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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 07:57 PM
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oil burning thru engine

Hi all. 1995 250 psd oil is burning fast. Put in a rebuilt turbo thinking the bearing was pulling the oil out. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any advice
 
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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 08:42 PM
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Was it burning before or after the turbo install?
 
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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 08:42 PM
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How many miles on the truck? Did it just start burning it fast? Any other information you can give us?
 
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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 08:54 PM
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140 k. was burning before. thought injectors were bad, but oil got low enough fast
 
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Does it start good yet? Smoke like a freight train?
 
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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 08:59 PM
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starts up fine and smokes a lot. blue gray smoke
 
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 12:23 PM
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Is the fuel filter blackish ? Is it possible you have deteriorating injector o-rings ? What I mean is have the o-rings ever been replaced ?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 03:17 PM
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Is the fuel filter blackish ? Is it possible you have deteriorating injector o-rings ? What I mean is have the o-rings ever been replaced ?
fuel filter isnt black. not sure on o-rings.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 04:54 PM
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I'd say its time to get inside the valve covers. I'd start it with them off, look for oil bubbling up by any of the injectors, sign of a blown oring. Also look if they are all spitting back about the same amount of oil. If everything looks ok, I'd say its time for a compression test.

Did the motor run hot at all? Any more past history you can give us? Did this happen all of a sudden? Or has it worsened over time? Any information you can give will help.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 427 fordman
I'd say its time to get inside the valve covers. I'd start it with them off, look for oil bubbling up by any of the injectors, sign of a blown oring. Also look if they are all spitting back about the same amount of oil. If everything looks ok, I'd say its time for a compression test.

Did the motor run hot at all? Any more past history you can give us? Did this happen all of a sudden? Or has it worsened over time? Any information you can give will help.
Thanks for the feedback. The truck sat for a while as I mostly drove a work truck. Motor didnt run very hot but smoked for a long time. injectors werent getting oil pressure since last fall. No oil on the ground. Turbo bearing was my buds thought so he put in a rebuilt turbo around X-mas. still eating oil
Injector o-rings? Idk
 
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 07:19 PM
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Make sure you don't have oil in your coolant.
 
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How much oil is it using ?
 
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Old Feb 25, 2013 | 06:22 AM
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How much oil is it using ?
It can get up to 4 quarts low in a week or less of local driving
 
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That is ALOT of oil .....are you sure the Turbo was rebuilt properly and it is not Leaking on the outside as well ?
 
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Old Feb 25, 2013 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by blageurt
That is ALOT of oil .....are you sure the Turbo was rebuilt properly and it is not Leaking on the outside as well ?
no external leaks. Was doing this a few months before the new turbo
 
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