Clark Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 ....Anyone seen one yet? We got a Prostar in last week (hard start, i think) with only 16,905 miles on it, and I dont think this tech had even a full day into this truck before Interanational decided to send over a new engine because they wanted to "analyze" the old one themselves. Not just a short or long block either, but a full engine. Anyone seen International go this far yet? I know theyve been going nutty trying to keep an eye on how these engines are doing (anyone else having to send them back oil filters after services?), but is this really necessary? Ill have pics tomorrow, and more info hopefully. Anyone know the price tag on a complete Maxxforce 13? It didnt go through the parts dept., and my manager didnt do anything with it, so no one knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseldoc Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I dont work on international. But Caterpillar sent us a complete engine for a truck that came in with 16 miles on it with a spun number 2 rod. It was an 07 engine, I would guess one of our engines is probably in the neighborhood of 20,000-30,000. Warranty always want us to use the cheapes fix, and than sometimes. . . whammy they send you a complete engine because they want to see it. It is pretty obvious something happened during assembly to cause a failure that early in the engines life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 Sorry for the quality. I took these before we opened up. No more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 That's a serious friggin crate that things bolted to. There's more engineering on the stand than on a 6.4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
International Tech Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 WOW. What happend to the old engine? Ive seen International send us running engines before. They took them right off the assembly lines and ship them too us. I bet its around 15k-17k for that engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 More info. Apparently the concern was no oil pressure. The tech found a ton of metal shavings in the oil filter and almost immediately, Int'l decided they wanted the engine back. Hes started pulling the engine out now (spent almost all day today fabbing up lifting brackets for it). Ill get some pics tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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