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Re: Idle time for Duramax diesel
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 7/27/2006

The turbocharger is the only but best reason to let such an equippedengine idle. Think of how long your main bearings would last if you spun the crank up to 100000rpm, then shut off oil pressure. Pleasant, huh? After any kind of high speed run, that Duramax sh... Login to read more.