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DIESEL WORLD MAGAZINE
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY MIKE MCGLOTHLIN
CARNAGE CLINIC A
CUMMINS, DURAMAX, POWER STROKE —THEY ALL BREAK
s much as some of us hate to admit it, diesel engines do fail. Pushed too far, there is only so much stress an OEM rotating assembly or valvetrain will tolerate. And sometimes even balanced, blueprinted, and beefed up
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power plants succumb to excessive boost, cylinder pressure, or even a fluke hard-part failure. Whatever the case may be, no engine is immune to catastrophic damage if it’s leaned on hard enough. This month, you’ll find a full-on carnage clinic, with various failures—from all
three brands—on full display. Bent and broken rods, dropped valves, cracked pistons, grenaded blocks, exploded CP4’s, smoked rod bearings, snapped crankshafts, and sheared transmission shafts. It’s all here for your viewing pleasure.
JULY I 2022 • DIESEL WORLD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.dieselworldmag.com
