No, at this point I have played with timing- currently running 1 tooth advanced, swapped to a BW 62/68/14 SXE turbo, put another brand new set of injectors, had the VE pump rebuilt twice, and it still is pretty useless towing. Way higher egts than it should. It has always smoked at idle and nothing seems to get rid of it. It has been over 2 years and probably 35k miles on this engine build…. I think my next steps are pop test injectors, and then compression test even though pistons, rings, injectors all have 35k miles or less…
@chasehendricks7280 dang. I've advanced to 2 or 3 teeth. Ended up building compounds, rebuilt injectors, but still running hot. Pulling about 20k now I run about 1300° on 6% grade.. I've ordered 6x12s to try and see if that'll lower it.
Yeah I hear you. I’m going to do a compression test and injector pop test here soon for the hell of it. I’m about done with this crap lol. I have a 7.3 as well with same gears, tires, weight, and this Cummins is just pathetic EGT wise compared to it. Sounds like you are a lot better off than me at least. I’m only grossing maybe 16k and it seriously runs hotter than my 7.3 grossing 22-23k….
Did you figure out how to make it run cooler?
No, at this point I have played with timing- currently running 1 tooth advanced, swapped to a BW 62/68/14 SXE turbo, put another brand new set of injectors, had the VE pump rebuilt twice, and it still is pretty useless towing. Way higher egts than it should. It has always smoked at idle and nothing seems to get rid of it. It has been over 2 years and probably 35k miles on this engine build…. I think my next steps are pop test injectors, and then compression test even though pistons, rings, injectors all have 35k miles or less…
@chasehendricks7280 dang. I've advanced to 2 or 3 teeth. Ended up building compounds, rebuilt injectors, but still running hot. Pulling about 20k now I run about 1300° on 6% grade..
I've ordered 6x12s to try and see if that'll lower it.
Yeah I hear you. I’m going to do a compression test and injector pop test here soon for the hell of it. I’m about done with this crap lol. I have a 7.3 as well with same gears, tires, weight, and this Cummins is just pathetic EGT wise compared to it. Sounds like you are a lot better off than me at least. I’m only grossing maybe 16k and it seriously runs hotter than my 7.3 grossing 22-23k….