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Apr 29, 2014 | 05:42 PM

RideDiesel88

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What caused this?!

I pulled my head to swap gaskets and found the old gasket is missing a part.

Apr 29, 2014 | 05:44 PM

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And I found it in the lifter valley while cleaning the engine block.

Apr 29, 2014 | 05:50 PM

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And I think this bent push rod is the result.

Apr 29, 2014 | 06:03 PM

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Anyone ever see this happen? I mean it's like the head gasket was cut or punched out. I twisted the steel head gasket when I pulled the head cuz it was stuck but it would take a lot to cut the steel like that. Also could a bent push rod cause a head gasket to blow? From like an exhaust valve not opening or something..

Apr 29, 2014 | 07:09 PM

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I'm ready to throw everything back together so I'd really love to figure out what happened in there. Thanks for any input.

Apr 29, 2014 | 07:42 PM

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I have seen a bent push rod tear up the gasket pretty good. I would say the push rod broke the gasket.

Apr 29, 2014 | 08:11 PM

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Ya that's what I was thinking. So what do you think bent the push rod? The truck was running good. You would never know anything was wrong. I found coolant coming into my intake to my turbo up through my valve cover (ccv) which is right above #3 cylinder (4th push rod from front) and come to find out that piece of head gasket to seal that part of was broken off.

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Apr 29, 2014 | 08:33 PM

RideDiesel88

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Ya I guess. The HG would have to blow and let coolant in cylinder then have irregular combustion and bend push rod then mess up gasket and let coolant come all the way up the crank case vent into intake to turbo?

Apr 29, 2014 | 09:12 PM

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That sequence of events does sound logical to me FWIW.

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Apr 29, 2014 | 09:47 PM

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Seen lots of bent push tubes. Yes they tear up gaskets. Repleace the tube put it together and drove them

Apr 29, 2014 | 10:12 PM

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K cool. Just trying to figure out why my head gaskets blew. Never saw puke out degas or coolant out exhaust. I'm thinking I can just throw everything together and be fine.