High Blowby
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High Blowby
I have a 2000 F350 Diesel. It has 100K miles on it and seems to run fine. However, the other day I noticed it was a little off on power, but still had get up and go. When I got home I let it sit for an hour before checking the oil level. I found it below the add mark. I inspected the engine for external leaks and found none. I removed the intake hose and found an oil puddle the size of a quarter in front of the turbo. I pulled the chage air intake hose and found a lot of oil in it. I read about the CCV clogging but I am afraid I may have a turbo leaking air into the engine or worse, a scored cylender. Is ther a tool for taking blowby readings? If so, does anyone know the specs. I lost a lot of oil in a short time and this winter has been very cold even though I plug in. Any information I can get will help me determin my failure and cause of failure.
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Your best bet would be to get an oil sample and send it blackstone or similar place to have it analyzed. That would tell you everything that you want to know. Blow buy is exhaust and fuels going from Combustion chamber, passed piston and into the oil, don't think this is the problem. The oil in front of the turbo and in the intercooler tubes is normal. It is from the mist oil coming out of the CCV. Due to emmisions ford has the CCV routed into the intake. Did you look in the valley back by the turbo? Pedastal orings are a pretty common failure. When was the last time you checked the oil? (prior to current problem) was it at full? add?, somewhere in the middle. If it was a sudden drop in oil amount, I'd say you have a new leak some where. I'd top the oil off and monitor it for a while and see what it is doing, possible it is just low from usage overtime.
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I think it would depend on what you are wanting to test. Like how many miles can you run between service, or if you change every 3-4 months? Best thing to do, is if you still have some of the oil you drained out, take a sample of it and send it out. It is really up to you. The ones I know of that are testing on a regular basis are running synthetics and establishing base lines on how long between oil changes. I simply want to know if there is anything I should be worried about, kind of a check up if you will.
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Originally Posted by Truckcruising
I have a 2000 F350 Diesel. It has 100K miles on it and seems to run fine. However, the other day I noticed it was a little off on power, but still had get up and go. When I got home I let it sit for an hour before checking the oil level. I found it below the add mark. I inspected the engine for external leaks and found none. I removed the intake hose and found an oil puddle the size of a quarter in front of the turbo. I pulled the chage air intake hose and found a lot of oil in it. I read about the CCV clogging but I am afraid I may have a turbo leaking air into the engine or worse, a scored cylender. Is ther a tool for taking blowby readings? If so, does anyone know the specs. I lost a lot of oil in a short time and this winter has been very cold even though I plug in. Any information I can get will help me determin my failure and cause of failure.
