opinion on a 2011 freightliner cascadia with these issues

Discussion in 'Freightliner Forum' started by gabton-tankers, Apr 4, 2015.

  1. bubbanbrenda

    bubbanbrenda Road Train Member

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    Price is kinda high IMO. most Crete trucks have an electric APU if I remember correctly. My advise is go to http://rawze.com/forums/search.php?...8ba0b099dad791e&sortby=views&order=desc&uid=0
    And seriously read the EGR tune up, he also has 6 or 7 videos on how to properly maintain the EGR system, step by step. Cummins and 95% of all dealers refuse to do this maintenance because it slows/stops the unnecessary sales of parts that will not need to be replaced when you service the EGR system CORRECTLY(which goes completely against Cummins philosophy,) they want you to do 0 maintenance until you have catastrophic failure. The truck you are looking at is at the ideal place mileage wise to benefit the most from an EGR tune up. Rawse has been grossly misunderstood on several forums, and never recommends deleting anything, in the first couple of paragraphs he say "HE DOES NOT DO DELETES" he ALWAYS recommends proper maintenance, the only time he has had anything to do with deletes it is advising someone with deletes that have been done improperly by some on else. Seriously spend 2 or 3 hours browsing around his site, if nothing else you will come away with an absolute factual education on how and why the EGR system works, and with that you can make a educated decision BEFORE you buy. Nothing worse than a thread starting out "I wish someone would have told me before I bought..." Just my $0.02...
     
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  3. gabton-tankers

    gabton-tankers Light Load Member

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    Hello Bubbanbrenda, thank you for recommending this site. That defintely opened up lots of truth about my past experiences as a fleet owner. I have read the EGR tune up and will be more aware of issues to atleast keep my trucks in the road and make a more wise decision for future truck purchase.
     
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