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Subject: Re: 500,000 miles a myth?


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Bob Lawrence
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Date Posted: 11/ 14/ 03, 6:25pm
In reply to: Ray Elliott 's message, "500,000 miles a myth?" on 08/ 24/ 03, 5:33pm

We are the 4th owner of our 84 Pt36. I bought it over the internet after seeing a ton of pics and the fact the bird had a new DD6V92 engine. The bird had only 123,000 miles on it when the engine was replaced. Turns out the previous owner had more money than brains. He blew a radiator hose, the bells and whistles on the dash went off and he thought that meant that he had to take it in for service soon. $20,000 later, he sold it to me. Methinks a lot of these problems are the fault of the owner, not the fact the engine has a problem at 100k miles.

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Harvey Lawrence
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Date Posted: 11/ 18/ 03, 9:32am

I do not agree that the 3208 cat is a 100,000 mile engine or that it is all that expensive to take care of. I had one. If the valves are adjusted along with the timing etc. every 40,000 miles and the oil and filters changed the engine should easily do well over 200,000, at which time it would be smart to do a lower end bearing replacement ($1500)
and she would be ready for another 200,000. Most of the engines, both 3208 cat and 6V92 8V92 Detroits that need rebuilding or replacing are the fault of human mistakes and screw ups or just plain neglect.My 6V92 was destroyed by a mechanic who put too much oil in it when changing the oil. The engine began running on the crankcase oil and with nothing to stop it it ran away and blew up. Both the detroits and the cats are darn good engines, too bad they dont have darn good humans to care for them.
Harvey

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