This is probably a stupid question, but I was looking at a used Volvo on truckpaper and the engine is listed as ISM330/1800 cummins. I have never seen this before. Can anyone tell me if this is a decent engine. Seems like a good price 2000 volvo day cab for 18K-no mileage listed. Looks to be in good shape. Just curious. Thanks.
no matter what it is you buy a truck, car or house you have to go touch it, drive it, listen to it and then even worry about the engine. i know you might be saying well i drove a truck with the same specs before but once you get in this one it might have something about it that you don't like. as far as the motor goes i looked in to a volvo cause of the ride and everybody i talked to told me the same things "get a detroit 60 at least with 430hp and don't take less cause you will be unhappy" . now you will do what you want but my two cents is get at least a 430hp for local unless you live some were that has absolutely no hills cause if you see hills like i do here in the northwest you will wish you got the bigger motor. and another thing i can advise you since i have been shopping for sometime (im picky with a small budget) get the THING DYNOED! and dont buy it unless it has been dynoed, dot'ed, and a full inspection. a dyno here in portland cost 200, a dot 100, and a full inspection is about another 89-120. i have paid these rates and saved myself from buying a truck that looked very tight and sounded very good and two of my buddies said to buy it cause this thing is very well taken care off and it only had 500k on it. guess what? it had a hole in a hose going in to the compressor and that cause it to suck dirt and water in the commpresser that got in to the motor and cause damage. this caused it to show a very high blow by (4.9 it shouldn't of been more then 3.3 with the miles it had).
bottom line
at least a 430 hp
must have been put on a dyno (and have the shop YOU, not the seller, take it to explain what it says and why)
must have current dot done by a shop you took it to
and a full inspection done
if not don't buy it!
This is in no way shape or form a "yes go buy the truck" comment... but the Vovlo I'm driving has the same Cummins in it and I LOVE it. Granted I'm fond of Cummins because of my time in the military and having gone to Cummins Technical training in the service. But the Cummins I have in my truck runs from LA to PHX up that long hill with 35k on the back at 55-65 passing alotta other trucks.
I believe he is talking about only running local in northern Ohio. If that is the case, then that engine would work fine for him. The kicker would be if he had to go to another area of the country and pull some heavy freight. It should still do the job, but might not pull the hills with quite as much energy as a larger engine. One other thing to consider is a sleeper. If you are absolutely certain that you will never haul farther than you can get home without running out of hours, then the day cab would probably work fine. However, when it comes time to sell, it may not be so easy to get rid of a tractor without a sleeper. If you plan on staying in town, the day cab would be the way to go.
Gman is right. This would be used primarily for local work in basically flat land. There are not alot of details about the truck except for engine type and price. I may go look at it this week. Thanks guys.
Hey load it- maybe instead of driving I will just go buy some day cabs at a good price and flip them right to you. This could turn into a beautiful business relationship.lol
