2000 powerstroke lost compretion on #1 cylender & is blowing oil out breather
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2000 powerstroke lost compretion on #1 cylender & is blowing oil out breather
I have a 2000 f250 with a little over 150000 miles. I started running amsoil
5w30 at about 135000 miles. I was pulling
a 35ft trailer up a 6% grade & I noticed that the engine temp was a little high so
I shut off the air & turned the heater on &
it cooled right down. When I slowed down
it was running ruff. when I started going
agin I noticed back smoke coming from
the exhaust when it would down shift. It
ran about 30miles then quit. it had oil under it,we added about 3.5 qts of oil,it started and ran about 40 more miles & quit,it took 3.5 more qts. I took it to the
local shop they puller the #1 glow plug & said it had no compretion in the # 1 & gest it had a hole in the #1 piston. Does
that sound like it possable it never even
was close to the red on the temp gauge about 1/4 in from the red. Is There any thing else that would cause this problem?
5w30 at about 135000 miles. I was pulling
a 35ft trailer up a 6% grade & I noticed that the engine temp was a little high so
I shut off the air & turned the heater on &
it cooled right down. When I slowed down
it was running ruff. when I started going
agin I noticed back smoke coming from
the exhaust when it would down shift. It
ran about 30miles then quit. it had oil under it,we added about 3.5 qts of oil,it started and ran about 40 more miles & quit,it took 3.5 more qts. I took it to the
local shop they puller the #1 glow plug & said it had no compretion in the # 1 & gest it had a hole in the #1 piston. Does
that sound like it possable it never even
was close to the red on the temp gauge about 1/4 in from the red. Is There any thing else that would cause this problem?
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Yes better oil weight would of been better. Did you have a tuner on it? What were your EGT's? Not going to be a cheap fix. If the wall of the cylinder is good, I've seen people just replace that one piston if money is in question. Something had to make the cylinder run lean. Diesel engines do require more work to keep running, Gauges are number one thing to install if your towing that kind of weight.
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I'm an Amsoil dealer and I agree that 5W-30 oil is too light. Amsoil does offer some excellent 5W-40 and 15W-40 oils that would be a good choice.
I also agree that you likely don't have a burned piston. A hole in a piston will not cause oil to leak on the ground under your truck. A failed o-ring or high pressure oil line will. When the engine gets too low on oil it will run rough and shut down because the injectors are fired by oil. Also unless your crank case vent has been rerouted, it vents to the intake, not the ground. Any oil from the breather would be sucked up and burned.
When the guys here say go get your truck, it's because the diagnosis is fishy at best and most of us don't trust shops. If you want to tackle this yourself, we can help walk you through it. If not we might be able to lead you to a more reputable shop near where ever you are.
I also agree that you likely don't have a burned piston. A hole in a piston will not cause oil to leak on the ground under your truck. A failed o-ring or high pressure oil line will. When the engine gets too low on oil it will run rough and shut down because the injectors are fired by oil. Also unless your crank case vent has been rerouted, it vents to the intake, not the ground. Any oil from the breather would be sucked up and burned.
When the guys here say go get your truck, it's because the diagnosis is fishy at best and most of us don't trust shops. If you want to tackle this yourself, we can help walk you through it. If not we might be able to lead you to a more reputable shop near where ever you are.
Last edited by HD Rider; 09-23-2017 at 09:22 AM. Reason: to add
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"I also agree that you likely don't have a burned piston. A hole in a piston will not cause oil to leak on the ground under your truck. A failed o-ring or high pressure oil line will".
I guess that I must be missing something, but I still do not see the zero compression issue being dealt with. I guess that they could have botched the test if they did not have the proper tools/adapters.
I guess that I must be missing something, but I still do not see the zero compression issue being dealt with. I guess that they could have botched the test if they did not have the proper tools/adapters.
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A hole or a cracked piston will make a very distinct blowby noise... very very loud. You can't miss it. It will make a "pfff pffff pffff pffff" sound on every compression stroke, and when you remove the oil fill cap you will see a lot of whitish smoke coming out... and it will smell of raw diesel. It is very notorious.