Re: The High cost of really saving fuel....

Posted by Rod F. on August 19, 2005 at 19:31:49 from (142.177.84.22):

In Reply to: The High cost of really saving fuel.... posted by NC Wayne on August 17, 2005 at 19:16:40:

I guess you can look at things that way. Electronics can, and do give trouble at times. Although, I bet you wouldn't find too many truckers (owner/operators) who would go back to a mechanical fuel system. The mileage the EEC systems give, combined with the superiour performance far outweigh the cost of the electronics. For what it's worth, a friend of mine runs a heavy truck/equipment repair business, and the biggest problem he sees with electronic engines is injector tips getting blown off. That's not the fault of the electronics, but the guys that let water accumulate in the fuel system. I the past 5 or 6 years he's changed 2 computers. The rest has been injectors, along with some wireing trouble. Bad wires is what takes time.
The idle shutdowns and such are only a cheap function of a system that exists anyway. Another line of code isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things. May as well make it pay any way possible. I for one wouldn't trade in my N14 Cummins for the old 350 Formula I had before. They just don't compare in mileage, power and performance, or starting. I can still hear that old 350 starting. Wrrrrrr wrrrrr wrrrrrrrr wrrrrrrr wrrrrrr wroooom. N14, wroom. Not going back, thankyou.

Rod

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