What is the best way to take the motor out? I don't really want to take the cab off this time. Guess that is all pending what the AE software tells me in a few minutes.....

 

AE and Scan Gauge 2 show absolutely no engine codes....Guess its in the bottom end which means the motor is coming out....urggggg

 

What is the problem? The bottom end is pretty stout.

 

Engine seized up while doing around 60 mph yesterday evening.....turn key makes clunk and wont turn over at all....

 

Remove the starter and check that first. Then get the procedure
for hydra-locked clearing. You don't have to pull the motor to do
any of that. This way you can make a judgement on what the problem
may be. You may still have to pull it,But it is better to know that you
have to than to remove it and find it was a fix in place problem.

Sean

 

Agreed. I'd at least pull the glow plugs or injectors, remove the belt, and try to crank it by hand before going to the trouble to remove the motor. If you do end up pulling it, for whatever reason, you'll be that much ahead (either way).

 

Definitely pull the valve covers and see if all the valves are still there and move, or if one dropped, pull the glow plugs or the injectors and see if it's hydro-locked. I don't know if you can pull the pan on this with the engine in the truck, but if you can get clearance I''d pull the pan next. I personally would bite the bullet and pull the cab if I was going to pull an engine. In my experience if you seize an engine at 60 mph, you get a hole in the block somewhere...

Brian

 

Here is where I am after a couple of hours of messing around.

 

Did you pull the glowplugs?

 

Not yet....Doing first thing Thursday morning when i get back home back on shift tomorrow.

 

Looks like pullen the moter regaurdless

 

I wouldnt think accesory would stop the engine if running

That moter has enought torq it would have killed the Belt First

Now a Bad Accesory would slow it enough it wouldnt start but it was running then died

My guess is Hydrolocked

 

How do you know the AC pump didn't seize up or something? Why didn't you pull Glow Plugs to see if it hydro locked? Couldn't you drop the oil pan to see if something was broken?
Pulling an engine is a lot of work, if it just needs head gasket's, or something dumb like an AC pump seized.

 

i have seen a/c compressors do it.

 

The A/C Compress Suddenly Seize and Kill it when running???

Interesting I wouldnt have bet on that Now I know

What Happes to the AC Compress that makes it Suddenly Lock up?? A leak??