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Reaching out & Thermostats and Radiator Caps

Reaching out & Thermostats and Radiator Caps

Reaching out   Here at Pittsburgh Power, we endeavor to impart useful and accurate information to our customers, be they loyal long-time customers or drivers just starting to hear about us. We have covered pretty much all facets of the diesel industry, be it Engines, Electronics, Gearing, healthy eating on the road, etc. Countless man hours have been spent collecting this information, and a lot of time is spent categorizing and finding ways to get this information to the reader, listener, or watcher. With the quantum surge of technology over the last 10 years alone, it has never been easier...

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Tamper at your own risk!

Tamper at your own risk!

Tampering with your modern engines emissions system is illegal and unnecessary. There are many reasons why someone would delete their truck. People come to assume that deleting your truck will eliminate issues in the future. There are insurmountable issues that can’t be overlooked when considering a delete. The most apparent reason is that you can no longer have your truck serviced at your OEM dealer. Many small shops have adopted this approach as well. Locating a shop that has time to work on your truck is hard enough. Servicing or troubleshooting deleted trucks can be difficult and standard means of...

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Size matters!

Size matters!

  Some customers will come to us and ask, “why do I need a new intake manifold on my ISX? Isn’t stock good enough?” The short answer is, yes, the stock intake manifold is perfectly adequate… If you’re looking for stock performance! At Pittsburgh power, we offer the FullTilt manifold for ISX that will fit the 2011 to 2019 models, but what’s the big difference, I hear you say? The difference is in the way the manifold is manufactured. I did not believe the differences until we had a side-by-side comparison come into the shop. A customer had just removed...

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Burn out, Fade away

Burn out, Fade away

HIGH-PERFORMANCE DIESELSBurned Turbochargers, there is a reason to have a good working pyrometer, with the thermocouple in the exhaust manifold and a turbo boost gauge, and know what they read and mean. On April 28th, I returned a phone call to an older gentleman, who was, in fact, three years older than me, that sent us a turbocharger off of a 12.7 DD4 Detroit looking for a warranty. The failure on the turbocharger was a burned turbine housing and .025 endplay on the wheel and shaft when there should be no more than .012 endplay. My first question to the...

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2022, DEF, DPF, Emissions -

DEF Shortage and DPF Maintenance

DEF Shortage and DPF Maintenance

Be careful, plan ahead. The shortages our country is experiencing are making their way to diesel fuel and Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF).  If the current shortages of mechanics, trucks, and drivers does not improve then shortages may continue to get worse.  As an owner operator you should have oil and filters for at least 2 oil changes, a spare set of tires, and you should also stock up on a few extra gallons of DEF as well.  Since all new diesel engines in semi trucks from 2012 use DEF, a supply chain shortage of DEF could cripple an independent truck...

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