Idling myths, and a new heart for your truck

Here’s a cautionary tale about idling. Granddad said idle hands were the devil’s workshop, but it doesn’t help trucks either. A few myths have been disapproved about restarting the engine. In reality, an engine restart only uses fuel approximately equal to 10 seconds of idling, and restarting the engine causes less engine wear.

In the US for example, 3.8 billion litres of fuel are consumed annually by idling heavy-duty truck and locomotive engines. But when you’re powering a concrete agitator, you have little choice. You idle at the concrete plant, and then you idle at the job-site keeping the concrete from going off.

Today in the workshop at Torquepower, we are simultaneously replacing two Cummins ISC Common-rail engines. An Acco that’s done a lot of kilometres and the other, a Mack, that powers a concrete agitator, that has done few kilometres, but a huge number of engine hours. When it comes time; through high hours or kilometres; talk to us about a new heart for your truck.  Even if you have the older ADR80/00 C.A.P.S Fuel System ISC Engine; at Torquepower, we can supply and fit the newer ADR80/02 Cummins ISC Common-Rail in its place. If you need a new engine call 0732778277 for all available options and pricing.

https://www.torquepower.com.au/engines/new-engines/