texas503

So does it sound like the truck might be worth keeping? Or is the opinion to drive it until I have major motor issues.

To pressure test I just hooked a fitting over the intake of the turbo and pressurized it with an air compressor. I did not get it to TDC though, I did not know about that. I just thought it was weird to have air coming up through the head. I could understand the blow by tube. I will eventually have to bite the bullet and install an EGT gauge, it is just hard when everything else continually breaks. I keep hoping to find a nice 12 valve 5 spd. Thanks --- Update to the previous post... With the way it sounds, do you think the motor would go to 500,000 miles. That and fuel mileage is why I bought a cummins in the first place.

When I bought the truck, the records show that in 2002 the original owner took the truck in for regular maintenance but the truck did not pass compression test. So Dodge put a short block in under warranty. So the truck had 104,000 miles but the short block had 40,000 miles on it when I bought it. I have never towed really heavy with it. Maybe 600 miles pulling about 5,000 lbs. I know I need an EGT guage, but am a little leary about drilling my manifold. It is my only daily driver. The truck runs O.K now, it does smoke some in low rpm's but I attribute that to bigger injectors. When I was trying to figure out why the truck smoked, I pressurized the intake system and had alot of air coming from oil fill cap and blow by tube. Does that show excess wear? Thanks --- Update to the previous post... I have fuel pressure and boost guages. How do I show my profile, i.e. the truck and modifications without writing it each time?

I bought a 1999 4x4 auto with about 104,000 miles a couple years ago which idled fine, but when under any load would smoke alot .... no modifications. I did not know any better and thought it had O.K. power until I rode in someone else's 24v. Well I looked for everything that would cause smoke. Ended up being a bad injector, replaced with RV 275's and now have good power.My question is, would me running the truck for about 15,000 miles, and I don't know how long before I bought it with bad injectors, cause issues with longevity of the motor. The truck now has 170,000 and runs fine and does not blow oil.Also the short block only had about 40,000 miles when I bought it.Sorry for the hypothetical question.Thanks

My oil has greenish tint also.... and I use Rottella T.