My Pete rebuild

[Nostalgic]

(12-11-2019 )Brock Wrote:  Hey Nostalgic, how about a recap of what your issue's are currently? You are getting oil in your cac from the turbo? What else?

That's been one constant haha. 2nd turbo does it as well, and after seeing what exactly the oil seal looks like, it's really not a concern so much as a symptom.

In short, I have blowby and it uses about a gallon every 6k. Oil samples have iron @ 16ppm @ 12k OCI. Something happened early on.

Guessing something along the lines of a scuffed liner, cracked or broken ring, scratched piston? Anyway, while at Rawze's, he was able to time the puffs and throw a mark on the dampner to point to either #2 or #5 being the culprit, I think his money was on #5. I could possibly know more if I dropped the pan and had a look, but - if I drop the pan and see something, it's not like I can put it back on and go on lol, I'd HAVE to fix it once I know for sure what the issue is haha, so I gathered everything needed for a inframe, along with a new Cummins head, so that when I do drop the pan, it's fix-it time.

I decided to rebuild it with a Cummins kit and new head to eliminate a lot of unknown variables in the future. I admit, I've actually considered just replacing the offending liner/piston, or rings and putting it all back together as-is, to be honest. Who knows, once I find the issue, I'll decide what approach to take. I can always use the Cummins kit to build up my spare block like I planned from the beginning.