St. of Jeff., It does happen they will let go when worked really hard. I had a neighbor in the Panhandle back in the 80s he had an old COE Pete with and 400 hp 855cid Cummins, after the first rebuilt it was punched out to 435HP when it came out of every rebuild. This was back in the day when a full rebuild kit cost about $1500/$2000 and a weekend of work and a guy was back haulin on Monday/Tuesday He was a pump twister. As soon as he got his truck from the shop he reset the pump and took a set of pliers and Cut the Pyrometer lead! He would melt down that engine every 18 months or so!, get a new rebuild kit,...3 days later he was screaming down the Boulevard! Guys would ask him what his pyrometer reading was most of the time His usual reply was...What is a pyrometer? He ran the everliving crap out of that old truck. OBYW it had a Turned-around 10 speed in it. H3LL it would run 40 mph in Reverse! The guy was a Bull-wagon Hand, Been known to have been Clocked and Stopped at 120mph with a full load of Cattle comming out of Tenn. Headed back to the High Panhandle of Texas/Okla. Anyway sustained high temps will kill a Dsl as fast as anything. It was previous times where the temps went unchecked was where the damage happened, it just happened to be at this time when it let go. I agree with you a truck is to be used, But if you are pushing it hard, asking it to do more than it is suppose to, the Operators must stay on top of the Gauges, at all times!! Yes, and expensive lesson. I don't think it is the engines fault here. Take care. Later, John A.
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