Exploring 5.9L Cummins engine Killer Dowel Pin failure. What it is, why it happens, how to fix or prevent it.

Incidentally, the dowel hole should not be much deeper than the dowel pin’s length. That is, do not over-bore the hole. At most, the hole should be 1/16 inch deeper than the dowel’s length.

While both the 12 and some 24-valve Cummins 5.9L engines are known to suffer from the killer dowel pin issue, it's believed that the former models are more prone to experience the problem.

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