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Any mechanical engine IMO is better than the modern electronic crap nowadays, must admit the older perkins were very good. Still have a soft spot for me 135.
I've been shut down with a broken wire on the alternator not feeding the 5v sensor circuit and computer says no, a broken fecking wire..!! Had a failed injector on a Cat that didn't even throw an error code, knew something was up when the turbo was glowing cherry red and not even at full load. Just like the JD firmware saga, the full Cat diagnostics package c/w Cat engineer was required to read all the error codes! FFS a duff injector is pretty serious in my eyes but no the Cat engineer said, it was just shut down so all the others over fueled to compensate.... I could write about faults I've come across and drove me crackers for hours tbh....
I know a very well regarded Cat overhaul engineer (been working with Finnings 35+ years) who told me 20+ years ago electronic is the future, 8% fuel savings, easier fault finding, better reliability blah blah blah.
Aye, go and ask him now and he will tell you buy an older mechanical engine of your chosen make with a good block and spend a lot of money on it and remanufacture it as it will be a good investment. Says a lot in itself when a very experienced top level guy who works on them every day will tell you that.
I've been shut down with a broken wire on the alternator not feeding the 5v sensor circuit and computer says no, a broken fecking wire..!! Had a failed injector on a Cat that didn't even throw an error code, knew something was up when the turbo was glowing cherry red and not even at full load. Just like the JD firmware saga, the full Cat diagnostics package c/w Cat engineer was required to read all the error codes! FFS a duff injector is pretty serious in my eyes but no the Cat engineer said, it was just shut down so all the others over fueled to compensate.... I could write about faults I've come across and drove me crackers for hours tbh....
I know a very well regarded Cat overhaul engineer (been working with Finnings 35+ years) who told me 20+ years ago electronic is the future, 8% fuel savings, easier fault finding, better reliability blah blah blah.
Aye, go and ask him now and he will tell you buy an older mechanical engine of your chosen make with a good block and spend a lot of money on it and remanufacture it as it will be a good investment. Says a lot in itself when a very experienced top level guy who works on them every day will tell you that.
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