Oil drain to do a Head/ Head Gasket RR? + more

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(06-06-2016 )in2trux Wrote:  Boy if that isn't the $64,000 question!

Out of those 860,000 how many where yours?

As long as you're not pushing coolant into the oil, your mpg is still decent, keep running it.
At 860k you are running out of options. You really need to be thinking about either a total inframe or a reman engine. Rawze made 950 BUT he has owned the truck since new. How many of the miles on your engine were subject to the mandate?

Bottom end,pistons,liners,bearings $ 5000
New head, $5000 by the time you factor in shipping.
Rods, $2000
Camss, $3000+
Turbo and actuator, $4000
Injectors, $3000+
Timing and metering actuators, $2000
All of that is without labor.



My opinion, these are not 1M mile engines with the mandate!
By the time you or me get ahold of them, the damage is done.
3406b, 1 million miles, change the oil and filters, set the overhead once a year.

I've railed about the changes I've seen in the last 38 years and if anything with all the " technology" gains have been factored out by inflation and loss of production and reliability!

Start asking yourself," what is the cost of ownership"?
What do you net in 1 year? After all the parts,downtime?
How long can you tread water?

Keep running until,
1. All of your bills are paid 2 months in advance!
Because by the time you, schedule the work, aquire the parts and get back on the road, you and your business will be in cardiac arrest! Who can go, 3,4,5 weeks without revenue and not burn all their cash?

2. You have the $20K + for parts and core charges.
If you go with a reman engine, you need $ 35k + a $25 k core charge. Try to work that out with even the lowest overhead!

If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm in a real pissy mood because itt use to be just a matter of hard work. Now it is a total crap shoot!

I got the motor @ 550,000. I just had the cams out for new cam bearings with forum member Dr. ISX, everything up top looks great. I put a new exhaust cam in a year or so ago, the injection cam is great. Rockers are great. Injectors are not leaking. Main & rod bearings & oil pump were done in December. I overhauled the whole cooling system 2015 via RAD/CAC/thermostat/water pump/coolant temp sensor. By pass filter/clean oil since the cam bearing job. NO oil consumption... Great fuel mileage... I got 10 mpg riding empty today with a 48' spread flat... 7-8mpg loaded... I feel like I can get away with a new head/gasket and be good for a couple years... Now after buying my house my style of running is changing. Instead of 100k miles a year that will probably be cut in half or so...

I might just park this truck and run my N-14 for a while, a juggling move... I haven't been in the industry decades like you but I can say I'm in for over half a decade lol but I understand the frustration of today emission standards built into new motors... I never realized how different things were until I kept "peeling the onion" back and countered all the brainwash the industry consists of via the Newer Trucks are the answer to everything