I suspect my company swapped engines. Is it possible?

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  1. Accidental Trucker

    Accidental Trucker Road Train Member

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    More probable that the ECM got swapped than the motor. Don't know how many hours to swap a modern motor, but it would not be quick, easy or cheap. Hard to see the incentive. Swapping ECMs makes way more sense.

    Or, as said, someone ran your truck while you were off. That makes even more sense.
     
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  3. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    Ive burnt ECM's before, once on a M11 I think it was. Ran that 50 hours until I finally shut it off on a pretrip sunday, she didnt start. ECM was bad the whole time. Fortunate. Saved them a tow right there in the yard.

    Shop slapped a new on in a half day, took a few thousand to hear them complain.
     
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  4. wore out

    wore out Numbered Classic

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    Overly suspicious isn't the word. Quite a bit of work is involved with an engine swap. You should be able to tell by just rolling the hood, no tech or company can do an engine swap without leaving a trace of this being disturbed. Not to mention volvo has a record of the engine serial number your truck left the factory with
     
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  5. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    Maybe they moved it around and left it idle.
     
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  6. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    17% idle isn’t much. I think you underestimated your idle time.I forget what my minimum was when I had the onboard computer readouts in my last Truck. Maybe someone can tell you their best % numbers.
     
  7. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    Call the dealership, give them your vin, get the serials for engine, transmission, and rearends and verify.

    And not even letting it idle 5 minutes ever, you'll burn your turbo up.
     
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  8. Forever237

    Forever237 Light Load Member

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    Thanks Driver.
     
  9. Forever237

    Forever237 Light Load Member

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    Thanks Driver, I’ll do that next time i’m at dealership. What is the amount of time I should spend on idling then?
     
  10. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    Better let it idle at least a few minutes,before shutting it off, or you will put excessive wear on turbo. It needs to cool down first.
     
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  11. Forever237

    Forever237 Light Load Member

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    That’s what I don’t do. I will def start doing that
     
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