Hello everyone, new to the forum and have a couple of ?s.

A buddy of mine is out in the field trying to figure out why these brand new engines are breaking the studs that connect the turbo to the exhaust manifold. They have both done it a couple of times now.

He has had the Cat tech look at them and he says everything is ok with his install.

So does anyone have experience with these engines and if so is this a common problem and what to do to fix it.

Thanks

I would be amazed if anyone here even knew what motors those are.

contact Cat about it, not a web forum filled with kids

The "Diesel" part of dieselstaton.com is completly misleading, we actually really have nothing to do with diesel engines in general.

I think this is the first issue we ever had with it...

This thread owns.

Lol, The fact that we celebrate caturday doesn't help either.

How about we change our name to petrolstation?

lmao I never thought the first confusion we had with the name would be a question about a caterpillar engine either.



gah no

haha we're "diesel"

although i do wish i had gotten a diesel.

Oh well.

Shut up you diesel whore.

You will mostly find the answer here , you poor sole.

The answer

lol best thread ever.


anyways, contact cat

is it caturday yet?

NO! Geez j00 n00bs!

What are the Cat engines used in? I have experience with fire trucks powered with Cat diesels, never had any problems.

There could just be a bad batch of bolts/studs from the manufacturer of same.

You could pull a couple of them and have them magnafluxed to check for any internal defects.

Kataracts and heavy machines used in earth moving.

Well I'm glad I gave everyone a good laugh...who would have thought that a diesel forum really doesn't talk about them.

You could be right about the studs though, but like I said it has happened a couple of times so the studs have been replaced already. Something to think about.

A tech from Cat has looked at them and can't figure it out

Thanks arnge for the link, will check over there.

By the way I do drive a Dodge with the Cummins so maybe I will stick around to amuse you guys some more

It's not like we're against diesels (well, dakian is) but we're just a general automotive discussion forum.

You're welcome to stick around, of course

^ I concur. Please stick around. You can inject some additional diesel knowledge into the forum.

Come on, I think we've had SOME discussions about Diesels. Didn't a new member have a "hey, my dad just got a Passat TDI" post sometime? And didn't Arnge post something about the MB E320 CDI? And I know Clark started a thread about the VW EcoRacer concept. Admittedly, I can count the number of conversations about diesels I've seen here on my fingers, but it's not like they're given the silent treatment automatically.

Don't forget b00st's diesel mercedes and the whole Audi R10 thing. And I know we've discussed the Jeep Liberty CRD to some length as well.

my car has a diesel variant... if that means anything.

We used to own a BMW 530d with an Alpina tuning package.
255hp and 550nm. 0 till 60mph in 6.5sec


Diesels are getting better every day.



(Chiptuned vw golf's have 210hp in the Netherlands now).

Christ . I have to save your asses again .
I drive a diesel powered Nissan truck .









And that's about it . For your problems , contact CAT .

You guys seem to be a great bunch so yeah I'll stick around and have some fun.

Cat ia already involved with this but they seem unable to figure it out...just trying to help a friend out because he is frustrated with the hole deal because he is out in the sticks in Oklahoma (working on them)and lives in Denver.

Hey besides my Dodge I have a 06' Chrysler 300C AWD, maybe we can talk about that instead of diesels...

Send some pics.

and we 'll talk

Any Canadians willing to trade a TDI Veedub for a VR6 Veedub? Longshot... I know.

I have a Cat too but it isn't diesel engined.

I have a CAT but I don't know how to do anything but operate it, and check fluid levels lol.