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Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Holy.Roller$, Jun 19, 2021.
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Once you get serious about truck shopping you should probably have a few thousand saved up so you can inspect the truck(s) you’re interested in. Really about all you can do is research. The problem with buying a used fleet emission truck is that many of the service intervals go undone because they know they will be dumping the truck. So you will need to run the VIN at a dealer to see what has been done there for warranty work, then you need to have all the info pulled from the ECM, then if those things don’t have any problems jumping out at you you will take the truck to an independent shop for a full inspection.
If I were in your shoes and looking at a truck in that mileage range, if it passed the other inspections to your satisfaction and you purchased the truck, the first thing I would do would be to take it for a Diesel Force cleaning of the emission system. Get all the sensors cleaned and maybe even throw in a new particulate filter just so you know what you have.Jarhed1964, Rideandrepair, shooter19802003 and 1 other person Thank this. -
I'm big on the pre-emission trucks.
I drive a 99 fld120. An owner can save a lot of money if you do most of the repairs yourself.
I like paper logs. I have no experience with elogs. I recently started looking at 2018 and newer trucks. From my understanding these young trucks seem to have the emissions figured out.
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My first truck was a lemon, and so was my first APU. Major headaches. But I knew going in that it could happen. I just told myself that if it happens, to think of it as a cheap education rather than an expensive mistake. And oh boy did I get an education.Last edited: Jun 20, 2021
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