bumblebeer
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I really appreciate everyone on this forum for your time and patience! If I'm ever able to actually bring an idi home with me, I'll keep all my noob questions together in a single project thread. Until then....
I went the other day and looked at a couple of idis that are coming up for auction. One was a 7.3. It'll need glow plugs, and the auction house got it started with ether. But once it was running, it ran well and sounded like every other idi I've listened to. Very little blow by. Overall seems like it's in really good shape.
I also took a look at a '86 6.9 while I was there. It's the first 6.9 I've listen to in person. I'm more interested in it cause of the body and drive train, but the engine don't sound right. Its glow plugs are also bad and ether was used to start it as well. And it was a little harder starting. It's got an oil leak somewhere cause the bottom of the engine and oil pan are coated in it. The oil level was also low. When checking the dip stick, oil level didn't even register. Once it was started, it kicked enough oil on the stick to be able to check it out. That oil seemed fine. No sparkle to it. Didn't smell burnt. Didn't smell like diesel. Did smell like exhaust as expected. Don't know if it's actually circulating oil or not cause none of the gauges work. Also had one of the injector clips leaking pretty bad.
The sound of it running is kinda hard to describe, but it sounded hollow. There was some clatter and some rattling, but nothing that sounded like a bad knock or miss. Just really noisy. It didn't seem to get better or worse at higher rpm. There was a big difference between it and the 7.3. I have a video of each that I'll try to get uploaded this evening, but I don't know how much good it'll do. The audio quality is pretty bad.
With the truck being on an auction lot, there is only so much inspection and testing I can do with it. I know it isn't a lot of information to go on, but I'm just wondering how likely it'd be to behave when the fuel leaks are fixed and it's full of new oil. Or if I should expect there to be further problems or more damage caused by the way it's running. And if there's anything I could do to diagnose further before I have to decide what I'm willing to bid on it.
I went the other day and looked at a couple of idis that are coming up for auction. One was a 7.3. It'll need glow plugs, and the auction house got it started with ether. But once it was running, it ran well and sounded like every other idi I've listened to. Very little blow by. Overall seems like it's in really good shape.
I also took a look at a '86 6.9 while I was there. It's the first 6.9 I've listen to in person. I'm more interested in it cause of the body and drive train, but the engine don't sound right. Its glow plugs are also bad and ether was used to start it as well. And it was a little harder starting. It's got an oil leak somewhere cause the bottom of the engine and oil pan are coated in it. The oil level was also low. When checking the dip stick, oil level didn't even register. Once it was started, it kicked enough oil on the stick to be able to check it out. That oil seemed fine. No sparkle to it. Didn't smell burnt. Didn't smell like diesel. Did smell like exhaust as expected. Don't know if it's actually circulating oil or not cause none of the gauges work. Also had one of the injector clips leaking pretty bad.
The sound of it running is kinda hard to describe, but it sounded hollow. There was some clatter and some rattling, but nothing that sounded like a bad knock or miss. Just really noisy. It didn't seem to get better or worse at higher rpm. There was a big difference between it and the 7.3. I have a video of each that I'll try to get uploaded this evening, but I don't know how much good it'll do. The audio quality is pretty bad.
With the truck being on an auction lot, there is only so much inspection and testing I can do with it. I know it isn't a lot of information to go on, but I'm just wondering how likely it'd be to behave when the fuel leaks are fixed and it's full of new oil. Or if I should expect there to be further problems or more damage caused by the way it's running. And if there's anything I could do to diagnose further before I have to decide what I'm willing to bid on it.