volvo780/ volvo D13 /2008 i just reached 1,300,0000 miles today

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  1. Johny41

    Johny41 Road Train Member

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    Trucks are like women, I treat her gently ,grease good and she treats me well also. :) I replaced injectors and turbo, no#in frame or other parts; I'm limited to 65mph (105km/h) Ontario truck limit law and use synthetic oil only, maybe this helps.Another team here at Celadon Canada has 1.4 mil same original 2008 D13 and Eaton 13 but Volvo 670.
     
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  3. Johny41

    Johny41 Road Train Member

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    Leaking injector cups are the biggest problem on this early D13 motors, not the injectors; I did the cups 3 times ; but last time in 2010 they issued a service bulletin and a kit of 6 new injectors+steel sleeves : this kits plus the installation job was free for trucks under 500k, and I was already over soo i had to
    pay the labour about 2000$. After this we did over 600k miles without any problems with injectors;
    Turbo actuator goes bad not turbo, I replaced the actuator at 5-600k, and last year at 1.1 mil miles was bad again, and I decided to replace whole combo turbo at this milage.
     
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    Careful, ya get too much useful information in your thread, the mods will close it and say you're belittling the rookies. Check the "Am I at risk of having a blowout?" thread for example, finally get some informative discourse, lock it up!
     
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  5. Moneymike

    Moneymike Light Load Member

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    My 04' Volvo d12 has 1.387 on it. Never had a overhead or been apart. Just put on new turbo about 5 months ago. The wheel was going bad but was still working fine. Changed egr valves once and have had one injector and cups changed. Truck is not governed and I pull a reefer most often close to gross. Runs smooth as silk and fuel mileage is still good. I run her 65-75 mph. I wouldn't trade her for any other truck. I had an APU installed so she does not idle and I do 30k miles oil changes.
     
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    I should add " Congratulations on getting a lot of trouble-free miles out of a truck you like." And I hope it lasts for many more miles.
     
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  7. Balkanian

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    I am driving Volvo 2010 D-13 with I-shift but I don't see how you get 8mpg, best I get 7.2mpg with most loads between 35 and 40,000,
    What is your game how you get that?
     
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  8. Johny41

    Johny41 Road Train Member

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    I did some ECM upgrade and tunning at this shop, nothing illegal, I still have my egr and dpf working, this works, I gained about 0.5 mpg. http://www.hillertrucktech.com/
    But the mpg on the dash is off about 04-05 mpg ,, i have about 650-700k miles on this injectors and as are getting older the dash mpg is more off . After I took this photo I keep driving until I had over 1000 gallons burned , ; was a pump to pump test with over 1000 gallons to get it more precise, and I did refuel the first and last in same truck stop same pump # @QT in Greenville TX: the dash was showing 8.6..... real from all fuel receipts was 8.2 mpg ,thus included about 4 Regens ,my truck is running a regen @ aprox 2200 miles and lasts 23 min. and about 15-20 hours of idling because I don't have APU ,average weight approx 30,000lbs/ : I"m pulling mostly automotive parts from Ontario to Laredo and back , some loads are light for Volkswagen 15-20,000lbs but we pull also heavy TRW, Accuride, engines for Chrysler 43,000lbs ; The roads are flat on this route, 401, I-75 Ud-24 , I-69,70,57,55,30,35 this make a difference, if 'm heavy i slow down ,to 60-62 mph helps with mpg and less pressure on emission system.
     
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  9. Stahle001

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    Question, how much boost did you loose when you're actuator went bad?
     
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