I had a 98 7.3 a 94 5 9 my dad hasa 01 duramax he bought new I now have a 2014 cummins 6.7 and a 2032r john deere I have not had many emissions related issues with these engines but I do miss the simplicity of the 5.9 I also have a 2018 Volvo d11 truck I drove cat and cummins bit I really do like the newer vovlos but they do have sensor issues with the emissions systems
Not going to argue with a mechanic. It’s just you are the first person I have ever heard said an EGR reduces heat, I’ve always heard it’s increased. Very interesting. Good video!
It circulates the exhaust and brings down cylinder temperatures. That is the point of them and then to reduce knock. All these people delete this stuff and then u build heat and take away reliability.
@@pjbuckmaster That’s my point. You’re circulating hot exhaust back into the cylinder and on top of that are combusting new fuel. They also take away proper air flow throughout the exhaust system, breathing in more than out. I can’t fathom how that would reduce heat in any way and I’ve never heard the claim till now.
@@fighter4christ7 just because this is the first time u heard doesn’t mean anything. It’s how it works. Like he said it is an inert gas to control the burn. Plus the exhaust goes through some air cooling before it enters the intake. If u delete that u can and probably will take away reliability from ur engine. All these people deleting their stuff will be rebuilding their engine sooner than later because the cylinder is going to run hotter even with tunes. The inert gas controls the burn and temps as it does it. The thought of it being exhaust I believe is what ur think is going to be hot but it is air cooled and then put back in the intake controlling the burn with the gas keep temps lower then burning straight fuel uncontrolled creating higher burn temps in the cylinder.
@@pjbuckmaster Yeah I know, EGR cooler. Just another part to worry about. This is interesting to say the least, I can see how it may be helpful. My experience with it says the opposite, because I have friends with deletes with a proper tune that have virtually no engine problems in the higher end of mileage. The DEF part of the system creates higher heat in the first place, so perhaps deleting that you no longer need an EGR system. Most people I know with pre def systems and only EGR generally leave it alone. Doesn’t seem like it’s much to worry about.
@@fighter4christ7 from what I see your not going to get to 200,000 miles without problems on deletes with out rebuilds. But then again how much are u going to pay for emission filter and sensors along the way to 400,000 miles. I think it is a give or take. I see it to often people coming in on limp mode and asking for the delete. Or coming in for rebuilds because the engine at this point is not designed to work without that stuff and giving it a tune is simply like putting a bandaid on something. I tell most people if ur not working your truck and making money to pay for it from work, diesel is not the truck for u. Get a gasser and run all over town with no issues. If ur the guy pulling up to soccer and grocery story with ur diesel and then going home you are going to have problems no matter what u do. Diesels are meant to be worked hard, keeping heat in the emission system and running it while it cleans filters and most of those seem to work well and not have a bunch of problems. Sensors with lots of heat is like taking a computer and putting it in the sun, he’ll ur phone quits working when it gets hot but we expect cpu and wiring into electronic in cars to not be affected by it. It is the modern diesel era not and those things need to get better protection and they will as we go.
Came across your channel a while ago looking at 6.0 stuff, I’ve watched a lot of your videos since then. As a W-2 employee your entrepreneurship is impressive. A video on the business side of things would be cool
@@ColtWRsorry about the late reply. More so the logistics of trucking and running a fleet of service trucks. Are you still in a service truck most days? Was there a specific time or job when things took off and you realized you needed to hire employees? Are you handling all the administrative work yourself? What made you expand into trucking? How are you finding work for your trucks? Which is the more profitable enterprise? Are you pursuing one more than the other? Stuff like that. It seems like you’re a natural entrepreneur so this kind of stuff might be second nature to you but I’m fascinated by it. Growing up my parents were very “get a good job at a good company” type folks and trying to start a business was discouraged. The past few years I’ve been determined to figure out a way to get out and be my own man. I have a high paying job and feel like it would be a waste if I rode it out until retirement instead of using the capital to build my own business. I’m not sure how interested the rest of your audience is in this side of things, won’t hurt my feelings if you think it’s a bad idea for a video.
EPA has way too much power. It has cost the trucking industry billions and put many smaller companies out of business. I would like to think cleaning these engines up is for the good but I look at countries like China and India that have no emissions control! Heck most of the “ green energy “ components and made over there with coal plants! Lol
You act like that's not their plan to put every small company out of business. The freaks running the show only care about 1 thing, control. They don't even care about money. They just pay everyone in paper coupons they have printed from thin air backed by nothing. They want 2 or 3 trucking companies left, so the people still have the illusion of choice as to who their drivers are.... and it's much easier to have total control over 2 or 3 companies than 5000 of them
Ever been to China or india? The smog is so thick in the cities you can’t see the sun. I definitely don’t want our country anything like there’s. With that said, diesels got cleaned up more than enough when they went to common rail. Common rail plus a Cat should be sufficient.
@jfitz9624 i have seen cities in China where they fill giant steel baskets at the tops of poles with used car tires and light them on fire at night for street lights. It's not going to matter what engines they run. And the EPA is also the same company that covers up food contamination, chemical spills, air pollution and anything else they are paid enough to cover up.... and most of those cover-ups are for the government.... so i dont trust a thing they have to offer eitherl
My employer ordered me a 2024 F350 dually with the gas 7.3L but it never got built, so now I’m getting a 2025 Chevy 3500 dually with the Duramax. I’ll be the only one out of the entire fleet with a diesel and I don’t know how to feel about it.
You nailed this on point. Most of the problems were emissions equipment and ignorance of mechanics. That was a bad combination. Todays trucks have really come a long ways, we are having very good reliability out of all the new trucks and equipment.
The biggest issue with emissions systems on light duty trucks will always and forever be people that own them for daily drivers that don’t do regular work with them and I will die on that hill lol.
I've been saying that since the late 90's. They just don't get it, 20-mile commute get yourself a gas engine !and let em idle for a few minutes before you slam em gear and again when you stop, oh no they just cut them off like a weedeater then bitch all the time about problems...
Have a ford 5600 tractor, neighbor has a 7600. Almost 50 years old and they will outlast our 2020 nh workmaster 65. Another thing is the subsystems on the new tractors that customers alledgedly want. I dont need a powershuttle, but we have already been stuck in middle of hay from ours malfunctioning. Couldnt leave it out in the rain, wouldnt run right because the seal to the front ecm had been rolled from install, that was a doozy to figure out.
After gasoline emissions systems were mandated in the 70's it took a solid 15-20 years for OEM's to hit their stride in the power/efficiency/reliability department. I figure it'll be about the same with diesels, within the next 5-7 years (next round of engine dev) I think we'll hit the pinnacle of the current tech. Plus who knows what will come with the newer tech allowing the retirement of the current style systems like EGR, DPF/SCR. Scania DC09's are meeting Tier4 Final standards without the use of a DPF now, and there's some other larger engines foregoing EGR systems as well. I think Kohler has a 130ish horsepower engine out now that meets T4F without EGR.
My tuned up 2000 7.3 does everything i need it to do with no problems over past 18 years. My 1996 vw tdi has also done the same. No drama in 700k combined miles. They can keep the new junks.
Cat had the right idea with cgi (clean gas induction) they just never followed through long enough to get the bugs worked out. Same concept as egr with out the carbon
Colt I'm looking at 2019 2020 international semi truck because of price these trucks have paccar international Cummins engines which are more reliable all are between 300000 to 400000 I'm coming out of retirement family situation (we spent retirement money caring for our parents) need 3 good years from used truck Mike an Angie
Honestly the best trucks, from what I've seen and talked to many people about are the dd15 and dd13 Detroit. Good mpg, seems to be the most reliable of the newer engines. The Cummins is great, but heavy and not an mpg queen. Also the dt12 automated transmission, made by Detroit to be paired with the Dd series, is doing really well for longevity in most highway applications.
None of these new engines are a two valve Maxidyne or a Big Cam Cummins. EGR is to keep the combustion temperature below 2,500 F and prevent the formation of oxides of nitrogen. Even some of the large industrial boilers I sometimes work on have a FGR (Flue Gas Recirculation) system on them for the exact same reason. They have a large electric blower on them that sucks the flue gas from the top of the boiler and blows it down through a pipe to mix with the combustion air. The motor is run off of a VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) to control speed and determine the flue gas/fresh air mixture.
@@ColtWR Yeah air is like 78% nitrogen, so that is what causes the problem. They are starting to retrofit older boilers with the FGR system, so there must be some kind of incentive from the gov. It's weird, you'll go into a large older boilerhouse and half the boilers will be retrofitted
I just want an old, simple mid-80s F-350 with a 6.9 idi. I don't need 1,200 ft lbs, 600hp, mega cab, 24" infotainment screen, rubber band tires, 12inch lift, etc for hauling a boat sometimes and occasional brush/log hauling. And I have my '00 Camry for commuting to work.
How's the 7.3 gas holding up? I like the modern diesel power and mileage but hate the maintenance expense and got tired of almost having a heart attack when it wouldn't start wondering how many thousands less I was about to have.
Excellent presentation. You stated a lot of info in a concise video. No nonsense, no lollygagging, no crappy music in background.
Glad you liked it!
The def systems have made new trucks expensive to maintain and operate.
This is one of the if not the best Diesel videos on youtube.. Keep em coming Colt!!
Thanks! Will do!
I had a 98 7.3 a 94 5 9 my dad hasa 01 duramax he bought new I now have a 2014 cummins 6.7 and a 2032r john deere I have not had many emissions related issues with these engines but I do miss the simplicity of the 5.9 I also have a 2018 Volvo d11 truck I drove cat and cummins bit I really do like the newer vovlos but they do have sensor issues with the emissions systems
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Not going to argue with a mechanic. It’s just you are the first person I have ever heard said an EGR reduces heat, I’ve always heard it’s increased. Very interesting.
Good video!
It circulates the exhaust and brings down cylinder temperatures. That is the point of them and then to reduce knock. All these people delete this stuff and then u build heat and take away reliability.
@@pjbuckmaster That’s my point. You’re circulating hot exhaust back into the cylinder and on top of that are combusting new fuel. They also take away proper air flow throughout the exhaust system, breathing in more than out. I can’t fathom how that would reduce heat in any way and I’ve never heard the claim till now.
@@fighter4christ7 just because this is the first time u heard doesn’t mean anything. It’s how it works. Like he said it is an inert gas to control the burn. Plus the exhaust goes through some air cooling before it enters the intake. If u delete that u can and probably will take away reliability from ur engine. All these people deleting their stuff will be rebuilding their engine sooner than later because the cylinder is going to run hotter even with tunes. The inert gas controls the burn and temps as it does it. The thought of it being exhaust I believe is what ur think is going to be hot but it is air cooled and then put back in the intake controlling the burn with the gas keep temps lower then burning straight fuel uncontrolled creating higher burn temps in the cylinder.
@@pjbuckmaster Yeah I know, EGR cooler. Just another part to worry about. This is interesting to say the least, I can see how it may be helpful. My experience with it says the opposite, because I have friends with deletes with a proper tune that have virtually no engine problems in the higher end of mileage. The DEF part of the system creates higher heat in the first place, so perhaps deleting that you no longer need an EGR system. Most people I know with pre def systems and only EGR generally leave it alone. Doesn’t seem like it’s much to worry about.
@@fighter4christ7 from what I see your not going to get to 200,000 miles without problems on deletes with out rebuilds. But then again how much are u going to pay for emission filter and sensors along the way to 400,000 miles. I think it is a give or take. I see it to often people coming in on limp mode and asking for the delete. Or coming in for rebuilds because the engine at this point is not designed to work without that stuff and giving it a tune is simply like putting a bandaid on something. I tell most people if ur not working your truck and making money to pay for it from work, diesel is not the truck for u. Get a gasser and run all over town with no issues. If ur the guy pulling up to soccer and grocery story with ur diesel and then going home you are going to have problems no matter what u do. Diesels are meant to be worked hard, keeping heat in the emission system and running it while it cleans filters and most of those seem to work well and not have a bunch of problems. Sensors with lots of heat is like taking a computer and putting it in the sun, he’ll ur phone quits working when it gets hot but we expect cpu and wiring into electronic in cars to not be affected by it. It is the modern diesel era not and those things need to get better protection and they will as we go.
Came across your channel a while ago looking at 6.0 stuff, I’ve watched a lot of your videos since then. As a W-2 employee your entrepreneurship is impressive. A video on the business side of things would be cool
Your thinking of a video on what my business does or logistics of my business?
@@ColtWRsorry about the late reply. More so the logistics of trucking and running a fleet of service trucks. Are you still in a service truck most days? Was there a specific time or job when things took off and you realized you needed to hire employees? Are you handling all the administrative work yourself? What made you expand into trucking? How are you finding work for your trucks? Which is the more profitable enterprise? Are you pursuing one more than the other? Stuff like that. It seems like you’re a natural entrepreneur so this kind of stuff might be second nature to you but I’m fascinated by it. Growing up my parents were very “get a good job at a good company” type folks and trying to start a business was discouraged. The past few years I’ve been determined to figure out a way to get out and be my own man. I have a high paying job and feel like it would be a waste if I rode it out until retirement instead of using the capital to build my own business.
I’m not sure how interested the rest of your audience is in this side of things, won’t hurt my feelings if you think it’s a bad idea for a video.
They'll all come crawling back to gasoline after the get tired of clunking.
I remember when nobody had diesel trucks because they barely existed.
its refreshing listening to you as your simply stating facts.
EPA has way too much power. It has cost the trucking industry billions and put many smaller companies out of business. I would like to think cleaning these engines up is for the good but I look at countries like China and India that have no emissions control! Heck most of the “ green energy “ components and made over there with coal plants! Lol
Very true
You act like that's not their plan to put every small company out of business. The freaks running the show only care about 1 thing, control. They don't even care about money. They just pay everyone in paper coupons they have printed from thin air backed by nothing. They want 2 or 3 trucking companies left, so the people still have the illusion of choice as to who their drivers are.... and it's much easier to have total control over 2 or 3 companies than 5000 of them
It's all part of the "you'll own nothing" agenda.
Ever been to China or india? The smog is so thick in the cities you can’t see the sun. I definitely don’t want our country anything like there’s.
With that said, diesels got cleaned up more than enough when they went to common rail. Common rail plus a Cat should be sufficient.
@jfitz9624 i have seen cities in China where they fill giant steel baskets at the tops of poles with used car tires and light them on fire at night for street lights. It's not going to matter what engines they run. And the EPA is also the same company that covers up food contamination, chemical spills, air pollution and anything else they are paid enough to cover up.... and most of those cover-ups are for the government.... so i dont trust a thing they have to offer eitherl
My employer ordered me a 2024 F350 dually with the gas 7.3L but it never got built, so now I’m getting a 2025 Chevy 3500 dually with the Duramax. I’ll be the only one out of the entire fleet with a diesel and I don’t know how to feel about it.
Not your payment book so feel good about driving a brand new machine
The Duramax seems to be doing well under the hood. However their 10 speed Allison isn't a shining star at the moment.
@@ColtWR A stupid population that can't use a manual trans has really screwed everyone hasn't it??
You nailed this on point. Most of the problems were emissions equipment and ignorance of mechanics. That was a bad combination. Todays trucks have really come a long ways, we are having very good reliability out of all the new trucks and equipment.
The biggest issue with emissions systems on light duty trucks will always and forever be people that own them for daily drivers that don’t do regular work with them and I will die on that hill lol.
Absolutely
I've been saying that since the late 90's. They just don't get it, 20-mile commute get yourself a gas engine !and let em idle for a few minutes before you slam em gear and again when you stop, oh no they just cut them off like a weedeater then bitch all the time about problems...
Have a ford 5600 tractor, neighbor has a 7600. Almost 50 years old and they will outlast our 2020 nh workmaster 65. Another thing is the subsystems on the new tractors that customers alledgedly want. I dont need a powershuttle, but we have already been stuck in middle of hay from ours malfunctioning. Couldnt leave it out in the rain, wouldnt run right because the seal to the front ecm had been rolled from install, that was a doozy to figure out.
Thanks.
This helps give perspective from the real world.
After gasoline emissions systems were mandated in the 70's it took a solid 15-20 years for OEM's to hit their stride in the power/efficiency/reliability department. I figure it'll be about the same with diesels, within the next 5-7 years (next round of engine dev) I think we'll hit the pinnacle of the current tech. Plus who knows what will come with the newer tech allowing the retirement of the current style systems like EGR, DPF/SCR. Scania DC09's are meeting Tier4 Final standards without the use of a DPF now, and there's some other larger engines foregoing EGR systems as well. I think Kohler has a 130ish horsepower engine out now that meets T4F without EGR.
My tuned up 2000 7.3 does everything i need it to do with no problems over past 18 years. My 1996 vw tdi has also done the same. No drama in 700k combined miles. They can keep the new junks.
Good man Colt!!
Cat had the right idea with cgi (clean gas induction) they just never followed through long enough to get the bugs worked out. Same concept as egr with out the carbon
Colt I'm looking at 2019 2020 international semi truck because of price these trucks have paccar international Cummins engines which are more reliable all are between 300000 to 400000 I'm coming out of retirement family situation (we spent retirement money caring for our parents) need 3 good years from used truck Mike an Angie
Honestly the best trucks, from what I've seen and talked to many people about are the dd15 and dd13 Detroit. Good mpg, seems to be the most reliable of the newer engines. The Cummins is great, but heavy and not an mpg queen. Also the dt12 automated transmission, made by Detroit to be paired with the Dd series, is doing really well for longevity in most highway applications.
None of these new engines are a two valve Maxidyne or a Big Cam Cummins. EGR is to keep the combustion temperature below 2,500 F and prevent the formation of oxides of nitrogen. Even some of the large industrial boilers I sometimes work on have a FGR (Flue Gas Recirculation) system on them for the exact same reason. They have a large electric blower on them that sucks the flue gas from the top of the boiler and blows it down through a pipe to mix with the combustion air. The motor is run off of a VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) to control speed and determine the flue gas/fresh air mixture.
Interesting
@@ColtWR Yeah air is like 78% nitrogen, so that is what causes the problem. They are starting to retrofit older boilers with the FGR system, so there must be some kind of incentive from the gov. It's weird, you'll go into a large older boilerhouse and half the boilers will be retrofitted
How is your Godzilla holding up? Still recommend it?
I actually had a friend buy it from me. I still am around it often. It is holding up well. No issues at almost 100k
6.0L powwrstroke is somewhere around 364 ci. Mopar 360 ci V8 is 5.9L and GM LQ4 6.0L v8 gasser is 366ci.
Ah good comparison
I just want an old, simple mid-80s F-350 with a 6.9 idi. I don't need 1,200 ft lbs, 600hp, mega cab, 24" infotainment screen, rubber band tires, 12inch lift, etc for hauling a boat sometimes and occasional brush/log hauling.
And I have my '00 Camry for commuting to work.
Older Camry is IDI reliable.....
@@workingcountry1776 I love my Camry. It's rock solid.
Great talk, keep the videos coming
What's up Colt good video
How's the 7.3 gas holding up? I like the modern diesel power and mileage but hate the maintenance expense and got tired of almost having a heart attack when it wouldn't start wondering how many thousands less I was about to have.
Holding up fine. Almost 100k on the truck
Great Video Bud. keep up the great work, appreciate it
Thank you!
Colt We like all Content all us Blue Colar workers like yourself we like all the videos just like ole Peg on Zip ties and Bias Plys
6.0 delete 6.7 delete 😂😂😂😂😂
Egr is equivalent to breathing your own farts😂