International 2005 9400i

I'm driving an 05 9400i with 730,000. It's sort of a gamble, but I figure if I can get two years out of it without rebuild I'll be aces. If I have to put a rebuild into it I'll be sort of married to the thing for the next few years, but probably still come out okay. so far though I think I got a winner, came out of USF fleet, so I don't think it saw many heavy loads.

 

Engines are going longer before having an overhaul. If you want to buy the truck, I would have an oil analysis pulled and have an dyno done on the engine. It is a small price to pay for a little peace of mind.

 

If it was maintained well and driven well, that truck with 888K miles on it will still go quite a ways before needing serious engine work. I currently have a 2006 Intl 9400i with 868K. ISX in it still only uses a gallon of oil every 7-8000 miles, oil samples still look as good as they did when it had 300,000 on it. I reset the ECM trip information for the week each weekend, and for this week, the truck is getting 8.8 mpg on the ECM. Now we know the ECM is always a little off, and after the years of owning this, I know the ECM is about .5 mpg off. But still being over 8 mpg is not something to sneeze at, especially with a fair amount of off the interstate running thrown in. I took my last engine, a Cummins N-14, to over 1.4 million and never had it opened up for any major work, and it still got over 7 mpg and ran good when I gave it up.

When I was doing some comparison shopping a few months ago before deciding on the FL glider truck I ordered, I had one dealer offer me $30K for my current 9400 on the spot. Of course he wanted me to trade into one of his emission laden trucks, so that was not a deal I could bite at.

Do what Gman recommends.... do an oil sample, put it on a dyno run, and maybe have a good mechanic you trust take a look over the truck. Well worth the fees involved.

 

Can you tell me where to get that program to check your ECM

 

Any mechanic or shop that works on big trucks should be able to check it for you. All they need to do is plug into the ECM with their computer. It should only take a few minutes. The program itself can be pricey.

 

I am aware of that, it sounds like he has a personal one

 

It's a freebie that is in my qualcomm MCP200 unit under "Performance Monitoring". The ECM trip function gets automatically reset at midnight on Friday each week. The picture of it I posted was from running so far this week. Now, I will concede the ECM is a little off. The true mpg is around 8.2, pump to pump, this week.

Detroit has an in dash monitoring system (can't remember the name of it) that is similar to Cummins RoadRelay system. But they are not easy on the wallet. Those displays will show you just about everything you wanted to know that is going on in the ECM.

I think the Bully Dog "Watch Dog" offers some of the ECM monitoring for MPG, help with shifting at the right time, etc. And it also allows one to change the speed limiter for those that run in and out of Canada, unlike the Cummins or Detroit units. That unit is also not cheap. It is around $900, give or take.

 

I have a 05 International 9400 I and it needs a door. Can i use a different year other than an 05 for the door? If so what year ranges can I use?

Thanks

 

In 2010 I paid 23k for a 2006 9400. It had 430k mi on it. I don't think I would pay 17k for a 2005. I had to get a platinum overhaul at 850k.