Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
Originally Posted By: clinebarger
I have a customer with over 10 Duramax GMC's ranging from '07 to '14, All with DPF & 2 with SCR/UREA.
The 2 2007's have over 300K & over 15,000 hours on them, They get worked HARD & idle a lot. A few times I have drained at least 2 quarts of fuel from the crankcase at 10K OCI's in the winter.
Neither has had the DPF replaced, A manual/forced re-gen here & there...Sure, But no high dollar repairs.
Just my 2-cents.
With the right care/modifications they can be reliable machines, but they are very particular about maintenance. Which is not something that sits well with a consumer market that just wants to gas and go. Pretty soon we will be seeing cars with "lifetime crankcase oil" just like lawn mowers.
Wow, I just gave 2 examples of trucks that are NOT modified in any way, Make money everyday, Abused by Drivers that do not own the truck, Idle with the AC/Heat on for 13-20 hours straight multiple times before the 10K OCI.
You know what will put them in the Bone Yard....The Body, The Beds are completely destroyed from the heavy racks that span the length of the truck.