patdaly

Your friend is darned lucky.

The Wax actuator early design is only slightly worse than the Servo motor actuator they use today. Posilock would not be the preferred solution for GM front axle woes....... At least we can put a friggin lockout on ours.

And yea, I am going to try and figure out a lockout system for my 95 GMC as soon as I get time, it would sell like hotcakes.

duratothemax

well not dumb, but ignorant/uninformed.


your logic is incorrect because you are basing it off of assumptions and not experience. (now let me guess you are going to tell the story of your "brothers uncles mailmans sisters husband who owns a fleet of duramax's and they all warp heads on a weekly basis")

Thats why you arent an engineer. Its called being open minded. People thought the concept of a diesel engine was stupid back in the late 1800's you know.


From what I have seen, even most of the KNOWLEDGABLE/not ignorant die-hard cummins guys will admit that the aluminum heads are not a problem on the duramax. I think its funny when people tear apart the duramax "because the stupid thing has aluminum heads, what a horrible idea" yet dont even mention/know about the injector problems, if that doesnt prove ignorance I dont know what does.

ben

thumper549

I do not think the Cummings is a good engine at all Mr. Duratothemax. It is terrible.!
And for your info...You are getting all personal cause you do not agree with my experiance in life.
I used to own a repair shop,
Never found to this date a engine with a AL. Head to last. That's my exp. That's what life has taught me
I will hedge my bet that in your arrogance of my experiance that I will be right in the end.
It is OK to disagree.............you do not have to get all frothy about it.
thanx

thumper549

Oh and P.S.
Yes open minded, that is what Detroit is -Open minded ! LOL! Open handed ,begging cause they can not compete with a world market.
It is not just your Chevy it all of Detroit
like I said, soon as Honda or the like is allowed to import a 1 ton we will have a GREAT truck........That's my experiance with the import cars ...not a hallucination

duratothemax

Great so you used to own a repair shop. OK. I take it back. The duramax's do have problems with aluminum heads, because "mr.thumper 549" said so. Let me guess, you are 65 years old and retired, and have not worked on any vehicle newer than 1990 because that would fit your stubborn feelings/personality that are not open to any new ideas and the fact that maybe a new and different idea can work, even when it failed in the past.

Did you work on duramax's? (I suppose you are going to tell me "yeah ive worked on hundreds of thousands of them and they all had warped heads" and theres no way I can prove you wrong of course) Ive built a couple of them (stock and performance rebuilds) and worked on more than I care to rememeber. I have never seen any problems caused by aluminum heads. Every duramax I have worked on had anywhere from 300 miles to 300,000 miles. It is my opinion that you are incorrect in your opinions/assumptions, and the history of the duramax supports my opinion.

ben

blackimpala

I think somebody needs a nap.

thumper549

Sir, You take all this real personal ...No offence even. Own a Duramax, It is all good with me..I just stated M.O. That's all. You do not need to get all worked up.
Sorry I bother you
I was just stating for the record and the experiance "When two dissimilar metals work together one gets corrosion. Them is the facts. Compile this with a more severe environment then gas ( diesel) I say it cant work. Hope it will for your sake and every one else's.

thumper549

Here are some quotes from the Duromax forumsI was not there 2 minutes and found..
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TheDieseliminato

Posts: 32
Joined: Mar 2005
Saturday May 05, 2007 09:15

The Duramax diesel engine is an awesome engine in every aspect except for the fact that it has aluminum cylinder heads. A head gasket(s) could easily be seen as going bad in an aluminum headed engine design. It's usually been the case in almost every other engine design and nothing beats a cast iron cylinder head on a diesel engine. I still am very disappointed at Isuzu for doing that with the 6.6 V8 and I think that they could have done better. Good luck with getting yours back together.



lisat

Posts: 1
Joined: Apr 2007
Monday April 30, 2007 16:53



We just had our 2001 3500 duramax 6.6 in for a check, we were going through gallons of coolant with no obvious leak just white exhaust smoke. Mechanic said head gasket needed replaced, he found a cracked head, replaced it, put it all back together and said he screwed up the valve adjustment, black smoke, knocking. 2 weeks later.... they now say it is a rod and the lower engine is shot. How could this be if there was NO knock or any sign of a problem other than the vanishing coolant and some white smoke?

Are they trying to cover for jacking up the rods? Help please... we are now approaching a bill that is exceeding our replacing the engine in the first place.



lisat

Posts: 1
Joined: Apr 2007
Monday April 30, 2007 16:53