under my truck while it was idling tonight. It's never done that til now guess I'm on borrowed time.