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Thanks for that, to be honest its rare we have one of these in bits as they seem pretty tough old lumps, cant say the same for the mx engine though!
Being nights i dont get to see or do much engine work, mainly exciting servicing!
In fact last engine work i did and that was getting boring after a few months was head gaskets on the older xe engine, almost one truck after the other, he can do them in a shift so he (being me) got them all, noisy old things but real tough.
 
Cummins source critical fasteners from Kamax Germany who have two major customers, the other is Porche.

Since 1991 Cummins torque plate honed cylinder bores during manufacture, Iveco challenged the practice as being too expensive during EEA development. For almost three years Cummins sourced blocks from Iveco as per EEA agreement for use in automotive engines, however whilst no lube oil consumption issues arose as a result of torque plate honing being abandoned the Iveco sourced blocks were plagued with irritating failures, the most serious being core plugs popping out simply because counter-bore tolerance was incorrect and was not being machined deeply enough. Although more expensive Cummins switch back to their traditional block supplier.

I am not saying Iveco NEF engine is a bad unit, but simply manufactured closer to the limit.

Typically engines of any color have to be sold at no less than 22% gross margin for manufacturer to obtain a return on their investment.

In the automotive market the Iveco engine sells between 15 to 20% less than Cummins dependent on rating, both engines are products of lean manufacturing and 22% margin is Holy Grail for staying in business, all you have to ask is where the 15/20% comes from?
 
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