Non-Genuine Cummins Parts

The Case for "Generic"

The "case" is as brief as this:

If it's not Genuine Cummins then it is not the real deal. It's that simple !

And if your parts supplier does not clearly state that the parts he is selling you are Genuine Cummins Parts backed by Cummins Engine Company, Columbus Indiana USA - then, they most likely are neither of those things. If you are ever in doubt, ask your supplier: "Am I getting the real deal here ???"

Cummins invests heavily to ensure that you get the best parts that money can buy. So, before you hand over your hard earned cash on less than genuine products for your Cummins engine, make sure that you ask yourself a few questions and make sure you understand the risks involved:

1. Who is going to factually back this non-genuine brand (honest answers needed here - and get them in writing)?
2. To what extend will they back it (assuming they will at all)?
3. How much influence will you have in that decision?
4. What does the supplier have to lose if you fall out with him over a failure in his product?
5. What does the manufacturer have to lose if you subsequently decide his product is not the quality described to you?
6. Seriously, what do either (4) or (5) have to lose?
7. Now, by comparrison, what does Cummins have to lose if its genuine parts are viewed by its customers as less than best quality in their field?(answer - "everything")
8. Is the will-fit brand so much cheaper than the real article that you can afford to pay again when it fails?
9. How will its performance (or lack of it) impact on other engine components or the life of the engine generally?
10. How do you know that it represents better value for money? (presumably, that's the only reason you would buy it)
11. Do you trust that your will-fit supplier will put his money where his mouth is when his wonder product fails?
12 Is there a Genuine Cummins alternative to the product your supplier is offering?(he wont necessarily tell you..)
13. What business are you in? (probably not the spare parts business)...therefore..
14. Can you afford to be distracted away from the certainty of an OEM endorsed parts option?
15. If your supplier makes more profit out of selling you the will-fit part, might that influence his advice to you?

Torquepower is not the manufacturer - and we dont have to embelish the facts. But in respect of spare parts for Cummins engines, the facts are very simply that there is no commercial substitute for the real article. We have personally proven this over a business life of 32 years building nothing but Cummins engines !!

The only justicication we see for the use of generic parts for Cummins engines is where the original equipment manufacturer itself has abandoned the particular engine group or sector as a result of diminished and therefore no-longer-commercially-supportable, demands. Take, as an example, a camshaft for the Cummins VT190 automotive engine. On the basis of disappearing demand, Cummins discontinued this camshaft back in 2002 after solidly supporting the VT190 product for more than 20 years. But there are still a number of those engines in service in Australia. Similarly, NH220 engines are largely obsoleted. So, in order to support those Cummins customers, we are obliged to stock or source parts from alternative suppliers. These will be generic or non-genuine articles.
Without access to such alternate parts, these owners could be forced to abandon or repower their vehicles - often with serious financial repercussions. In the Torquepower and Clessie Online data bases, generic part numbers bear a "Z" suffix to identify them as different from the Genuine Cummins article. No other parts in our database end in that letter.
The provision by Torquepower of generic parts in no way endorses the generic product but rather it enables the buyer to make a commercial decision relative to his particular circumstance. Cummins Engine Company is not in any way responsible for the performance of parts that are not specifically approved by that company for use in Cummins engines.