Let’s talk about turbochargers. Dirty oil will attack a turbocharger faster than any other part on the diesel engine. When pulling a hill, the turbo can…
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Fall is here and winter is just around the corner – and along with these seasons comes engine rebuilding time. If your engine has less than…
How often should you change your oil? The answer depends on your oil filtration system. Thirty-five years ago I started using by-pass oil filters – not…
Most people don’t think much about the coolant in their radiator until their truck overheats in the middle of nowhere! So, what do you need to…
Let’s work together and grow together – that is the relationship we at Pittsburgh Power have always had with 10-4 Magazine. For the past 12 years…
We here at Pittsburgh Power have always strived to increase horsepower and efficiency, but not at the sake of emissions. We believe that by allowing more…
We here at Pittsburgh Power are always trying to come up with creative solutions to the challenges we (and you) face on a daily basis. Recently,…
We now have 2-stage ECM programming available for Detroit Series 60 DDEC 3, DDEC 4 and DDEC 5 engines.
We often talk about the importance of adequate air, fuel and exhaust flow in your engine, and continue to learn more about it while testing trucks…
We see some unusual electrical problems every day in our engineering center. These types of problems cannot be fixed over the phone, so the truck must…
The Big Cam Cummins is an awesome engine, but nobody seems to have parts in stock for them anymore. Never fear – we do! We have…
Our new engineering center is now up and running at Pittsburgh Power, along with the Taylor Chassis Dynamometer, and we now have some interesting findings about…
This past spring we started construction on our new engineering center, which will be equipped with three dynos – a new Taylor chassis dyno for semi-trucks,…
Not all exhaust manifolds are created equal. In fact, they aren’t even close. There seems to be some confusion in the industry as to which manifold…
Did you ever wonder why the Acert Caterpillar engine has a lot of blow-by? Did you ever stop to think why they have so much turbo…