Opinions on reliable engines

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  1. Aug 23, 2016 #1
    Dieselmydrug

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    Doing research for purchasing a future truck, hoping for some info on what yrs produced good ones and which makes? Very appreciative!!
     
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  3. Aug 23, 2016 #2
    gokiddogo

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    Detroit S60 pre-egr
    Cummins pre-egr
    Caterpillar anything with 3406 or 6nz

    All produced in 2003 and earlier. All can be argued as to which is the best truck engine ever made.
     
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  4. Aug 23, 2016 #3
    slickWillie1980

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    400 Big Cam Cummins
     
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    Opus

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  7. Aug 23, 2016 #5
    bzinger

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    Love my n14 Cummins but it's a little noisey and fuel mileage is lack luster...but unlike my emissions trucks its yet to spend a second in the shop over emissions problems .
    Always heavy and poor aerodynamics but with no idleing fuel mileage stays in the low 6s .
     
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    rbrtwbstr

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    E7 Mack
     
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    Ridgeline

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    Any engine can be reliable but all of them are a crap shoot when you come down to it.
     
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  10. Aug 23, 2016 #8
    swaan

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    Ive had nothing but good luck with my E-model cats . Never a problem, sold the trucks but never did an inframe or anything for that matter. Had a 6nz that we never touched ,just drove it for over 10 years. Super just fantastic engines.

    Now my 14L ddec 4 pre egr has 100,000 on it and uses no oil at all and has been trouble free also, but time will tell.

    Never had a cummins, so cant comment on those .
     
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  11. Aug 23, 2016 #9
    Dieselmydrug

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    I never cared for Cummins either, probably because they were fleet engines. A guy who I first teamed with ended up driving a '96 'Shaker with a 550 DD. Sounded like a big locomotive
     
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  12. Aug 23, 2016 #10
    Dieselmydrug

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    But they would be in older trucks and a company wouldn't take it on right??
     
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