Oil and Excess Pressure in fuel

[Rawze]

(09-21-2024 )HAULNTX Wrote:  ...
First off the head that I replaced a couple weeks ago, before I knew it made a difference, isn't a cummins head like the original one is. The original head was replaced due to no6 injector cup leaking coolant. Since I'm already pulling the head again, should I have the original head rebuilt with new injector cups or just leave the current aftermarket head? This truck has the CM871 and it only has 310K miles total on the truck. I believe around 9-10K hours. Also I currently have diesel and oil samples sent off and I'm awaiting test results. I really appreciate all the helpful posts from everyone it has made all of this process so much easier because of the info y'all put out.

DO NOT USE OR HAVE RE-MACHINED, THE OLD OEM HEAD. OEM heads should never be re-used after 435k miles (or equivalent hours)!!!!. -- AND CERTAINLY DO NOT USE THE AFTER-GARBAGE HEAD THAT IS CURRENTLY ON IT, AS IT IS NOW RUINED (and it was noting but trash any ways)!!!... YOU WILL BE ON HERE IN A YEAR OR THREE AT BEST AND COMPLAINING IT HAS TO ALL COME APART YET AGAIN!!!..

---AND NO AFTER-GARBAGE BRAND OF INTERNALS EITHER!@!!---

DO YOU WANT IT DONE RIGHT, SO THAT THE MONEYS THAT YOU DO SPENT WILL EARN YOU BACK MORE THAN YOU PUT INTO IT VIA HIGHER RELIABILITY AND BETTER LONGEVITY???... .. OR DO YOU WANT TO NICKEL AND DIME IT TO DEATH AND THE REGRET IT LATER???>..

(investing in your commercial equipment as a business owner is like investing into the future)...
IF THIS WERE THE STOCK MARKET... WOULD YOU RATHER INVEST IN IBM AND MICROSOFT AT A HIGHER COST?//.. OR INVEST IN ENRON AND BRE-X, ONLY TO BE LEFT HOLDING AN EMPTY WALLET WHEN THEY FILED FOR CHAPTER-11.

HERE IS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN... NO SHORTCUTS.. NO AFTER-GARBAGE.. NO RE-USING THAT HEAD THAT IS NOT, NO GOOD BECAUSE IT WAS HALF-ARRSED THE FIRST TIME THAT IT CAME OFF!!!>...
REF: https://rawze.com/forums/showthread.php?...6#pid70606
100% OF WHAT IS MENTIONED THERE.. ALL OF IT .. NO SHORTCUTS, NO AFTER-TRASH!!!.

And good luck finding anyone willing to do things 100% correctly like that + all the extra steps mentioned there, because most shops don't have a clue any more these days, and would rather argue with you than take the extra time to do things right.

STOP WASTING ALL YOUR DAMN MONEYS TRYING TO SAVE $$$ ... BECAUSE THAT S#$IT DON;T WORK WITH ISX'S!!!.

THIS IS WHAT YOUR FUTURE WILL BE OTHERWISE!!!...: https://rawze.com/forums/showthread.php?...5#pid41315

-- and get that bad/questionable delete program pulled and sent over to me for a proper review too.. lest you repeat your fate again in the future on that issue alone.

These red engines do not tolerate red-necking things.. they do not tolerate after-garbage parts.. or after-garbage overhaul kits, after-trash heads, etc.. - They do not tolerate anything but a BRAND NEW OEM HEAD (or a cumming-only certified re-man, worse case, if new is not available).

FINANCIALLY INVEST WISELY AND COMPLETELY,.. OR YOU WILL NOT GET A RETURN ON THAT MONEYS BEFORE IT FAILS AGAIN, DIGGING YOU DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THAT BLACK HOLE OF REPEATED FAILURES THAT YOU, YOURSELF CREATED!!. Its plain and simple.

[Rawze]

(09-21-2024 )HAULNTX Wrote:  ... the crankcase filter was getting clogged up way to fast. aI haven't even put 10K miles on this truck but I've changed the filter 3 times. ...

Blown head gasket or not, WHY the h#ell do you have a paper-element crank case filter on that thing?. What a complete waste of moneys, and point of resistance that contributes towards overhead cam and turbo failures.

Put a maintenence-free filter on it from cummins, as its nothing but a piece of plastic with a 2-inch hole in it so that the engine can actually breathe properly and not starve itself of oil on the top end...
ref: https://rawze.com/forums/showthread.php?...50#pid8950

[HAULNTX]

I will be doing the work in my own shop myself. I'm not paying anyone to do this for me.

What causes this on an engine with such low miles? Again my history with this truck is minimal (<10K Mi.).

[Rawze]

(09-21-2024 )HAULNTX Wrote:  I will be doing the work in my own shop myself. I'm not paying anyone to do this for me.

What causes this on an engine with such low miles? Again my history with this truck is minimal (<10K Mi.).

Your situation is nowhere near unique, and it has been seen time and again around here.

Unfortunately, your posts so far imply heavily that you and your engine are already caught up in the cycle of failures mentioned in this following link. - Same story. Same gaggle of bad mistakes and poor decisions ...
https://rawze.com/forums/showthread.php?...5#pid41315

[tree98]

(09-21-2024 )HAULNTX Wrote:  I will be doing the work in my own shop myself. I'm not paying anyone to do this for me.

What causes this on an engine with such low miles? Again my history with this truck is minimal (<10K Mi.).

Your going to need about $5K in special tools to do the rebuild right, just so you know.

[HAULNTX]

Possibly the wrong place to ask this question if it needs to be moved please let me know.

My question is how much does it take to purchase a laptop, inline 5, 6, or 7, and cummins insite?

I have a 870, 871 and an isx12 which is a 2014, (not sure on the number or that one).

From what I'm seeing $300 on up for a laptop, Inline 6 seems to run around $300, and Insite from what I've seen is $1500.

Is there a less expensive insite that I'm not seeing or where should I look for that?

Eventually I would like to be able to demandate my own trucks and I know I will be sending a copy of the one that is already done as I'm pretty sure its complete trash.

[Rawze]

(10-04-2024 )HAULNTX Wrote:  ...and Insite from what I've seen is $1500. ...

I do not allow software to be traded/shared openly/publicly on this particular forum, but ...

There are plenty of other ppl/forums however, on the interwebs, that do 'share' or 'sell' all the software needed, once you have the adapter and laptop, without having to be raped by the official channels. $1500 sounds WAAAAY too steep. - Its usually for a much smaller fee out there (some people say free ... or for about $50 bucks or so, etc. to get it working for ya ) ... ehemm .. if you look in the right places.

Not that I go around encouraging such things,.. just stating facts.

[HAULNTX]

I'm hoping to have the truck completed in the next couple weeks. Ill be sending a copy of the file soon.

Also another dumb question, but how do you PM people on here? lol

[Lunchtime92]

(11-20-2024 )HAULNTX Wrote:  I'm hoping to have the truck completed in the next couple weeks. Ill be sending a copy of the file soon.

Also another dumb question, but how do you PM people on here? lol

Pm sent