Munnon Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I am in the process of purchasing a 2019 Mack Pinnacle. I was told by the shop manager that the 2019 injectors are on a common rail fuel system. Salesman is telling me that it is not a common rail system. Any ideas on how I can verify this myself. I would like to be on a common rail fuel injection system. Any feedback on the 2018/2019 Mack/truck/Pinnacles is appreciated in advance. I will be using this to haul crude oil here in South Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjh Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 An observation ! There is a spacer under the valve cover with two wiring harnesses entering mid way LH side of the engine on a common rail engine just above the ecu. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjh Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) https://www.google.ca/search?q=mp8+common+rail+engine+pics&rlz=1C1PRFI_enCA788CA798&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=xHbxFaAquNcsnM%3A%2CIA9tYRP7RjgZrM%2C_&usg=__ZhcIgkn8Z0_8FqH3lE3nHVBa4L0%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixnvfE_cvbAhVDMn0KHYPMB9sQ9QEIKTAA#imgrc=99FKgWY4_jIkWM: google mp8 common rail engine pics Edited June 11, 2018 by fjh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Isn’t it REALLY a make shift common rail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 1 hour ago, 1965 said: Isn’t it REALLY a make shift common rail? https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/44430-new-common-rail-mp8/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-330572 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) It's a crappy Delphi , more difficult to diagnose, warmed over Volvo crap wanna-be common rail set up.... Volvo started rolling them out in early 2018 models. Mack was 8 months behind i believe. We see more Volvos then Macks here. Started seeing some issue on a few 6 months in.Got to love the new mile long injector trim/cal codes when replacing them. Don t worry, we are already seeing issues with them in both the injector and injector cup failure departments. Nothing but making things more complicated has been improved with this setup. Edited June 11, 2018 by bbigrig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 1 hour ago, bbigrig said: It's a crappy Delphi , more difficult to diagnose, warmed over Volvo crap wanna-be common rail set up.... Volvo started rolling them out in early 2018 models. Mack was 8 months behind i believe. We see more Volvos then Macks here. Started seeing some issue on a few 6 months in.Got to love the new mile long injector trim/cal codes when replacing them. Don t worry, we are already seeing issues with them in both the injector and injector cup failure departments. Nothing but making things more complicated has been improved with this setup. That’s just pitiful. How many miles was on the truck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 hours ago, 1965 said: That’s just pitiful. How many miles was on the truck? Which one?.....lol. We have had several all under 1 year old. A few team driven so between 60,000 And 250,000kms. Nothing has changed. Same issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjh Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) Well that’s predictable ! We haven’t had a lick of problems so far however we only got a few running here so far! Nice heads up thou ! all low kms so far! Edited June 12, 2018 by fjh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) 19 hours ago, fjh said: Well that’s predictable ! We haven’t had a lick of problems so far however we only got a few running here so far! Nice heads up thou ! all low kms so far! Also, keep an eye out for low power/chugging, low fuel pressure or codes for fuel restriction. We have had 2 with a fuel "flapper" check valve in the intake of the primary fuel water seperator filter in the housing that goes for a crap. Apparently if you put a Donaldson primary water separator filter on that was made for the none common rail engines it may cause this valve to be damaged. The common rail engines have no Donaldson primary fuel filter crossover available. The Flapper valve is serviceable separately from the fuel filter housing assembly. We have also had a couple of the new AHI moduals that are part of the fuel filter housing go for a crap already 22 hours ago, 1965 said: Edited June 12, 2018 by bbigrig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM626 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 I was at the world of concrete show out in Vegas this past January. Mack was there and had some beautiful trucks as part of the show. On of the representatives was there telling me about the common rail MP saying how good it is bla bla bla. All I can think of in my head is “this engine wasn’t really designed for it”. It really is a shame a company that has had such a long/strong history of building tough products can be held down like this. My question is how do you guys think the common rail mp8 stands against say the Cummins x15. I understand one is a 13 liter and one is a 15 liter so obviously there’s going to be a power difference. But as far as design and reliability go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, RobM626 said: I was at the world of concrete show out in Vegas this past January. Mack was there and had some beautiful trucks as part of the show. On of the representatives was there telling me about the common rail MP saying how good it is bla bla bla. All I can think of in my head is “this engine wasn’t really designed for it”. It really is a shame a company that has had such a long/strong history of building tough products can be held down like this. My question is how do you guys think the common rail mp8 stands against say the Cummins x15. I understand one is a 13 liter and one is a 15 liter so obviously there’s going to be a power difference. But as far as design and reliability go? That's an easy one....in comparison to the Bosch fuel system used by Cummins, this Delphi "wanna be" common rail I think will be a bit of a let down. It's more difficult to work on, more difficult to diagnose, full of issues that came with the last engine design and still more expensive to repair in both labor and parts then the Bosch/Cummins common rail. The fact that the plunger injectors are pulling double duty now not only injecting into the cylinder as usual, 3 of them are also responsible for building up rail fuel pressure when not firing into a cylinder shows they are doing double the work...(for those that are scratching their head on this comment Macks YouTube channel has a video that may help on the fuel system) instead of a pump that in some cases has a high and low pressure pump on an external to valve cover pump or a high pressure pump with an electric lift pump feed from the tank. I was hoping this engine was a bridge engine (a band aid fuel system on an old engine before a better design is released) I'm told by Volvo engineer people it's not... Cummins however took a step backwards with the release of the X15's new exhaust after treatment set up. Like the medium duty engines Cummins builds, it's going to be fuel dosing in cylinder only and doing away with the 7th injector after the turbo. It's bad for the cylinders and has wiped out many a ISL and ISB over the years where high idle time is part of the engines duty cycle. I wish these engines would get more simple with every release. Sadly, They are not. Edited June 13, 2018 by bbigrig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjh Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Its unfortunate how ever These engines has moved forward or backward which ever way you want to view it with out first addressing the original issues injector cup to injector seal ECT they seem to have accepted this situation as OK for what ever reason OK is good enough for Volvo! So now LETS ADD INSULT TO INJURY. Put more shit under the valve cover on an already compromised set up! Just shows you what the mind set of the management is really like in Volvo land and what kind of a company it really is! KScarbel has been preaching this since the the Volvo thrashers took the brand over and I had similar thoughts as well ! However they are creating work for people and in more that one way . by building and adding to an inferior unit adds more work for us guys that have to deal with the crap !Unfortunately, we can make it work again for awhile But it will never be fixed! Inspiration for a song Hotel VOLVO TRASH!😀 ( we can make it work again ,but it will never be fixed!)🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackpro Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 The MP engine really makes me appreciate the ETECH family of engines on how simple they were. Right now I'm overhauling a MP7 with 176,000 miles on it . My buddy in the next bay is overhauling a ASET . We started at the same time and he's going back together with his and I just got the head off on mine. They are a very time consuming to strip down or do major repairs to. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjh Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Your bro there is the lucky one ! You drew the short straw for sure!( If I were to " like any of them" ) I would say the MP8 Design over MP7 MP10 for less "complication" THE lesser of 3 Evils! can't comment on the CR yet had the valve cover off only one for a sensor change! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 6 hours ago, Mackpro said: The MP engine really makes me appreciate the ETECH family of engines on how simple they were. Right now I'm overhauling a MP7 with 176,000 miles on it . My buddy in the next bay is overhauling a ASET . We started at the same time and he's going back together with his and I just got the head off on mine. They are a very time consuming to strip down or do major repairs to. I use to call E-techs "E junks" when comparing them to the E7 PLN engines. I'm now eating my words comparing MP to Etech...cant win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mack Technician Posted June 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2018 IMO..... In terms of brilliance, oh yeah, very smart. Using what they had....... to get to where they needed to be........... without breaking the bank to get there. But......Start taking apart any European design (taking into account E-7 platform is French) and you will know in the first 4 hours of work that "this is European". I spent two weeks in Japan and same mindset. They grow up in a small house, on a tight street that only a cabover truck can turn onto, with 2' sidewalks and learn that longing for personal space is a greedy, anti-social, vice. When they go to engineering college they sleep every night in a capsule bed on top of a fellow student. They drive a sub-compact to class and learn to build O'so small, tight and tiny. While back I was swapping a German Head for a swallowed intake valve. Got the new head bolts and they were converted from hex head 18MM to a female torx socket. Why? Saved space? Nope.......redesign!?Nope.....New torque spec?.....Nope, Nope and Nope.....Just a nice "tighter" design so the engineer can call mom to bolster her pride. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 20 hours ago, Mack Technician said: IMO..... In terms of brilliance, oh yeah, very smart. Using what they had....... to get to where they needed to be........... without breaking the bank to get there. But......Start taking apart any European design (taking into account E-7 platform is French) and you will know in the first 4 hours of work that "this is European". I spent two weeks in Japan and same mindset. They grow up in a small house, on a tight street that only a cabover truck can turn onto, with 2' sidewalks and learn that longing for personal space is a greedy, anti-social, vice. When they go to engineering college they sleep every night in a capsule bed on top of a fellow student. They drive a sub-compact to class and learn to build O'so small, tight and tiny. While back I was swapping a German Head for a swallowed intake valve. Got the new head bolts and they were converted from hex head 18MM to a female torx socket. Why? Saved space? Nope.......redesign!?Nope.....New torque spec?.....Nope, Nope and Nope.....Just a nice "tighter" design so the engineer can call mom to bolster her pride. E7 platform was French? Are you referring to the E7PLN or E7 E tech? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM626 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 11 hours ago, bbigrig said: E7 platform was French? Are you referring to the E7PLN or E7 E tech? Yea ... Renault renault was involved with Mack since the 80’s till 2000-2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I think maybe even since the late 70's? The French were both feet completely in after 1990 so they were on board for PLN and E-Tech, Vmac I, Vmac II, Vmac III. Volvo ate Renault in 2000, squatted in nearest bush and grunted out the Aset AI/AC debacle and then the 2007 MP emissions aftertreatment debacle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 On 6/13/2018 at 9:41 PM, bbigrig said: That's an easy one....in comparison to the Bosch fuel system used by Cummins, this Delphi "wanna be" common rail I think will be a bit of a let down. It's more difficult to work on, more difficult to diagnose, full of issues that came with the last engine design and still more expensive to repair in both labor and parts then the Bosch/Cummins common rail. The fact that the plunger injectors are pulling double duty now not only injecting into the cylinder as usual, 3 of them are also responsible for building up rail fuel pressure when not firing into a cylinder shows they are doing double the work...(for those that are scratching their head on this comment Macks YouTube channel has a video that may help on the fuel system) instead of a pump that in some cases has a high and low pressure pump on an external to valve cover pump or a high pressure pump with an electric lift pump feed from the tank. I was hoping this engine was a bridge engine (a band aid fuel system on an old engine before a better design is released) I'm told by Volvo engineer people it's not... Cummins however took a step backwards with the release of the X15's new exhaust after treatment set up. Like the medium duty engines Cummins builds, it's going to be fuel dosing in cylinder only and doing away with the 7th injector after the turbo. It's bad for the cylinders and has wiped out many a ISL and ISB over the years where high idle time is part of the engines duty cycle. I wish these engines would get more simple with every release. Sadly, They are not. There's no such thing as Bosch/Cummins common rail. The superb "XPI" high pressure common rail fuel injection system on ISG and ISX engines, and the entire Scania engine range, is design and produced by a joint venture between Cummins and Scania. The high pressure common rail fuel injection system used on Mercedes-Benz/Detroit Diesel engines is Bosch, and it's quite good. The medium duty ISB and ISC use Bosch-sourced common rail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 45 minutes ago, kscarbel2 said: There's no such thing as Bosch/Cummins common rail. The superb "XPI" high pressure common rail fuel injection system on ISG and ISX engines, and the entire Scania engine range, is design and produced by a joint venture between Cummins and Scania. The high pressure common rail fuel injection system used on Mercedes-Benz/Detroit Diesel engines is Bosch, and it's quite good. The medium duty ISB and ISC use Bosch-sourced common rail. I was referring to the system on the ISB...its a Cummins/Bosch system.. The only real difference common rail design wise between the ISX and the ISB is mostly pump related. I know you feel the need to split hairs on here to make your day complete, but i was refering to when comparing ANY of the common rail fuel systems available on ANY Cummins engines, it's far superior on all levels to the Delphi Volvo/ Mack fuel system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Mack Technician said: I think maybe even since the late 70's? The French were both feet completely in after 1990 so they were on board for PLN and E-Tech, Vmac I, Vmac II, Vmac III. Volvo ate Renault in 2000, squatted in nearest bush and grunted out the Aset AI/AC debacle and then the 2007 MP emissions aftertreatment debacle. May want to quote your sources on this one....to my knowledge, the only engine Renault really had a lot of input on was the Etech. The platform of the E7PLN was basically a Metric beefed up version of an E6. The E7 was in development years before Renault had controling shares of Mack. Fill me in.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 8 hours ago, bbigrig said: May want to quote your sources on this one....to my knowledge, the only engine Renault really had a lot of input on was the Etech. The platform of the E7PLN was basically a Metric beefed up version of an E6. The E7 was in development years before Renault had controling shares of Mack. Fill me in.... Renault bought 10% share in 1979 20% 1982 Almost half (41%) by 1983 Renault sealed the deal 1990 about time of E7 line introduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbigrig Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 6 hours ago, Mack Technician said: Renault bought 10% share in 1979 20% 1982 Almost half (41%) by 1983 Renault sealed the deal 1990 about time of E7 line introduction. Well aware....so tell me about Renault being involved in the design of the E7PLN. Share ownership doesn't directly involve them in the design of the engine. As a Mack technician, I'm sure you've seen some subtle differences in their engine designs. The E7PLN engine is one Renault never used in any of their own production trucks globally. They used the E9....someone else on here will tell you that another European truck maker was hip deep in that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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