How often have you looked at your shop’s profits and wished they were higher?
Category: Blog – Diesel Engine News & Updates
10 Metrics Proven to Boost Diesel Engine Repair Shop Profitability
It’s always good to make more money, right? But sometimes it’s hard to identify strategies for making that goal into reality.
Continue reading 10 Metrics Proven to Boost Diesel Engine Repair Shop ProfitabilityHow Do I Know if My Camshaft is a Good Core?
When purchasing a camshaft for your diesel engine, one question that often comes up is whether or not your old cam will be accepted as a core. The part can only be deemed an acceptable core if it can be rebuilt.
Continue reading How Do I Know if My Camshaft is a Good Core?Failure Analysis: How Can My Crankshaft be Bent?
It keeps your engine moving and is vital to the overall health of your rig. So when something goes wrong with your crankshaft, the results can be disastrous. One cause of crankshaft failure is a bend or distortion in the part. It’s important to know how this occurs and the impact it has on your engine.
Continue reading Failure Analysis: How Can My Crankshaft be Bent?The Causes of Oil Pump Failure
Oil pumps are critical to the mechanics of the rest of the diesel engine. Without proper oil circulation, the moving parts of the engine cannot work properly. That’s why oil pump failure is such a big deal. Help prevent failure by understanding what causes it. When your oil pump fails, its probably for one of the following reasons.
Continue reading The Causes of Oil Pump FailureIntroducing the HHP Profit-Boosting Boot Camp
Your ticket to boosting profitability and increase earnings for your repair shop.
More than the OEM: Know Your Turbo Options
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Continue reading More than the OEM: Know Your Turbo OptionsCJ’s Diesel Performance: Truck Repair Shop
Problem-solving and thinking outside-the-box fuel the life-long passion of CJ Sprau, owner and operator of CJ’s Diesel Performance in Vernal, Utah.
Continue reading CJ’s Diesel Performance: Truck Repair ShopSigns You Should Have Your Turbocharger Serviced
Depending on what kind of diesel engine you have, servicing your turbo can get expensive fast. That’s why, if you don’t notice your engine acting up, you might be tempted to ignore any signs of abnormal turbo condition and call it good. However, if you see any of the following signs, you need to consider sending out your turbo to be serviced, regardless of how your engine is acting.
Continue reading Signs You Should Have Your Turbocharger ServicedGasket Damage: Thermal Push from Detonation
Thermal push is a type of gasket damage where the armored, cylinder bore edges of head gaskets become deformed from excessive heat. They can either look like they were pushed (Get it? Thermal push) on from the direction of the bore or like they have been pushed down on, or pinched.
Continue reading Gasket Damage: Thermal Push from DetonationRSVP Shop Talk: Rattlesnake Ridge Truck Repair
Rattlesnake Ridge provides service for light, medium, and heavy trucks, along with trailers & RVs. Customers include municipalities, school districts, quarries, farmers, or over-the-road truckers. They provide up-to-date computer diagnostics, as well as both state of Vermont & federal inspections. Rattlesnake Ridge stocks over 200,000 truck parts in inventory to sell to the general public. This makes them a one stop shop for people looking for things from hydraulic hoses to general trucking equipment.
Continue reading RSVP Shop Talk: Rattlesnake Ridge Truck RepairAre the OEM Engine Rebuild Kits Worth It?
Do you know the difference between stereotypical aftermarket parts and quality aftermarket parts? Maybe you do, but we get a lot of people that call in and don’t.
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