Re: [MBZ] OT: Dodge Cummins Pickups
What year is your truck? Does it have a 5 speed manny? I believe you Us? It's a '97 12V with 5-speed. P7100 inline pump. either 3600 or 3800RPM. Ours stops at 3k. I heard that the 5.9L Cummins is being phased out and replaced with a 6.7L model. Yeah, they're advertising now. I sure hope they didn't screw it up! (Ala Ford's 6.0) -- Jim
Re: [MBZ] OT: Dodge Cummins Pickups
I sure hope they didn't screw it up! (Ala Ford's 6.0) Ford recently came out with a 6.4L powerstroke Diesel with two turbos, one to increase off idle performance and the other to increase mid to high RPM performance. That sounds like too many sensors for me! Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 1983 300sD 267K miles, Ursula
Re: [MBZ] OT: Dodge Cummins Pickups
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But then the service engineers would starve if they weren't powerchoke diesels. (I know, they have been pretty good since they fixed the EGR valves, but I bet they still havent moved the return line to the opposite end of the rail from the supply... Makes them REALLY fun to bleed) The fuel rails have returns now? The 7.3 Powerchoke (as opposed to the 444 Navistar it was based on) had no way to get air out of the rails other than pumping it into the cylinders via the injectors. Can you say cackle, knock, stumble?
Re: [MBZ] OT: Dodge Cummins Pickups
The 7.3 Powerchoke (as opposed to the 444 Navistar it was based on) had no way to get air out of the rails other than pumping it into the cylinders via the injectors. Can you say cackle, knock, stumble? IMHO, if there was a tiny bit of air in there it'd have less trouble. There is no shock reservoir to handle the intermittent nature of fuel flow. Aka water hammer. The 444's pipe off the far end is itself probably a shock absorber. Stupid Ford, save $2 by taking it off... -- Jim
