TRUCK ENGINES: Paccar, Cummins, Volvo D-13, Detroit. 4 Most Commonly Used In North American Trucks 

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I luv when experience talks with como sense wisdom ... it's a beauty 2 be hold..👏..

Agree with that. 3406 easy 500+ HP and no emissions garbage

12.7 Detroit best ever!

N14 cummins 99 it last forever

@@juniordavis168 absolutely N14 525hp and your good to go.

What about the old 2-Stroke Detroit’s; a silver 92 was a screamer😂

It will go for ever !

Yep, got an old NTC855 in my 88 9370..,got her turned up and pulls like a champ

I got a Red Top 💪🏾

Best Engine brake also

Had a 525 red top 👌👌👌 Best engine ever!

Best comment ever

Never got in one that bugs had to get out, plus truck adjusts to driver. People drive different

Sooo, none

@Donald Trump jr I want to buy a truck. T

I want to buy a truck. 6 years experience. Definitely want an APU on it. Still learning about engines. I believe in taking care of one.

had 3 detroits 1.5 million each very realible

I had a 12.7L 60 Series Detroit in a 2001 Freightliner FLD120. It was a decent engine but it didn't pull as hard as my M11 Cummins. I found out that the Detroits torque peak came a couple hundred rpm higher than the Cummins did. That obviously makes a difference in a big diesel when the rpm range is very limited as opposed to a gas engine in a car or pickup truck. Mine was also one of those that received a bad turbo from the supplier (obviously not Detroit Diesels fault) and it popped at around 125k miles-replaced under warranty. It was very fuel efficient though and other than those 2 things I have absolutely no complaints about it. I ran that truck for about 600k miles then went back to Cummins power when I traded it in on a 2006 Classic XL. All in all, I wouldn't hesitate (much lol!) to buy another Detroit 60 powered tractor if I needed to.

One of the best. The dd15 will never be a 60 series. Between 60 series. And the cat motors. 3406. C15. C16. And the old Cummins n14 and the big cams. You won't find any better.

Volvo D13 is a serious workhorse too.

I have a 14 L 60 series, I had the emissions stuff thrown in the garage and aftermarket turbo and manifold and custom tune. Makes 600+ hp now and good economy.

Same 😂😂😂

I liked the Liam Neesan , “I will find you,” too, :)

Yes I agree with that. I Don't know much about the DD15 does their parts/sensors also come from China?

Yep. I have an ISX @ 600, 13 over and 3.73 rears in my 06 Classic XL. I spec'd it and drove it off the lot in late 2005. Even though it didn't actually need one, I had an out of frame done at just under 1 million miles and I'm closing in on another million now. I also own a 2015 Cascadia and two 2020 KW T-680s with Cummins X15 engines @ 550. The Cassie has a 13 over, the KWs both have Ultra-Shift 13s and all of them have 3.73 rears. They've all been trouble free.

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@Claudio Canavaro I think you know very little about trucks and truck engines, especially Volvo I must tell you that in Africa and Asia, as you say, they ride donkeys, not trucks I must say that in Yemen as well as in my country, most of the super heavy loads are carried by Volvo and D13 and D16 engines💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼. It is true that American engines are very good, but Volvo engines are not weak. 😏😏😏

Thanks for that clue, Vic P.

Really? He purchased Volvo's D-13 engine & mated it to an Eaton 18-gear manual transmission. Volvo D-13 & Paccar MX-13 engines were designed to operate with their own automatic transmissions, from these same manufacturers. Volvo, Paccar & Scania offer the whole drive train (engine + transmission), so if you are going for one of those engines, get their auto transmission. If you want to drive a manual, Cummins is probably your best best; especially if you need stronger engines. X-15 Performance, with 605 hp & 2,050 ft-lb, with an 18-gear Eaton transmission, is likely the best choice.

D12. Beautiful engine

Any work done to it? Valves or injectors?

I PUT 1 MILLION MILES ON THE 2007 VOLVO D12 AND I SPENT AROUND $300.00 ON ENGINE REPAIR BESIDES THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE

You have a great career ahead if you like it. Get as much training as you can.

Who would have thought, keeping all that carbon inside the engine would be a bad thing? Thank the tree huggers…

@@penniesfromheaven2511 I like breathing clean air. If you want to huff diesel exhaust go for it

I heard the Amazon has clean air

@Thomas B they are getting rid of power plants how about we band airplanes they are the worst but you want to hear some whining they will whin then

That 10 speed trans SUCKS for backing up. It will not crawl like others can. Other than that the x15 is a great motor

When you can gross 80.000 and achieve 9 mpg you will have something to bragg about.

Get a few Scania trucks and they'll make Cummins and Detroit engines look like toys.

@@tntfreddan3138 tell me were I'm gonna find a set of metric Suzi coils in outback Australia, at least you can get parts for American trucks, 2 month wait out of Germany for something silly

Hey bud. I'm an apprentice diesel mechanic 1st yr in brisbane moving to adelaide. Do you reckon I continue my apprenticeship in a small shop or a dealer? We work mostly on anything at my current workplace and on a lot of trailers too. I'm thinking of going OEM and go to the mines once qualified.

@@marvinbarcenas9564 at the end of the day it depends what you want to do, dealers will generally make you a better technician as you will get more electrical work.. when Old mate down the road can't figure it out they'll send the customer to the dealer and because you are the dealer, the truck needs to be fixed before it leaves.. there's no one else to pass it on too, so you'll find some very clever blokes there, also you get training on the product your selling.. money isn't as good but dealers can take you places, by boss went to Japan for Isuzu world championships and placed 3rd in the world when he worked for Isuzu, another work colleague went to America with Cummins.. even my Detroit rep has been all over the world with Detroit.. Mining will make you good money but will burn you out after a few years and make you a dumb f#ck, change oil and ring caterpillar or Komatsu dealer when it gets too hard.. If big gear is your thing tho then go for dealers like cat, Komatsu, Hitachi you'll be better off than "working in a mine" But there's more avenues than road transport or mining in the diesel game such as military, marine, railroads, plant I'm currently a causal Tech teacher in heavy road transport teaching 1 day a week, it's $89 an hour and I teach first year apprentices like you how too sharpen a drill bit with 3 smoko breaks a day haha Up to you at the end of the day which avenue you take but you may even get a mobile truck and start your own business one day.. charge $140 an hour.. but finish your apprenticeship, learn as much as you can and it'll pay off.. Spinning filters learning nothing in a mine might make you 140k a year but you work Christmas day.... Working for yourself will make you a whole lot more

@@mickromer6199 thanks for the advice mate. I didn't know that you only do services in the mines. That is my goal in the future, to work for my self. So if dealership would make me a better tech, I suppose it's the place to learn for me as an apprentice. I'm more rooted working on trucks rather than machineries as I grew up with trucks around me. Where did you do your apprenticeship by the way? Our instructor at tafe was an ex mechanic in the army. That is a pretty good position you got there haha. But you did your time on the floor also so you deserve that one. Are you still working on your other days as an active mechanic?

To me old engine area gamble, those detroit series 60 12.7 or 14.1 are being redone a few times to get bigger cylinder and parts can be challenged and in the future maybe no one will be allow to drive pre emissions diesel truck, that's my thought on old engine.

@@AutosClasicosConMiguel maybe in California for the pre emissions and certain other places. Where I'm at they don't even check emissions. Cali wants to ban all internal combustion engines. And if I get many more years out of what I have it more than paid for itself. And I figure I have lots of time where I'm at. Plenty of parts our there. Dealers and online everywhere. Nothing to worry about so far as I've seen. And as for those emission trucks. They are having all kinds of issues with those and the costs to fix are outrageous. No thanks.

Drive a ‘99 Freightliner Classic, 12.7L Series 60 w/ Super 10. 6.2 avg.mpg. Wouldn’t take a bucketful of gold monkey nuts for it!

@@lewbaxter243 mines in a Columbia and it's been a good truck for what I need it for.

@@AutosClasicosConMiguel Right ! Stick with your dd15 or paccar and be happy in the truck shop in the waiting area...

225,000? That's a trip around the block.

@@shortchange26 Yup, its a roll off truck, so it never goes more then about 100 miles from home base in a day. Nothing compared to the highway guys.

Talk to us when it hits 500 thousand miles that’s when the after treatment crap starts having very expensive problems

Not even a D.E.F. sensor? Ours go bad like clockwork and cripple the truck.

@@shortchange26 😂😂😂😂😂

6 miles a gallon? This ain't the horse and buggy days, lol.

wow you put 900k kms in 3 years?

@@PoliticalGangster 4 years I bought it in 2017, but it’s a 2018 model year

Lovely!

Only 1.7M mi...cheap junk sheesh

I'd take a screaming Jimmy over the 4-strokes.......especially if it's a twin turboed 12V71 that's all beefed up. Btw....the 12V71 displaces 851.16 cubic inches......13,9L for those who use metric......12 cylinder.

Drove right by y'all about a week ago in my 2020 valvo picking up a load of candle's around the corner. That place is huuuuuuge

That POS Onebox was $11k last year when we replaced one. When the FQV Valve takes a shit every year or two it over fuels, throws NOx codes, needs a DOC face plug cleaning daily and will eat a Onebox each year.

DD15 and DD13 are Mercedes Benz engines. Daimler is taking advantage of Detroit's prestige.

@@PepperDarlington the diagnosing process to replace one box is crap. First they have you replace nox sensors, 7th injector, def sensor etc. And then if truck still can't regen, it's the one box. I had a 2017 freightliner Cascadia with 690K. Total cost for everything was $15K. My extended warranty went out at 685K. It sucked.

Serious 60 detroit were very good motor back in the days I ran my motor 1.8 million miles before I did an overhaul ..cat motor were another impressive motor for mong time til sold out .then paccar motor came in selling this motor problems the peterbilt dealer was the only dealer who had the diagnostics system coding that was terrible problem to drivers many newer motor are made by manufacturing companies engineers to GREASE YOUR POCKETS..THATS MECHANICALLY SAYING TAKEN YOUR MONEY..ON CONSTANT MOTOR ISSUES PROBLEMS..MANY OLDER VETERAN DRIVERS LIKE MYSELF AND ITHERS KNOWS BACK IN THE DAYS. CATS, DETROIT 60 SERIOUS, M14 MOTOR WAS AMAZING GOOD THAT DEPENDS ON YOUR PREFERENCES..AND PARTS FEES TOO ON REPAIRS,..SADDLY CAT PILLARS SOLD OUT, NEBER AGAIN THE SAME ON BUILDING UP MOTORS, DETROIT'S 60 SERIES..YOU HAD MANY DRIVERS REPAIRING THERE RIGS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADS , WHY, THEAE WERE GREAT MOTORS AND BUILT WELL, THEN YOU BECOME SO FAMILIAR WITH YOUR MOTOR PARTS , YOU JUST CARRIED AN EXTRA PART IN SIDE BOX..YOU, ALREADY KNEW WHAT IT WAS THE PROBLEM THAT MAY NOT NEED TO GO IN A SHOP, YOU CAN CHANGE YOYRSELF...TRUCKERS WAS SO HAPPYIER MORE THEN..TIL ALL THESE DARB MOTOR CHANGES TO SUCKERED...NIEVE YKU OUT OF MORE COMMISION MONEY INTO BUYING HEADACHE ' PARTS NOT TOO FAMILIAR NOW !! THIS, WAS THE WHOLE IDEA IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY AMBITIOUS BUSINESS PARTNERS GREED .!! MAKING SURE ENGINEERS CAN COME UP WITH NEWERR TECHNOLOGY IN MOTORS THAT CANT BE SO EASILY CAPABLE TO REPAIR ON THE WIDE OF THE ROAD AND JERP ROLLING TOOK THE FUN OUT OF TRUCKING AND CREATING AND DEVELOPING SOFTWARE'S AND MOTORS TO CASH IN MORE TRUCKING DILEMMAS ON BREAKFOWNS KEEPING THE TRUCKER BROKEDOWN MORE AND SELLING MORE PARTS THAT DONT FREAKING WORK PROPERLY STRESSING OUR TRUCKERS AND GREASING OUT HARD WORKING DRIVERS ...THEN, CAME POLITICIANS MIXING WITH THE INDUSTRY ALL HAD CALIBRATIONS WITH MANUFACTORING COMPANIES AS INVESTOR SHARES AND NOT TRUCKER FRIENDLY BUSINESS OWNERS TRYING TO SURVIVE WITH ALL THESE NEWER MOTORS WITH BELLS AND WEED WHISTLE PROBLEMS BREAKING DOWN CONSTANTLY THEN MAKE COMMISION THAT'S ONLY GOING TOWARD REPAIR BILLS...MAKING TRUCKING INDUSTRY AS A SMALL FLEET OR O/P TO SURVIVE AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE BEHIND THE QUOTE NEWER ENGINE OF TODAY !!! LEAVE THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY OUT OF POLITICIANS AND PRIVATE INVEDTOR CORRUPTED FROM MINGLING WITH HARD WORKING PEOPLE IN TRUCKING THEN, WE CAN RESET BACK TO GOOD TIMES !! NOONE, REGULATES LONG DOUBLE STACK CHO CHO RAILROADS TOO MANY INVESTOR SHARES BIT DIG IN SMALL FLEETS AND OP OWNERS TRYING TO LIVE AND SURVIVE TI "" SUPOORT FAMILY "" MAKING IT STRESSFUL DMN IT...TRUCKING WAS THE LOWRST PAYING JOB, NPONE CARED FOR BACK THEN, UN RESPECT INDUSTRY..BUT MANY TRUCKERS WERE AT LEAST SURVING ON AND SUPPORTING THE FAMILY ..NOW, TIO MUCH GREED IN THE COOKIE JAR .DMN IT AND NO RESPECT TO OUR HARD WORKING CLASS DRIVERS COMPANY OR OWNERS TRYING TO LIVE. .TOO MABY REGULATIONS, PARKING FEES , PARTS HIGH. BREAKDOWNS MORE. FRIEGHT CHEAPER THEN EVER, FUEL HIGH, SUPPLIES DELAYS I CAN GO ON ETC..I BEEN THIS INDUSTRY CLOSE TO 30 YEARS ITS IN YOUR BLOOD, APPRECIATION IN THE INDUSTRY WAS THEN, WE GAVE OUR HEARTS TO MOVE AMERICA FRIEGHT NO WORRIES, IT WILL BE DEKIVERED UNLESS WEATHER PREVENTED DELAY..ATTITUDE WE, WENT THE EXTRA MILE CARING FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AS GOOD SHEPARDS ON THE HIGHWAY GLING THAT EXTRA MILE MEANT HELL OF ALOT TO OUR CUSTOMERS BACKED UP IN DEMANDS ON GOODS IN NEED TO PROVIDE TO THERE DEMANDS DISTRIBUTION.. .MADE A YRUCKER FEEL GOOD AND PROUD CUSTOMERS SATUFIED SEAL WITH A SMILE AND GOOD MORNING ATTITUDE , HAVE SOME COFFEE AND DONUTS DRIVERS GLAD TO SEE YOU, MADE THROUGH..THAT WAS REWARDING FEEKING TO THOSE OLD TIMERS IN THE INDUSTRY PUMP YOUR BLOOD OF ANOTHER SATISFIED CUSTOMER MADE YOU FEEL GOOD TOO ESPECIALLY DURING WINTER IN NEED OF WINTER SUPPLIES...BUT THE WORLD FORGOTTEN ABOUT OUR TRUCKERS BACK IN DAYS CHEAP WAGES NO GOOD BENEFITS, BUT IT WASNT JUST THAT, THE FULLFILLMENT OF BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE AND GET'R DONE THAT EXTRA HOURS BEHIND THE WHEEL THOSE FROSTED CHEEKS AND WRAPPING UP TO WARMER CLOTHING AS YOU SHUT THAT DOOR, ONE THING CAME ON LIKE A DASH LITE ON...THAT WAS DEKUVERING ON TIME SEALED WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED !! MADE IMPACT IN MY LIFE, HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS, WITH EFFICIENCY AND GOOD SPIRIT OF CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS IS NUMBER ONE TO PROVIDE OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IS WITH A GREAT ATTITUDE """ ALWAYS NO MATTER WHAT SEASONAL CHANGES NOR ANYTHING ELSE ALWAYS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT YOUR TRAVELS AND QUALITY DELIVERANCE SMILING FACES GOING PLACES IS MY LOGO...KEEPS GOOD HEART WELL NO MATTER WHAT GOES ON IN THE WORLD OF CONFUSIONS !! I GREW UP IN THIS INDUSTRY ITS DEEP ROOTED I PASS IT ON TO NEW DRIVERS AND FAMILY IN TRUCKING...OLD SAY..CANT GO FAR IN LIFE; IF YOU DONT CHANGE THAT ATTITUDE !!! LIKE CANT GO FAR IN LIFE , IF YOU CANT CHANGE THAT FLAT TIRE !!! ALWAYS STUCK NOT FORWARD OR BACKWARD...CHANGE IT , AND YOULL MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE WITH GREATER POSSIBILITIES THAN EVER BEFORE...I SAY TO NEWER DRIVERS MAKE A OVERHAUL CHANGE IN YOU , TOO NOT JUUST YOUR MOTOR !! APPERANCE MATTER, GOOD ATTITUDE MATTERS, GOOD UNDERSTANDING MATTERS, RESPECT THE INDUSTRY MATTERS, CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION MATTERS, KEEPING UP WITH YOUR EQUIPMENT MATTERS, NEVER STOP LEARNING IT ONLY MAKES YOU MORE COMFORTABLE AND WISER TO HANDLE PRESSURE UNDER CONTROL INSTEAD BLOWING YOUR STACKS OFF NO NEED , ALWAYS KERP CONTROL AND GOOD MANNERS MATTERS ETC..IF, YOU CAN LEARN ONE DAY EXTRA A DAY TO IMPROVE OUR TRUCKING INDUSTRY OR LIVES IN OUR WORLD ..GO FOR IT, NEVER TOO YOUNG OR OLD TO CONTINUE LEARNING MORE EVERYDAY IS BRIGHTER "" NEW DAY "" TO RESTART THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING MORE TO ADVANCE IN CONTROL OVER STRESSFUL SITUATIONS THAT IS HURTING OUR TRUCKERS..TODAY FOR NOT KNOWING HOW, TO RELEASE PRESSURES POINTS IN THE TRUCKING BUSINESS...SO, MUCH TO LEARN NEBER STOP LEARNING SOMETHING NEW..MAKES YOU BETTER AND YOULL BE SATISFIED TOO..KEEP TRUCKING AND SMILING FACES NO MATTER WHAT..SMILES BRIGHTEN UP YOUR NEW START OF THE DAY...HELLO SUNSHINE, HELLO WORLD THANKYOU FOR A NEW BEGINING EVERYDAY IS A GOOD DAY TO START REFRESH..LIKE JUMP START OF A BATTERY...TRY IT ITS REWARDING TO KERP POSITIVE THOUGHTS. ..

X15 aftertreatment cost the same

Dropped a 06 ISX and went to the wrecking yard got myself a engine with a cracked front cover for $3000 and went home and swapped it myself, $4600 total and a week, new clutch and all new gaskets, runs good, been in for two years now

Everyone does, trust me

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The one I drive is hooked to a 13, love it. Is there a big difference between 13 and 18? I’m hauling a lot of loads around 110k.

@@blauer2551 I’ve found 18 speeds are more smooth than a 13 but 13s can take a beating and are pretty damn hardy

Cat motors are no where close as they used to be are far as reliability.

Detroit and allison are different companies detroit is owned by freightliner and mercedes owns freightliner

@@moparjr89 yup but the name of the facility is Florida Detroit diesel Allison, I just left the diesel out.

That’s pretty smart. A lot of farmers play the tactic.

The first time I saw an MP8, I was like, how am I gonna get anywhere with this teeny tiny block? That was the first truck I could split gears and I was blowing the doors off other drivers.

Most emissions problems are caused by shit wire harnesses. WS doesn't skimp on theirs, unlike Volvo/Mack and PACCAR

how is it now? & what year? im looking at a 2019 t680 with one in it.

When Paccar acquired DAF in the 90s, a major reason was DAF's diesel engineering and manufacturing capability that Paccar lacked. The Europeans were vertically integrated in engines... Most of the US competitors were not, and the Europeans were facing the toughest diesel emission standards in their home market. Today, the US and Euro standards are very similar makeing MX 11 and MX 13 were a valuable addition to Paccar's internal capabilities.

I only had D13 engines for the past 10 years... 500hp and now 520hp, all of them have made 2 million km.... Never had problems... Looks like in the states they aren't made like in Europe....

The Paccar MX engine has been built by DAF for at least 50 years, it’s an european engine that Paccar brought to the US in 2010

Paccar is 2000s DAF engine , earlier DAF engine was license Leyland.

On XE(C) engine we started swapping logo from DAF to Paccar. But they were still DAF 😉

Thank you for sharing your experience!

Not to sure about the automated 18 speeds but I personally don’t like them as much as the new 12 speed automatics. Fuel mileage is a tricky thing to get down. For me it’s like 50% specs 25% terrain 25% the driver. What trailer or commodity you haul should be pretty much covered in the build specs and driver experience.

18-speed are usually triple-shafted gearboxes. Those 12-speed dual-shafted and lighter. Think of it like the fwd drive version of the vehicle gets better gas mileage than it Awd variant

Manuals haven't had better mileage in years.

True that about the idling. I work with the MX-13's for DAF in Netherlands where it was designed. We have the same shit and that's exactly what we do to prevent trouble.

I also have the d13 and no other motor comes close. Use be Cummins but after getting d13 never go back and stay with the volvo motor.

@@jonathoncopeland7492 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JLRatq821fw.html

I drive volvo fh16 750 and I am around 10 mpg with typical loads in Europe 40 tones (80000pounds). Torque is unbelievable

@@thomtrucker1925 Nice very nice. I wish that Powertrain was available here.. what sort of Manifold boost pressure are you seeing under full load???

You should testdrive the new Volvos both d13 turbocompound 500, regular d13 540, and of course top of the line d16 650, and d16 turbocompound 750. Bulletproof. We also have a small secret to you, called Scania 770 next gen... Wounder when Volvo hits the 800??

I actually feel door for guys forced to spend extended time in Cascadias, they just aren't comfortable for me at all.

Heard about that problem

Hmm, can we add the '19 Cascadia to the list too? I just finished my lease on a Cascadia, and I had the steering worked on several times for feeling loose.

Thanks for watching!

You might need a big bore engine of 15L or greater displacement for that chore. What HP/torque did you have

What was your hp and tq rating at ?

Oh, and I want to see Ronen in a truck one day. That's my dream

@@link7935 yeah, good idea! That would be funny if Ronen checked and assessed different trucks and shared his thoughts about it. Like just a regular person using a vehicle.

@@malyshevvasiliy9541 That's an awesome idea! I'm a regular 4 wheeler, starting school on monday. I can't wait to see how different it is to haul around a 53' trailer vs a 23' camper! But if he's done neither, it would make it even greater! Regardless, I want to see him turning a wheel. It'd make for some great content!!!

Thanks for sharing!

DD15 is a Mercedes Benz engine.

@@pep5772 well, these guys have no less experience

weed is expensive i get that so you find better alternative .cummins 100 year old lol

Actually MANis the oldest manufacturer of diesel engines.It's a German brand

@@knoppenkearl Rudolf Diesel invented the 'Diesel' engine. Mercedes produced the first truck diesel.