Detroit 12.7l burning oil and excessive blowby

I'd buy it, if it were not International. That S60 is a toy to play with and THE money maker.

 

The world's best truck is the truck that is dependable for you. That's what makes you money.

I'm not at all saying this is going to happen, but there is someone on here that bought I think a Kenworth and it had paperwork and looked 100% and he ended up putting I think $30000 or $40000 into the truck.

Not saying that's going to happen to you or even that's common but I would always figure for anything you buy paperwork or not at least $10000 to $15000 in repairs. 10 or $15000 is not a lot of money to put into a truck.

 

That’s a decision only you can make. I will caution though a fresh overhaul means squat in this world. New parts installed does not mean good. Getting a quality job done on what you have however at least when complete you know what you got.

if your gonna sell it though I think it would be hard to get your money back out out of it. In the end everyone deserves to drive the truck that makes them happy, even if it isn’t what the world wants to see them have. IH and 12.7 it be hard pressed to find an ELD exempt money maker like that in my opinion

 

I've bought the Engine, not the truck, I can deal with the truck, that I can adopt to. I am making money with the ENGINE and whatever is after it to pull, not the shell. I'm guessing W900 is an Icon of the "must have to be the coolest".. yet, it is a long gone thing.. the WORLD is hijacked, and we are at what is the best... they are shutting us down, best or not.

PS: At least I can put it in withing 100 yards between anything you point. That's what it comes to these coming years, if not months.

 

Look for a tag like this. Yours is probably a GK, MK, or PK. The way I understand it only the PK had the block drilled and had piston cooling nozzles. Prior to the serial # I posted. (5-2-98) After that all the blocks were drilled and MK, GK, were capped off. PK had the tubes. Not all blocks are created equal. Once you drop the pan it’s easy to tell.

 

This might help.