International rebuild

[bmike]

At our shop they are rebuilding an International D466E, that is from memory so it might be missing a digit. The rebuild kit came complete in one box with new pistons, rings, sleeves, wrist pins, head gasket, thermostat, filters, assorted hardware; $2,700.00. They are re-using the injectors and most everything else. They let me take a piston, made my day.

 

[bmike]

The motor has 111k miles, 8,500 hours...

 

[bmike]

Head, sorry for the crappy cell phone pics.





Old piston, they told me one was burnt.

 

[Honeydew]

That engine is on diesel power's ten best diesel engines ever list.

http://www.dieselpowermag.com/tech/general/0607_dp_10_best_used_diesel_engines/index.html

 

[Ski in NC]

Notably absent in that list is the GM 71 series, and the EMD's. Same family, world changers all.

 

[bmike]

Stopped by the garage today to see the progress and its all done, fired right up.

 

[vdubdezl]

yeah you were right. you're missing a digit. It is a DT466E. I'm really surprised that you only got a 111k out of it. They usually go much further than that for a rebuild, like in the 250-300k range. I'm guessing it was either ran hot or run without oil. Remember that the oil is the LIFE of these type of engines! When the oil gets dirty, it clogs the very small orifices in the injectors and makes them skip. You should shoot for oil changes around 6000mi to prevent this.

 

[bmike]

The oil pan was rotten, so it very well could have run low on oil. These trucks do lots of idling and slow rolling though.

 

[JBTech]

Neat motors for sure!

We have two at my Air National Guard unit.
We have 1991's with roughly 30k each. Basically untouched!
They are in 44k trucks, so they are dogs, but still good motors!