Heard a fleet manager say EPA regs are killing older rebuilds

I was at a parts counter in Akron last Tuesday and overheard a fleet manager telling the clerk he's scrapping three 2008 Cummins engines because parts are getting harder to find and no one wants to rebuild them with all the new emissions rules. Made me wonder if we're losing good engines way before their time. Is anyone else seeing shops just give up on pre-DEF stuff instead of fixing it?

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sarahh4828d ago

Heard a fleet manager say EPA regs are killing older rebuilds" - that's exactly what I'm seeing too. That 2008 Cummins thing hits close to home because those are solid engines if you can keep them running. But here's what gets me: why are we treating these perfectly good engines like they're trash just because the aftermarket parts supply is drying up? Is it really cheaper to buy a whole new truck than to rebuild an older one that still has plenty of life left in it? Makes you wonder if the real problem isn't the EPA itself but the fact that shops don't want to bother with the extra paperwork or liability that comes with touching anything emissions related.

angelac6328d ago

Oh man, I hear you loud and clear on that. It's heartbreaking to see engines like the 2008 Cummins get tossed aside when they still have miles left in them. My buddy runs a small shop outside Columbus and he told me he turned down a rebuild on a 2007 6.7 just last month because he couldn't find a certain EGR cooler gasket anywhere, and the customer didn't want to pay for a whole new cooler assembly. It feels like we're throwing the baby out with the bathwater over supply chain stuff that shouldn't be this hard to fix.