I have had my engine overhauled twice in 6 years. The first being @ cat and they said the counter bore was within specs. So that being said is why I had it overhauled again last fall and not done by a cat house so it was done right. (Blowed headgasket and dropped linar ) Here is the question I have. Is on both rebuilds it uses oil ( 1gal to about 5000 miles). This may not be bad to some folks but don't ya think a new engine should not use any oil or am I just being to darn fussy? Right now I have 4900 miles on the oil and just added a gallon.
Cat Engine Overhaul
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puncher Thanks this.
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Plus it looks like you are making some power and pulling some weight. Fuel consumed is a better indicator of work done than miles. I wouldn't be to worried at this point if I were you. It's not great... but neither is it worrisome .
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Cat makes an additive that helps during break in period. Not sure on part number but it's available at any caterpillar branch. I wouldn't worry about it personally I would just run it. I have seen 60k before.
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I have a very similar build with 75,000 miles since I did the inframe about a year ago. I haul heavy too. It uses around a gallon every 10,000 miles now. It was a bit more at first. I found that idle time has a big impact of the oil usage. When I ran it over night this winter it used more oil.
Good lookin truck by the way!!
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How hot do you let your pyro go usually ? I ask because thats the same range I start to back out but I don't haul as heavy
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