Posted by Arthur on Long Island [162.158.78.147] on Thursday, October 06, 2016 at 20:45:18 :
I recently bought a nice '92 Cummins W250 pickup for my sone. It was an Arizona truck, with no rust anywhere. About 170,000 miles. It starts on the first click, runs great, but it smokes a bit. The exhaust smells of raw fuel, and the mileage is less than great.
My family mechanic, a great guy, and I decided that I should take the truck to the local Dodge dealer to get it diagnosed. We figured that a Dodge dealer, with trained Dodge mechanics, schooled in Cummins repairs, would be the best choice.
They have had the truck two days now, and I had to call them to find out why the delay in not getting back to me. I asked if they had fixed the truck. Here's what the service manager had to say:
The truck is running rich. There's a problem with one of the injectors. We don't know which one. We do not know how to test the injectors. Even if we knew how to isolate the defective one, we wouldn't be able to replace it, because the truck is so old, and injectors, even if we could find them, are very expensive. We recommend that you just keep driving it the way it is.
Would anyone here care to comment?
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