dusted engine pulled head on drivers side
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dusted engine pulled head on drivers side
i don't see anything bad. looks pretty good. i will try to pull passenger head tomorrow. Does dusting usually mess up passenger side??
Do pistons ever contact cylinder walls or just rings??
thanks
Do pistons ever contact cylinder walls or just rings??
thanks
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When an engine is "dusted" your first indication is the turbo wheel down to a nub and no power. Most often the middle cylinders- 3,4,5,6 will be the worst off. How do you think you engine is bad? WHere you running a K&N filter or something like it?
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i bought the truck cheap. it ran but was spitting oil smoking and missing
running like this one blowby etc.
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i did compression check and some cylinder were really low. turbo wheel blades were eroded at the edges
2-400 1-420 psi
4-400 3-180
6-240 5-340
8-280 7-165
I just pulled passenger cylinder and #3 piston has dents in top and looks like a ring might be broken because i can see gap in top ring. But the cylinder doesn't look bad. the head looks like new on drivers side.passenger side lots of carbon but it looks ok. someone tried replacing injector on that #3 had a alliant in there. I will get photos later.
running like this one blowby etc.
Bad diesel problems - YouTube
i did compression check and some cylinder were really low. turbo wheel blades were eroded at the edges
2-400 1-420 psi
4-400 3-180
6-240 5-340
8-280 7-165
I just pulled passenger cylinder and #3 piston has dents in top and looks like a ring might be broken because i can see gap in top ring. But the cylinder doesn't look bad. the head looks like new on drivers side.passenger side lots of carbon but it looks ok. someone tried replacing injector on that #3 had a alliant in there. I will get photos later.
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@mongo it had a stock airbox but it was cracked i think the clips were all missing and it was duct taped. 
there was a K&N sticker on the box though. guy said it ran but he couldn't start it.
there was a K&N sticker on the box though. guy said it ran but he couldn't start it.
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here are some pictures
drivers head
PASSENGER HEAD
CYLINDER #5 had gook on it looked like mud i had valve covers off maybe a bee went into glow plug hole?? Antrifreeze was nice and green and clean. i don't know how mud would have got in there but cylinder don't look bad.
CYLINDER #5 goop cleaned off
CYLINDER #3 HAS DAMAGE on piston i have no idea what happened to it.
cylinder pics
PASSENGER HEAD
CYLINDER #5 had gook on it looked like mud i had valve covers off maybe a bee went into glow plug hole?? Antrifreeze was nice and green and clean. i don't know how mud would have got in there but cylinder don't look bad.
CYLINDER #5 goop cleaned off
CYLINDER #3 HAS DAMAGE on piston i have no idea what happened to it.
cylinder pics
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i don't know. it's a 2000 engine i think it had forged rods. it looks crappy but i think they cylinder need a bore maybe and some pistons. head look good. I might rebuild it. maybe just bore it put some new slugs in and call it good.????
riff raff no longer sells overhaul kits
riff raff no longer sells overhaul kits
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i don't know. it's a 2000 engine i think it had forged rods. it looks crappy but i think they cylinder need a bore maybe and some pistons. head look good. I might rebuild it. maybe just bore it put some new slugs in and call it good.????
riff raff no longer sells overhaul kits
riff raff no longer sells overhaul kits
Where did you get that from?
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Your heads look bad enough to me to go thur them completely. Valve job isn't that bad unless you have to replace everthing. Tousley Ford has the kits if Clay dosen't, but I think Clay still sells or can get them also.
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I would also have the heads gone over. There might be damage that the eye cant see. Why go through all this work to have there be a problem with the heads or a valve not seating correctly.
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