jlwelding

Here is my oil sample results. Not bad for 8k, and it says it can go more. OIL Analysis 100910.pdf

I am 160 mile west of Houston on hwy 290

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What kind of eaton trans are you going with?

Thats what mine ran when it was new, I guess the spring gets a little week over time.

So the cap has nothing to do with venting, so I guess the vent is at the big white thing lol

Ok I got a new fuel cap from Oreilly and I as them twice this is for a 01 Dodge diesel, they say yes so I put it on and about 30 min. into driving I get out and diesel is dripping from the tank where the draw straw and basket goes in tank. I cant see which hole or hose it coming from but I go to loosen the cap and it has a lot of air coming out. I put old cap back on, that I drilled a hole in and no problem. It sounds like to me compression getting into return line. What do you think. I am going to try to make it pressure up again to see where it comin from.One other thing, what controls the pressure in the tank?

I dont know for sure but I here 17.5 I may be wrong. I would stick it in there and see, it cant hurt and it not hard to do. Just make sure spring goes in straight.

Waiting on oil sample to decide what next. I dont wont to buy compression test until I find out weather is worth it or not.Found a motor with 180k for 2500.00.

Call Chip with Blue Chip diesel, he likes talking vp's.

I came across a motor with 56k for 4500.00 plus ship and one for 2500.00 plus ship with 157k miles, both come with 1 year warranty as long as you replace water pump. ha, no problem there.

The stock ecm was reprogramed by dodge and the new one was programed by dodge dealer. I got to break down and do a compression test, I just hate to pay someone due to I could buy one and do it my self.

Yea he claims they are new computers, it looked new

Thats what I thought 1 1/2 years ago. Put a Bluechip on and ECM is new from Dodge. Still missing and lope. Everything on exteior of eng is new, and inj. are new.

I did a blow by test and it passed, only 4 11/16 rise at 2800 rpm

My son used my truck and I told him to fuel it up before he brought it back and we know where the cap is " right" Well I bought another and it started hissing everytime I took it off. Thats how I noticed it, so I just took it apart and drilled a hole in it where it would not get rain water in it.

i am starting to think just junk it. Anybody know how much a cummins reman would cost.

How much am I looking at for a long block? And what all come with long block?

Get you a little pneumatic sander, they have a sander about the size of quarter or fifth cent piece. I sanded my Lincoln SA200 and it was perfect for getting around tight spots. All you need is to ruff up the old paint, you dont need to take it all the way down to metal.Harbor Fraight I think.

Machine hole, mine just started slobering all over the place.

TRY THIS..LET THE ENGINE WARM UP..WHEN IT STARTS TO MISS OR SURGE..GO TAKE OFF THE FUEL TANK CAP AND SEE IF THERE IS PRESSURE...IF THE CRACK IS THRU THE FUEL RETURN GALLEY IN THE HEAD...THEY WILL DEFINETLY BE A CRAP LOAD OF PRESSURE IN THE TANKI drilled a hole in cap to release pressure in tank thinking that may help.There is a small rubber plug on top of fuel tank where you unscrew to remove the factory draw straw, well that plug is cracked like it built up pressure and split. Now it could have split due to age also, but at one time I had pressure in tank. When I went to fuel up it would hiss a lot of pressure I thought. Maybe for about 3 seconds, I didnt think the tank should hold pressure. Does it?Anybody else have pressure in tank?Hey guysKinda confused here ............Cracked injector bore - but jnoe had the issue PRIOR to putting in new 50HP DDP injectors right ? Cracked exhaust valve seat - wouldn't this cause gas to potentially leak out of the head - and basically sound like a 'tick' or and exhaust type sound (like an small exhaust leak) - rather than "missing" ??I do have a tick that sounds like exhaust leak, but it sounds like it is under hood not out of exhaust pipe. Even when valvues set at 8/18 you can here a tick. Could be a fueling tick also. The miss is eritic no consistency to it.

I bet that is it, DANG IT

I will be there, I need all the advice I can get, I am afraid I will be pulling a head here real soon.

10-4 on the uncommon problem. When I changed the inj. out they where real sooty and I kept blaming it on the timing. Well got all that lined out and nothing to point the finger to now. The entire exterior of the eng. is brand new, nothing left but the inside of the eng. The only thing not replaced is the map, ait, and the temp sensor, the alt, starter, water pump everything has been replaced. I set the gap on valvues today to 12/22 hopeing to change something and no change. From what your saying even compression test will show normal on a cold eng., right? Ok what if I restrict the flow of the return will that start a over fueling if there is a crack between the valvues and return? I dont mean shut it off but just slow it down. How did you find the crack in the head your referring to? Thanks Joe

I set it at 8 and 18 about a year ago, I found a few that where a little loose. And set them the same again. I dont know if it is possible they could be over lapping, in other words is exhaust opening to soon and visa versa