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O ok thats probably why i was confused. Thank you

I would give it a wiff because power steering will smell different than engine oil. If it is leaking I would replace the pump and while your at it upgrade your steering box.

Does anyone know how to adjust the parking brake on one of these trucks with disk brakes in the back? I saw the article but I think thats for drum breaks?

Ya I got out what I could to. Drove it 70 miles today so we'll see. Should I do a sooner oil change? I assume the oil filter will pick up some of what left. Also what exactly holds that insulation there? Is it just a strong adhesive?

I was replacing my injectors yesterday and when I took the valve cover off one of the bolts ripped the insulation and that crap went everywhere. I know some fell into the engine and I tried to wipe what I could out by number 6. How screwed am I?

I finally caught the pulsating miss or knock on video. Its loudest on the passenger side toward the back of the motor. 20190227_105702_1280x720.mp4

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I was just wondering so I can have an idea of whats going on with the truck. Since if I can confirm the seals are gone by removing the valve cover I can atleast have an idea of valve health. Though having to pull the head off a mostly stock low mileage cummins would definitely not feel too good.

Can you see if the valve seals need to be replaced by just pulling the valve cover off?

I sent my oil in today to have it tested to see if theres anything out of the ordinary. I'm going to have it compression tested this week. I didnt think there were any vacuum issues but someone mentioned to put the havac on blast with the setting on the floor and if you have defrost coming out you have a vacuum leak. All if the main vacuum lines were went over again and no obvious issues. I guess ill rebuild the vac pump if everything else turns out okay.

Would bad valve guides and seals show up in a leak down test? How would I know I need to replace those over something more serious like actual engine damage?

My truck has 153,000 miles, and had an easy 19 year life. Are valve guides and seals something I could tackle myself? I've replaced injectors on a 5.9 before and I'm assuming it's a little more involved than that. The truck puffs black smoke on start up and then smokes a little if it's cold for a couple of minutes. It doesn't smell like oil, just cold diesel. I guess I should have someone else start it up and take a whiff of that puff, ha.

What would be oil smoke on start up? White smoke? And honestly I don't even know if it has a miss. It just seems loader than usual and it never had blowby besides when the vacuum line was busted. Its just so hard to believe that such a low mileage truck with regular maintenance and few power mods has compression issues.

I developed this miss over the winter and blowby pulsating out of the oil cap. There's also blowby floating by the firewall but that could be coming from the breather. I don't think i have a vacumm leak because my defrost works. Can bad injectors cause blowby? Here's a video, sorry for the wind noise. truckmiss.mp4 Sorry I dont know why my sigs not showing up. 154000 mile 6 speed, with edge comp and 5 inch exhaust. Mostly stock truck.

Yes, only when switching it on in any mode. The code clears when you turn the kit off, and then turn the truck off and on again. I know its weird that its tripping the speed sensor, but thats what its doing, reliably. Thank you guys for the responses.

I dont have proof of purchase or know exactly when i bought it, just that it was probably 2015. The only codes are p0500 and the usual companion code of p1693.

Hey guys havent posted in... Years. My high idle mod is tripping a p0500 code for speed sensor. Happens when I go to any setting, mpg 3 cyl, etc. On a side not the green led has stopped working as well. Any ideas on what I should do? Thanks.