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Old 04-12-2007, 07:21 PM
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Wouldn't doing something like that void a warranty or decrease the life or the engine? I
My quess off hand is defintly deecrease the life, but my mechanical experience comes from a couple years as a car mechanic many years ago and I know almost nothing about Semis and diesels, except for a few common points.....for example I did suspension work and new when I bought my first 3 axel to climb under and look for rotting rubbler and bad fittings.

You know I remeber in the car buiz too you always saw after-market retro-fits that by-passed this or made this better, and every good mechanic I knew that I was learning from always frowned on them as a bad idea, an engine is engineered a certain way to run, by bypassing it you are basicly declaring you are a better automotive engineer then he was
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Old 04-12-2007, 08:32 PM
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Wouldn't doing something like that void a warranty or decrease the life or the engine? I
My quess off hand is defintly deecrease the life, but my mechanical experience comes from a couple years as a car mechanic many years ago and I know almost nothing about Semis and diesels, except for a few common points.....for example I did suspension work and knew when I bought my first 3 axel to climb under and look for rotting rubbler and bad fittings.

You know I remeber in the car buiz too you always saw after-market retro-fits that by-passed this or made this better, and every good mechanic I knew that I was learning from always frowned on them as a bad idea, an engine is engineered a certain way to run, by bypassing it you are basicly declaring you are a better automotive engineer then he was
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