Ok, I know they aren't great. The price is so right I think I'm going to pull the trigger on 4 of them.
I would like to get a year out of them but 6 months will be good enough. I am keeping my garbage 871's and 2250 going so I can handle the doc/dpf part. I've read on here the egr valve is a pain in the ###. Is there any other things to watch for?
I plan on taking the doc/dpf off and having them cleaned before I put them into service. Is the doser a clean the face off deal like the Cummins or is it more involved?
2011 Maxxforce Prostars, good / bad, what to look for?
Discussion in 'International Forum' started by hammerstrap, Mar 3, 2018.
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Dear friends -
I have decided to ram my head into a wall, however,
I cannot decide the material of said wall . . .
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No wall, just ram it against the Maxforce engine.blairandgretchen Thanks this.
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If you take it to a certain place and let them do a "tune" to it you will have a very reliable engine.If not your just asking for issues.
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Is the ‘place’ also known as a ‘scrapyard ‘. ??Bakerman, Heavyd, poppapump1332 and 1 other person Thank this.
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Since you wouldn’t be running them an extended period of time, maybe that would work. Don’t expect to get much at all when you trade them. There are considered worthless. I don’t mean that in a mean way but, in fact, they are worthless. They are mainly exported as no one in this country wants them. I would only buy them if they are “diamond renewed.” That program, supposedly, fixed many of the major issues. If you’re paying more than 22k a piece for them don’t do it. Again, you’re not going to get anything for them on trade. A Maxxforce is not a motor you want a long term commitment too. You said you’d probably only have them a year so you probably wouldn’t have too much to deal with, as long as they’re Diamond Renewed.bzinger and blairandgretchen Thank this.
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Wow. I don’t didn’t realize these motors were such a piece of S”””” - I wonder how many have lost their rear on these trucks.
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22k no way...I said the price is right. That 22k buys 3 of the 4. Now with that said I want to see if I can make them go that year and break even is around 7 weeks. I am not going to buy more 389's for these newbies I have. When they trash these prostars what will I be out?
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When they lay down , part them out . Get more out of them then you paid if you play your cards right .
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Vander haags in council bluffs offered a friend of mine 5 grand for his running maxforce pro star ..( 2012 with 400k on it ).
The truck is fine but the engine is what kills them.
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