What do you need to know about Volvo D13 engines?

What do you need to know about Volvo D13 engines?

Driving Progress 2 All the power your job needs. Just like the entire Volvo engine family, the D13 is designed to produce the power needed for your specific application, the fuel economy crucial to your bottom line, and the reliability your customers demand. Volvo achieves these

Are there any aftertreatment problems on my DD13?

Visually they look ok. While running the regen the inlet was showing about 400 ppm and the outlet was showing about 460 ppm. As soon as the engine idled back down the inlet was showing about 150 ppm and the outlet was showing about 10-15 ppm. I’m currently downloading dddl8.0 which will let me do the procedure to check them.

Is the Check Engine light on on a DD13?

We had a customer bring in a 2012 Freightliner with a DD13 in today with a check engine light on. These are the codes that came up: The customer complained that the last time he performed a parked regen the truck blew a lot of white smoke and for a little bit it blew black smoke.

What are the common problems on DD engines?

There is a 2012 Cascadia with DD engine 650k miles for sale with coolant in the oil that I’m considering buying. What are the common problems on DD engines? If I buy this truck I expect best case scenario to do a valve job/head gasket, replace all 6 injectors + injector harnesses, fuel quantity valve and whatever else I might find.

Are there any problems with the Volvo D13?

There are some problems that are common. You will hear about the injector issues that plagued everyone for a while. They issued a new tool that swedges the inj cup at install. Instead of 4 pulls it now has just one. That has all but eliminated the leaking non sealing injector issue. The current weak link is in the head.

What causes an O-360 engine to quit working?

Failure to properly torque cylinder through bolts spun a main bearing and caused failure in the O-360 connecting rod. Occasionally, the engines get a little help from inept mechanics. In 11 percent of the failures, errors by maintainers were cited.

Why are engine failures not recorded in the accident database?

Not all engine failures get into the accident database because not all of them lead to accidents. Even some that do end in crashes aren’t recorded. So the data we used is the best available, if compromised.

Which is better Volvo Series 60 or D13?

As for reliability ranks as good or better than the series 60. They are simple to work on. There are some problems that are common. You will hear about the injector issues that plagued everyone for a while. They issued a new tool that swedges the inj cup at install.