if it is still under warranty why would you have to pay anything

exactly...but i guess the owner told me that he never ran into this kind of situation before...

but i told him that if he wants money, go after Cat.

i didn't quite understood him either...trying to talk me into giving him a portion for something i didn't do...

unless they find something that you did deliberately to destroy the engine i wouldn't pay anything

Sorry to hear of your troubles.

I went through a similar situation with a DD60 several years ago. Had it inframed by a DD dealer. First run out to the west coast, ran good, but used 18gl of oil in 6k mi!!! Took it back, and they agreed that "might" be a problem. (duh!). Handed me a sheet of paper and asked me to document the milages I actually put the oil in on the next run, which I dutifully did, used 22 gl of oil that time, still ran good.

I finally got them to agree to go in and do it the job over under warranty, but it was 3 weeks before I got it back. I didn't pay them a nickle for that job, but the downtime cost me a fortune.


You should not have to pay for anything. You'll pay enough in downtime.

CAT dealer??

Never got a clear explanation of what went wrong with that rebuild either. It was explained that got some "bad" powerpacks. Personally, I thing someone intalled the oil control rings upsidedown, but they wouldn't admit to it.

Hope it all works out, quickly.

You should not have to pay for anything. You'll pay enough in downtime.

CAT dealer??

Never got a clear explanation of what went wrong with that rebuild either. It was explained that got some "bad" powerpacks. Personally, I thing someone intalled the oil control rings upsidedown, but they wouldn't admit to it.




yeah i'm paying enough for downtime already, looks like it's going to be another week....

i have a feeling someone installed something wrong too...

but they won't admit it.....

thanks drivers, i'll keep everyone posted...

careful... it could have been a fuel injector wash the cylinder down...

well just got back from the shop today....

the head is taken apart...

the #3 cylinder liner is all scored...

anybody with any experience...

the shop is going to have a cat guy come in and check it out...

the motor has had only 70K miles on it after the overhaul....

anyone know why the liner was all scored????

Something broke somewhere and got caught up in the cylinder/piston. It could have been from anywhere the oil or fuel flows. I am not a mechanic. The same thing happened to my F350.

Something broke somewhere and got caught up in the cylinder/piston. It could have been from anywhere the oil or fuel flows. I am not a mechanic. The same thing happened to my F350.[/quote]


so what all got ended up being changed???

so what all got ended up being changed???[/quote]

In my case, the entire engine. Remember I am not a mechanic. There was a hole in one of my cylinders. A sleeve would not work nor would honing it or over boring it. In your case any one of those may work. It all depends on how deep the scores are.