Apparently the camshaft bearings really do have a lifespan of about 650,000 to 750,000 miles in properly maintained engines. Those who stray from the list and/or don't change the oil on time will be doing good to see 500,000 miles.
Still reading the threads and handling admin duties, and a few PMs behind the scenes.
I'm in Toledo having the engine in the Sprinter replaced.
Engine started making noises a few weeks ago and finally got to the point where it sounded more like an air compressor than a Sprinter engine, and it kept stalling at low RPMs. I pulled the oil filter and found copious amounts of little bitty metal shavings in the pleats. I know that really black oil is fine, but I'm pretty sure that metalflake iridescence really black oil is not. Wayne confirmed. Turned injectors off and on and when the #4 injector is turned off the noise gets much quieter, so it's the bearing under that cylinder.
Wayne has a really good 80,000 mile engine he's putting in there.
My '08 Duramax has all of those including hours run.
How's the dpf/def been? Any issues?
For me not so much. I use the peak Def and was told by Dan at Sprinter of Fort Mitchell in KY to keep it top off with Def. I don't use the Def where the t/t fuel at.
MB says 10k on changing the oil. I go 15k on my oil change.
An oil pressure gauge would be nice. I do use the ScanGaue II and it will give me a digital readout of the coolant temperature and the voltage. The dash gauge for the temp is analog.
I've never worked for a company where the owner and his company have been featured in so many forms of media.They guy they interviewed seemed very charming.
