94NAIDI
Registered User
As the title states. My 1994 7.3 IDI NA swallowed a broken tip from a glow plug. It ended up in the combustion chamber and made a hell of a racket. So then the tear down commenced. I pulled the engine and now have the heads off. I removed the broken piece. It only put a small indentation in the top of the piston so I assume that is still usable. I live in the rust belt, so I’m going to pull the oil pan as well to make sure there are no potential weak points from rust. My question is, is there any other things I should do for good insurance while the engine is out? Like oil pump etc…I don’t want to spend a lot of unnecessary money, but if there are certain things worth replacing while it’s apart, I don’t mind. But if the factory oil pumps don’t fail, then I wouldn’t want to waste the time and money. I appreciate any and all advice. I damn sure don’t want to pull this engine again. That was not fun. The truck has 225,000 miles on it. I assume that is accurate for the engine as well. No obvious signs of being out previously.