About Kenworth

Buy pre-07 trucks or gliders with pre-04 engines. I got mine for $10K was 715k miles on it. Now marking 750K miles on it. It's been a year we placed that truck back on the road. It was absent from the road for 4 years.

 

paccar not good for O/O. I would prefer cummins for new pete and KW.

 

Glider ftw ...

 

Yea glider, thats a shame, I hear the paccar is actually a great engine. Sounds like your not getting support at the dealer level.

 

You were told this today? Because it is April Fool's Day, you know...

 

I hear the paccar is actually a great engine.
Great paper weights !

 

The red boat anchor ain't much better..........I was at my kw dealer this week. A nine bay shop..... 4 bays had mx trucks with emissions problems......

 

I have a 13 t660 with the paccar engine. Surprise, exhaust after treatment is supplied by cummins. A lot of the parts on mine are stamped cummins eng company. Knock on wood my trk is doing very well and have had very few issues in the 370,000 +miles on trk. Must be the dealer because i get excellent support from my local kw dealer. Averaging 7+ mpg driving it pretty hard. Had dpf filter service, def service and egr cooler flushed and overhead set at 200k . Paccar is recommending egr cooler flush during the dpf service because of carbon build up and overheating egr cooler and leaks. They soak it in a solution to decarbon it. Always been a yellow motor fan, but so far i'm loving my paccar engine. Not as snappy on throttle response as the cat engine, but does deliver power in a smooth linear fashion . Coming up on 400k so will be time for 2nd dpf service soon. Although the overhead adjustment needs to be done every 120-140,000 mi it's easy to do if mechanically inclined. Takes me about 3 hrs at a leisurely pace. Exhaust valves have a tendency to tighten up. Other than that been a great engine and truck.

 

At least a red motor can pull a hill somewhat decent, I don't even think a Paccar motor would make a good boat anchor.