toby

We have a tech at the shop that just pulled heads on a 6.4 for venting from degas. What we found was amazing and I will have to try and get pics up. On one side there is a circular crack in the head just next to one of the cylinders. There is also a small hole in the head along the sealing ring. There is a hole in the head on the other side also along the sealing ring. Its the strangest thing... I will try and get some pictures of what I am talking about.

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I am glad that we are not the only ones with this issue. I have on in now with 6k on it with a bad EGRT_A. So I went to replace it and low and behold its siezed. Heat was no help so this one is getting a pipe. Heat and try and heat and try didnt work, out came the threads. The really good news is that this truck has the dumbest lift kit I have ever seen that makes transmission crossmember removal literally impossible. So off comes the body. Fun stuff!!

Well the air filter was full of dirt and dust, a fair ammount fell right out when I took a look at it. I quoted the guy a turbo, cat and CAC cleaning and he figured I was full of crap. "His friend rebuilds turbos, and this same friend says there is no way it needs a cat and that I am full of it". /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/icon_crazy.gif So after towing it to our shop from another shop, he sent a tow truck to pick it up before I could even get the cac tubes back on! This guy has now spent more money in diag and tow bills than its even worth. Oh well, thanks for the help guys, I am sure I'll need more some day.

Well I did get it started in the shop after pushing it in and charging up the batteries. Even with 2 hoses hooked up to the exhaust I still filled the shop with smoke. The engine ran like a bag of you know what at idle. I didnt even dare try and rev it up at all. The customer did say that he had heard the engine "knock" but that he is also not all that "in tune with diesels" I was figuring that at the minimum the turbo and cat need replacing and the CAC cleaned. This is a retail job so I was not wanting to spend more of the customers cash than needed, but also dont want to blow him out of the water right away with a motor right off the bat. Thanks for your reply and I will do some more checking in the morning and see what way the customer wants to go.

Hey folks, first post here so bear with me! I have a 04 sick-0 with 111,000 miles on it, that came from another shop for a lack of power concern. The story is that the customer was driving, heard a "noise from the turbo" as he describes it and the truck stalled. Apparently the other shop had to add 11-12 qts of oil to get the truck started. There is oil running out of the exhaust. I pulled the hot side cac off and the turbo is full of oil. I pulled the intake tube off and the turbo is dusted and the bearings are shot (its obvious!) Pulling off the cold side cac tube the cac is filled with oil as well as the intake and there is once again no oil on the dipstick. My question is this... I have never seen this type of failure and wondering what to expect. Can a failed turbo dump that much oil into the exhaust and engine, or should I suspect crankcase pressure issues? I am leary to perform a crankcase psi test, as I already filled the shop with smoke and who knows with the oil in the intake and such what might happen. I have always wanted to see a runaway...but just not one in my stall!! LOL Thanks in advance for the help. Toby