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Old 11-13-2015, 03:47 PM
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Oil explosion out of head!

Ok so I'm driving, merge into interstate (getting on the throttle pretty good, 25 psi boost, enough throttle to clean up the exhaust) and a mile down the road, look back and huge cloud of smoke behind me. I pull over, shut the engine off, and pop the hood... Oil EVERYWHERE.

Crank it up for a second, oil is squirting out of the head under the gpr.

What did I break???? Help!!
 
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Old 11-13-2015, 04:02 PM
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Are you positive it's not a hpop line? That or maybe you blew a plug/oring on the oil rail on the head.
 
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Old 11-13-2015, 04:04 PM
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I'm about to pull the hpop line to check it... I took the stud that the gpr bracket attaches to off and the threads were dry...

I really hope it was the line!
 
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Old 11-13-2015, 04:12 PM
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Could this be the culprit?
 
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Was it all wet? Looks like it could be.
 
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Old 11-13-2015, 04:15 PM
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The whole motor is wet... Radiator all the way back to the turbo lol

I just saw squirting out of that area and don't know where else it could be coming from.. The ps front plug is too far forward I think.
 
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Old 11-13-2015, 06:56 PM
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the saying with hpop, or any high pressure line goes, if it makes you wonder at all...replace it!
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Old 11-13-2015, 09:06 PM
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I sure wish I had wondered about my turbo's high pressure oil line! LOL (I try to keep laughing about it)
 
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Old 11-13-2015, 10:24 PM
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it is sad, but look at the new toy/train you got out of it!
 
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Old 11-13-2015, 11:15 PM
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I blew an o ring on the hpx crossover mod. Lost almost all my oil on the highway in the middle of the desert. O ring lasted 2 years, maybe I over torqued it but that mod won't go back on.
 
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Old 11-13-2015, 11:45 PM
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There is 3 plugs along that oil rail on each head. They all go in line with the hp lines.
 
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Old 11-14-2015, 11:08 AM
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I'm getting a line made... I that wss my problem.

No one around here cab do my lines! Either they don't have the fitting or they don't do hydraulics... Frustrating.

Thank you all for the help! I really do appreciate it
 
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Old 11-14-2015, 12:34 PM
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clay sells them.
 
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Old 11-14-2015, 12:40 PM
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I was hoping to do it locally so I could have her up and running by Monday... If I can't, I snag one from clay.
 
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If one went, the other is probably not far behind!
 


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