So much for DC and the shippers listening to Cummins regarding extensive idling. With 11 miles on my truck I checked the engine hour meter and it had 4 hours on it. Has anyone else checked this and if so what were your hours. I hope there were no long term effects due to this.

 

I wouldn't even worry about it. Nuthin' you can do about it anyways. Someone could have left the key on.

Mine had 2 hours on the clock when I picked it up. Almost half of that time was put on by me before I paid for it during a "test" drive.

 

i know you want the best motor for your money but i wouldn't worry ... i bought my first in early '91 would let it idle for hours when it was bitter cold out ... had a good freind with a surveying business and 3 first gens ... if it was cold out they would run 10-12 hours a day with only a few miles a day ... sold mine at 275k only adjusted the valves once ... all three of his lasted 300k+ without even taking off the valve covers ...
he and i still own and beat our cummins daily,
we both chuckled when his dealer told him "now you can't just let these trucks idle forever"
in stock form i don't think most new buyers realize just how stout these b-series are
good luck with your new truck

 

Thanks for the replies. I feel better now.

 

Mine had 4 miles on the odometer and 5 hours on the meter.....

 

How does one check hours on engine, what is procedure?

 

I can walk faster than that
Heck, probably crawl faster.


phox

 

How does one check hours on engine, what is procedure?

The truck must be turned off, ignition key on and press and hold the odometer reset button for 10 seconds. The engine hours will display. I think this procedure only works on 3rd generations only.

 

Mine has what I am asuming is engeine run time in the over head console. It says ERT and the time keeps going up so I asume thats total engine run time. I never payd any atention to what was on it when I bought it but it is now up to around or over 54 hours and I have 1500 miles on the truck. Does the trip meter reset methoud show idle time as well or just overall run time?

 

I believe this is a travel timer that you can reset, not true engine run time. To get that, you need to hold down your Trip Mileage reset while ignition is on and truck not running.

 

The hours on the overhead is resettable. Use it for whatever you want. The hours shown on the odometer using the reset is a non-resettable figure. It show engine hours.

 

Also, the overhead display shows the amount of time the ignition switch was in the 'run' position.... engine doesn't have to be running for this time to increment. The hour meter displayed on the odometer is a true engine hour meter - only increments when the engine is running.

 

Thats nothin at all. Remember, they do start and test the motors at cummins before shipping. It does get started and run at the factory. It has to go from the assy line to the holding area. from there to the train, from there to the truck, from the truck to your dealer and so on. 4 hours of idling seems very reasonable.

Heck, there was one guy not too long ago that had 160 hours on his when he picked it up. Now that seemed a bit much. But 4 hours is nothing.

THere was even some guy whining about his truck having 4 miles on it when he picked it up. He must have thougt it floated from point to point.

 

I checked mine with 285 miles on it and it had 16 hours..

 

I pressed the odometer trip reset and held before turning ignition to on without starting and got a full test of every gauge and light bulb in the dash.

Pretty cool!