Engine Ruined...
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Will do. Keep on workin' hard.
Waystro
No Class
Ok that works out good because the engine block is damaged.
Yeah. Picking up a known good used engine with 130k on it for $1000 with a 6 month warranty
LCAM-01XA
Full Access Member
Usually from a salvage yard you get 30 days warranty, some are more generous at 3 months but you also pay accordingly. I think 1k for a known good diesel engine and half a year warranty is pretty decent. As long as you can swing it of course, which it sounds like you can. Good luck!
fordf350man
Full Access Member
Too bad I didn't see this before, I am a bit of a drive though but I have a running idi in my truck now I would have sold you for $500with the C6 transmission, it is a non turbo idi though. All that I would ask is to help me pull it out plus the $500.
Update 1:
Update 1:
Okay, so today we finally got into tearing the truck apart.
I figured out the definitive cause of the engine failure...
A while back water had gotten past the hood and into the intake leaving the truck hydrolocked. I pulled all GP's out and cranked 'til the water was gone. Well, the damage had already been done, but I didn't know that. After getting the water out, the truck ran fine for the next ~150 miles until the big blowout mentioned at the start of this thread.
Fast forward, the truck is sitting in the lot at the shop when I try to start it to move it. Low and behold, *clunk* *clunk*. ****'s hydrolocked again. Then it clicked in my head. The hydrolock damaged the engine! Well, what a dumb way for the engine to get ruined. After I had the truck in the garage, we realised a small dent on the hood had been letting large amounts of water into the bay. That will definitely be fixed...
Anyway, here's a few pictures...
Truck up on the lift.
A TON of water from the oil pan. *Note: Water is NOT green, just the flash*.
Transmission pulled (Don't mind the baby bouncer thing
)
Engine after trans removed and some stuff taken out
BONUS:
Here's the engine that will be going into it. Junkyard engine. Little rough but should work after I swap parts out.
Anyway, more updates as I work on this.
Update 1:
Okay, so today we finally got into tearing the truck apart.
I figured out the definitive cause of the engine failure...
A while back water had gotten past the hood and into the intake leaving the truck hydrolocked. I pulled all GP's out and cranked 'til the water was gone. Well, the damage had already been done, but I didn't know that. After getting the water out, the truck ran fine for the next ~150 miles until the big blowout mentioned at the start of this thread.
Fast forward, the truck is sitting in the lot at the shop when I try to start it to move it. Low and behold, *clunk* *clunk*. ****'s hydrolocked again. Then it clicked in my head. The hydrolock damaged the engine! Well, what a dumb way for the engine to get ruined. After I had the truck in the garage, we realised a small dent on the hood had been letting large amounts of water into the bay. That will definitely be fixed...
Anyway, here's a few pictures...
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Truck up on the lift.
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A TON of water from the oil pan. *Note: Water is NOT green, just the flash*.
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Transmission pulled (Don't mind the baby bouncer thing
)
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Engine after trans removed and some stuff taken out
BONUS:
Here's the engine that will be going into it. Junkyard engine. Little rough but should work after I swap parts out.
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Anyway, more updates as I work on this.
FWIW, i would be ripping the oil cooler, waterpump, and valve covers off and resealing them while its out.
the oil cooler especially nothing like getting it done and find out that its a leaker.
the oil cooler especially nothing like getting it done and find out that its a leaker.
Add to that an inspection of drain hole on valley pan...cdr grommet...and F n R main seals....suck put it in find its a leaker...all for sake of few bucks n bit time....
Well, final update everyone.
We finally found the time to complete the project.
Engine is in the truck and for the most part, it runs pretty well.
There's a leaky injector that causes a hard start, but I will be swapping it here soon.
Other than that, I'd say so far so good.
Thanks for the help everyone!
We finally found the time to complete the project.
Engine is in the truck and for the most part, it runs pretty well.
There's a leaky injector that causes a hard start, but I will be swapping it here soon.
Other than that, I'd say so far so good.
Thanks for the help everyone!
jhenegh
Truck Still Earns its Keep
Does it run rough and smoke white like it's missing on one when it starts? If so, may just be a glow plug or the connection. I've got that right now. She hammers and stammers on 7 cylinders for 5-15 seconds on a cold morning until that cylinder get some heat to it. My injectors are nearly new. No smoke and smooth as can be once all 8 hit
crash-harris
Breaker! Breaker!
Get that injector replaced soon. I let mine go hoping it would hold out and it blew part of a return cap out when the injector finally stuck open.
Gonna do it tomorrow. Have some injectors laying around ill put in there. not too worried about it. just glad she runs.
and change your damn signature 
