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Hey all!

here are some pictures sent to us from one of our customers.. this guy is an indpendent owner / operator, driving an 18 - wheeler for fedex.

anyway, he ended up losing his coolant somehow, and rather than reassemble the motor, he just opted for a new one. ( he's like that )

this CAT engine had over a million miles on it total, with over 600,000 of those running our ACES II fuel catalyst, and our ACES III oil catalyst. His new engine will have our stuff in in from day one.

I've included all ECM data, so you can see all of the codes, running hours, idle hours, etc.. .

bear in mind that these are the original parts. Lots of guys ask me : " so, what does CAT have to say about your products"? I always say they'd like to see us on a milk carton..

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From the pictures you show, that does appear to have been a very clean running engine, but as far as the codes go, we clear them everytime a machine comes into the shop, Those codes do clearly show that the failure was due to coolant loss or overheating leading to coolant loss, whichever came first (hours or mileage on the logged codes will tell ya which is which)


Seems like this customer did very well with your product. How many inframes did he have? Any at all, any rebearing or rering jobs? new piston packs or liners, new/reseal injectors, etc?

-Martin

EDIT: This customer (after having read the logged codes) Apparently thought it would be a good idea to drive with low coolant for 8,000 hrs! Any explanation as to why he did that?
 
Not only that but man does he idle a lot. His average road speed is only 32.xx mph. He's running about a 42%idle time which is so high its insane. Last time I checked my computer I was running about 43 mph for engine life (mileage divided by total engine hours) and the computer had me logged for 17% idle time. He did get reasonable life from this engine but he left a lot of engine life on the table.
George
 
mstockton said:
Seems like this customer did very well with your product. How many inframes did he have? Any at all, any rebearing or rering jobs? new piston packs or liners, new/reseal injectors, etc?
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The bearings, rings, injectors, liners etc. have never been replaced.



EDIT: This customer (after having read the logged codes) Apparently thought it would be a good idea to drive with low coolant for 8,000 hrs! Any explanation as to why he did that?
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I don't know what possessed him to do that, honestly.
 
smalltruckbigcid said:
Not only that but man does he idle a lot. His average road speed is only 32.xx mph. He's running about a 42%idle time which is so high its insane. Last time I checked my computer I was running about 43 mph for engine life (mileage divided by total engine hours) and the computer had me logged for 17% idle time. He did get reasonable life from this engine but he left a lot of engine life on the table.
George
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yeah, he idled a lot. you're right in that he left a lot of life on the table, as he could have fixed his issue and re - used the pictured parts but he's quirky and didn't want to do that. We even told him to do that, but he insisted..at least he was cool enough to snap the pics.

I guess the real point here isn't 'look at how long this engine lasted', it's more that 'here's how good this engine's internals were at this high mileage, so imagine how long it could have gone if the coolant issue hadn't occured'.. ( or in this case, if the guy hadn't driven with low coolant )

Anyway, our value is in the fact that by reducing wear, the end user doesn't have to replace or overhaul the equipment, thus saving money over time. Our customers use oil analysis to monitor conditions, and they've postponed manufacturer scheduled rebuilds and new equipment purchases because they simply don't need to do them at some arbitrary interval..
 
Its my belief that most over the counter oils aren't all they could be. I don't think that many of the additives out there add much to the picture. I know that in many industrial apps that anytrhing that can extend equipment life is checked out. Its the old time is money thing. Tom I think your products can play with anybodies stuff in that arena judging from the photos.
 
smalltruckbigcid said:
Its my belief that most over the counter oils aren't all they could be. I don't think that many of the additives out there add much to the picture. I know that in many industrial apps that anytrhing that can extend equipment life is checked out. Its the old time is money thing. Tom I think your products can play with anybodies stuff in that arena judging from the photos.
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Thanks for the thumbs up and the discussion..

The point you bring up about over the counter oils and additives not being all they could be is dead on..the other thing is, our stuff isn't the cheapest, so by the time folks spend the money on us, they've tried everything else out there to try and solve their issues.. The coolest thing our customers say to us is " thank you that I don't have to worry about these problems anymore"..
 
smalltruckbigcid said:
Not only that but man does he idle a lot. His average road speed is only 32.xx mph. He's running about a 42%idle time which is so high its insane. Last time I checked my computer I was running about 43 mph for engine life (mileage divided by total engine hours) and the computer had me logged for 17% idle time. He did get reasonable life from this engine but he left a lot of engine life on the table.
George
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I don't know what this truck driver did, but I am now in the cross country shipping and I see that moast drivers will idle the truck while resting to keep heating or cooling on while they sleep, which leads to a lot of idling after you consider the already high count of hours idling when loading and unloading as well as rest stop breaks. :confused:
Personnaly I would turn off the engine when resting, especially that I could sleep better when there is no noise, but with the reefer running all the time anyway there is no difference.:D
By the way, my brother in law is using Lucas additives, I have never used them before, he has a CAT 3406E with 1070000 miles and the engine still runs strong. I was telling him I would like to try your stuff, how does the lucas stuff compare to yours price wise?
He noticed a 1/2 mile per gallon increse when using it, how much do you think he would see with your additives?
Thanks
IceMan
 
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