3406b low boost and fuel pressure issues

The last couple of blown up Cats I’ve seen were common rail engines. Drop a tip off an E or a C15 that’s fuelled up at the time the piston, liner and half the rod goes right out through the side of them. Makes a most impressive hole. I’ve seen one of each now that did it. It may be worth noting both of those engines had Cat ReMan injectors in them.

 

I’ve seen lots of holes in pistons from to much thread exposed on fuel screws, cracked pistons from timing/wrong nozzles. Windowed blocks from overspeed and yes it’s cool as hell that they still run. Bent cranks from dropped valves and countless exducer wheels chewed up from spitting out a booger. But I guess my all time favorite was watching one blow a turbo in dodge city one night on the west end of the loop toward ingalls. Flames were cool as fook coming out of that Freightliner.....several big waves of them. Bout time I stopped ol boy was high tailing it outta there bout to trip on his beard. She got a snoot full of that oil and was running off. I’d thought it blowed 10 times but finally pulled down and seized. She was hummin for sure

 

Aluminum piston engines can put out an impressive shower of sparks and flames when they melt one down. I saw that a couple times in BC, lit the whole side of the mountain up like a big flash bulb going off.