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Most assholes who drive those will deliberately not fix them because they want emmisions to be as high as possie to „own the libs” or whatever.
That philosophy is so fucking weird to me.
Do they want to breathe dirty air? Forget the environment for a moment, isn't clean air just nice to have?
Rhetorical questions, I know there's no logic in it.
Real men breathe coal dust and asbestos, clean air is for pussies.
I have no doubt there are people who legit think this.
I wouldn't bring it in because the "fix" will be to hobble the engine and make it worse, namely lower power, and a big decrease in mpg.
Big decrease in mpg? Is the fix going to make the cars less efficient?
Very likely. Higher NOx out of the engine generally means lower fuel consumption, so the fix will likely decrease the real world mpg that owners were seeing.
I've not yet seen any technical information on the defeat device, but from my time in the industry I can make an educated guess how it will play out
There probably won't be a decrease in power, as it was likely an aftertreatment issue (sizing, durability, cost cutting) that made them decide to use a defeat device. Cummins would retrofit every cheating engine with a brand new aftertreatment system at great cost rather than reduce the power of their engines. The brand damage of reducing power would far outweigh any repair and warranty costs.
This exact thing happened previously with the RAM eco diesel (2014-2016-ish). The 'fix' negatively impacted the performance of the truck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MmSUAOwpRY
Luckily my truck doesn't have any emissions equipment, or after treatment garbage on it to worry about.