Diesel guys will love this

[AmosMoses]

Why am I not even surprised...





I've never owned a diesel because it's never suited my needs but I've heard alot of people talk about how modern diesels are being ruined by these new emission systems. It's pretty telling that the people enforcing the rules don't live by them.

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[biodiesel]

Why am I not even surprised...

The military wants their equipment to be reliable, easy to maintain, fuel efficient, and be able to handle a lot of abuse (high idle time, low speed operation, etc.). Since they are responsible for the free world, I suppose they get a free pass.

With that said, I don't think emissions on a modern diesel is the end of the world. As I've mentioned before, there are stock trucks that are emissions compliant with over 500,000 miles and running strong. However, the cost to maintain an emissions compliant truck can be very expensive.

So far, I haven't spent a dime on the emissions for my 2015 Ram EcoDiesel, but I'm now outside of the warranty period and all future repair costs are on me.

Date

Mileage

Part Description

Part #

Cost

09/15/23	113,732	NOx Sensor - upstream NOx Sensor - downstream	Mopar 68250217AB Mopar 68250214AB	AEM Warranty AEM Warranty
09/27/23	114,118	DEF Injector DEF Pump	Mopar 68438682AA Mopar 68232842AD	AEM Warranty AEM Warranty
11/21/23	115,542	EGR Valve Cooler Bushing x 2 EGR Tube Gasket x 2 O-ring x 2	Mopar 68483334AA Mopar 68490221AA Mopar 68211320AA Mopar 68150060AA	AEM Warranty AEM Warranty AEM Warranty AEM Warranty

 

[ZeeJay]

Over the road truck engines once could surpass 1 million miles. A well cared for N14 Cummins in 430/470HP calibration could yank 1 million easily. I personally know of Series 60 Detroits that reached 1.2 to 1.4 millions miles. That was 90s tech, pre emissions.
Today…….Cummins X15 or DD series Detroit your a lucky one if you can pull 750, most are well on their way to dead by 600. Emissions is garbage, it’s death sentence from the word go. It is inefficient, fuel consuming, heat generating death sentence. Again it’s my wheel house I could go forever as to why. So why would military not use it? Easy it’s shit and they know it, it’s unreliable and prone to failure.

 

[TheSolarWizard]

my solution

 

[WoolyKris]

People creating outrage videos like that have mental capacity of a crayon. As others mentioned military has different requirements than civilian use. Equipment is quite often mission critical and lives depend on it.

 

[Lost1wing]

My Duramax has had nox2 sensor, def heater, 9th injector, def heater again, nox 1 sensor, def injector and heater 3. If I didn't have an EGR system still, I'm thinking I could eliminate future problems. Intake cleaning is in the near future.

 

[Camaroboi13]

The military wants their equipment to be reliable, easy to maintain, fuel efficient, and be able to handle a lot of abuse (high idle time, low speed operation, etc.).

yeah…so do I bud, so do I. They protect outside of the country, and I protect the inside of the country. What’s so different?

 

[TheSolarWizard]

People creating outrage videos like that have mental capacity of a crayon. As others mentioned military has different requirements than civilian use. Equipment is quite often mission critical and lives depend on it.

Providing for your family and having a vehicle that wont break down for bs reasons in extreme heat, cold or at freeway speeds is JUST as important

 

[Hootbro]

Anybody that has ever served in the US military will tell you that equality is never a consideration in anything they do.

Common phrase you will hear is "We do not practice democracy, we defend it".

OSHA rules also go out the window when push comes to shove.

 

[ZeeJay]

Will mention also fire trucks, no one thinks about them and yes they do utilize after treatment. Difference is ECM utilize what we call a “fire truck cal” immediately it adds 50 minimum to 80 HP over most max HP calibrations for any given engine class and remaps after treatment strategies, not how it will operate but the how hysteresis for NoX and SCR efficiency will apply torque derate over a standard calibration. Example lose a line heater in a tow truck and it’s mad instantly, derate warnings etc, on a fire truck its nothing more than a check engine light.

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