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[stinky64]

The best quote I ever heard about a Detroit 2 cycle and it was probably somewhere within this forum and it is worth repeating:

Detroits don't leak oil, they just mark their territory.

Same as old Harleys.

 

[cfherrman]

If there is no oil under it there is no oil in it.

My 671 would have a lake under it as it was stationary power for 6-12 hours a day.

 

[Coaldust]

Thanks guys, all the two-stroke talk has my tinnitus fired up.

 

[DMiller]

Running or Not, Driptroits and the old Shovel Knuckle or Pan heads would drip forever!!

 

[old-iron-habit]

Running or Not, Driptroits and the old Shovel Knuckle or Pan heads would drip forever!!

And they all easily started after setting for 10 to 20 years, as long as you refilled the oil first.

 

[hseII]

No love for the Detroit's? Man, what are you guys going to do when you get to Heaven and Detroit's are powering EVERYTHING?

That’s not Heaven you speak of….

 

[hseII]

The best quote I ever heard about a Detroit 2 cycle and it was probably somewhere within this forum and it is worth repeating:

Detroits don't leak oil, they just mark their territory.

“If there’s no oil under it, there’s no oil in it.”

 

[terex herder]

Cuss them De-troits all you want, but 50 years from now some will still be running while every electronic engine built by today will long be scrap.

 

[Old Doug]

I have said this before they were a good engine that got the job done . Its easy to remember the bad things about some thing and if you dwell on the bad stuff long enough that will be all there is. The last cab over my dad had was a glider it had a 318 . The engine was spotless it was as dry as any engine could be . The only oil it lost was out the spit tubes . The truck was over 20 years old with a million plus miles but it would hold over 60 psi of air for more than a week.

 

[cfherrman]

There's a guy that put a Duramax common rail system on a 8v92 and looks like it will have a ton of power.

Myself if I get some money or time I have some ideas for a blower/governor delete and an electronic rail, which would fix the huge problems with that engine especially since my blower has a gallon a day external leak.

 

[DMiller]

92 series had DDEC systems, the original Electronic Engine Control, doubtful a Duramax system would or could even convert to fit.

 

[56wrench]

What a lot of people don’t realize is that most of the oil that ‘leaks’ from a 2-stroke detroit is the condensation/oil residue from the air box drains which is normal. The air-box drains have to purge otherwise buildup could be drawn into a cylinder and if extreme, could cause it to hydraulic lock and bend a rod. It is worse with worn liners and piston rings and if they run with no or light load

 

[cfherrman]

92 series had DDEC systems, the original Electronic Engine Control, doubtful a Duramax system would or could even convert to fit.

Ddec still uses the same injector except the electronic control part, so it basically doesn't really get you anywhere and has nothing to do with a Duramax common rail conversion. It's already happened and the engine runs with Duramax injectors, 2 aftermarket ecus, and 3 3gp common rail pumps.

What a lot of people don’t realize is that most of the oil that ‘leaks’ from a 2-stroke detroit is the condensation/oil residue from the air box drains which is normal. The air-box drains have to purge otherwise buildup could be drawn into a cylinder and if extreme, could cause it to hydraulic lock and bend a rod. It is worse with worn liners and piston rings and if they run with no or light load

Most leaks come from the blower seals from using the air shut down, a runaway, or just because the seals are not that good, the oil coming out of the air box drains is often from the blower. My engine blows the oil that is leaking past them out of the blower block seal area. There is a ton of drilled though ports in the valvetrain area that are copper washer sealed that will leak that modern engines don't have

 

[DMiller]

And again Why? DDEC could tweak 600hp from a OEM 8v92, Really doubt that Duramax system delivers enough especially trying to get that Timed from a 4 stroke to a 2. Will not argue semantics or advances, does not justify the end result.

 

[cfherrman]

Why have different fuel systems if they are not better? I won't bother to explain, you can look up the difference in common rail systems compared to 1936 injection systems.

 

[JaredV]

I fished on a boat with an 8-71. Fishing tuna it ran fairly light all day long and slobbered oil out the exhaust. A friend who ran them in trucks years ago told me to run it a gallon low. Tried it and no more oil out the exhaust.

 

[Truck Shop]

Obsolete.

 

[Acoals]

Obsolete.

Just like a flathead.

 

[cfherrman]

If I didn't burn up the trans id still be making money on my two stroke.

There's a few companies that still have them in rigs making money every day.

I'm still glad I changed it for a n14

 

[DMiller]

Hard parts obsoleting or already gone, numerous in salvage yards but dwindling pretty quick as iron prices rise, too low demand to keep around. Are literally none in daily use around here anymore.