Thursday, December 15, 2016

The Installation Of Aftermarket Exhaust Into Dodge 6.7 Cummins L Engine

By Cynthia Allen


A Cummins L series engine is one type of straight six diesel engines that are being produced and designed by the Cummins. These types of engine are displacing 10 liters. This was being produced in year 1982, referred to as L10. The L10 engine is produced based on its predecessor having 8.3 liters. This has being utilized in many applications. The displacement is 10 liters and is available in various forms.

These forms may either be vertical, upright to be used in buses and trucks, and horizontal to be used under floor in trains and buses. The L10 is also the first type being offered as competitive by Cummins in the bus market this is because the earlier productions of this are too heavy and too large. And also, it became one troublesome introduction into the market, having sealing problems and high consumption for oil. The following are the steps on installing aftermarket exhausts into a dodge 6.7 Cummins L engine.

Make sure that before touching the engine, it is already cool enough to be touched. This can protect you from getting harmed due to a very high temperature. When touching it, you can make use of gloves or any kinds of cloth to lessen the heat. Then start on removing the passenger side fender. Be sure that it is well removed for gaining access into the V band clamp.

The location of a V band clamp is in housing of the exhausts in the turbo. The V band clamps serve as connections to downpipe. After removing the fender, get a hacksaw or sawzall to cut the downpipe. Doing this is necessary before the cross member is cut so that the downpipe can be removed easily from the truck.

Begin on loosening clamps from exhausts. The component is composed of hangers and these are attached to vehicle frames. These hanger must be removed. The factory exhausts must also be removed with instructions. It is also consist of factory spare tire heat guard which is located on the exhausts tailpipe section. Cut this off and remove it. Through this, the aftermarket is accommodated with much bigger size.

Start the installation of the newly improved and the newly purchased aftermarket exhaust. Begin the process by attaching the downpipe into the factory V band which was previously taken off. Straight pieces of the exhaust pipes will then be added until the muffler will reach its proper placement. Most of the aftermarket kits are provided with pipe pieces that are labeled as 1, 2, 3, etc. See to it that the clamps are not tightened.

Muffler hanging. The muffler is required to allow an exhaust pipe to just slide inside it in any directions. This step may be considered as difficult to some, so they are suggested to make us of pliers to stretch muffler ends. Looking for a partner is also recommended when you hang the muffler.

Hanging over the tailpipe section and axle pipe. Make sure that all the hangers will be hung well. A penetrating oil is suggested for use in making the hangers just slide easily into rubber brushings.

Do the reinstallation of passenger side fender and make that it is reinstalled well. Cranking up the truck. See to it that no rattling sounds are produced when doing this process. There maybe rattling sounds when an exhaust is loosely attached. Do some further testings and check if things are working out.




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