Helping a friend look at a new truck

[Rawze]

If #3 sunk at 600k+ .. then within a few months,MAYBE EVEN ONLY DAYS ... .. another one is going to do the same thing,if not the same damn cylinder!! .. and if a new head was not installed, then that is far worse!!

Someone barely patched it up, minimum as possible, just to get the thing to stop leaking coolant so that they could put it up for sale!!!... KNOWING FULL WELL IT IS NOW PURE GARBAGE!!!!

THIS SOUNDS EXACTLY like what a used truck stealer would do to get rid of it!!>.. = IT IS PURE TRASH!!!

IT STILL NEEDS A COMPLETE INFRAME!!!!... +++ ALL THE THINGS TO MAKE IT A MILLION MILE ENGINE AGAIN!!!.. ALL THIS STUFFS!!!..
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Also.. with 3.70 rears.. if it sunk a liner... THEN SOMEONE MOST LIKELY LUGGED THAT ENGINE BELOW 1500 RPM ITS WHOLE LIFE AND LUGGED IT TO DEATH.. BEAT THE LINERS OUT OF IT!!!.. THAT IS WHY IT FAILED TO BEGIN WITH!.

3.70's are a nice set of rears that allow you NOT to lug it to death.. so someone was purely lazy on it!. That or they PTO'd it to death at low rpm's with a hydraulic pump or something else!.
- Example: Car hauler trucks are notorious for this due to absolutely horrible PTO box gears that are waaay too tall, slapped onto the tranny, engine being tortured at 1,000 rpm's (instead of 1650rpm where it should be) while they operate the decks, etc.. and it eats the liners out of the block in half the normal expected lifespan for the engine.


PATCHING UP ONLY ONE DAMN CYLINDER GUARANTEES IT TO FAIL WITH A BLOWN HEAD GASKET RIGHT AWAY AGAIN.. AND YOUR RIGHT BACK TO WHERE I SAID.. INFRAMING IT AGAIN!!


THAT IS WHY IT IS GARBAGE!!!...

THE ENGINE NEEDS A FULL INFRAME. IT HAS NO HOPE in h#ells creation TO LAST AT ALL IF SOME CLOWN-WORLD OF A GARBAGE REPAIR SHOP ONLY PUT ONE DAMN CYLINDER / LINER / ?? IN IT!!! -- Did they even counter-bore the one cylinder and shim it back to height ?... doubtful.. BUT EVEN IF THEY DID.. , then it STILL HAS NO HOPE IN HE#LL TO LAST ANY WAYS!!! =- because they would be unable to raise the liner height!... and if they did not REPLACE THE HEAD WITH A NEW ONE TOO!!>. Then that is just like not doing anything at all!.

ADD on top of this,.. another 5 cylinders THAT ARE UNTOUCHED.-- BUT NOW HAVE BEEN DISTURBED!!!.. and it has no hope to last at all.


AND coolant in the oil system eats up an engine REALLY FAST.. LIKE SANDPAPER KINDA FAST!!!>.. SO IF THEY had to put new rod/main bearings in it.. THEN IT IS BECAUSE SOME FOOL WAS DRIVING IT AROUND WITH THE COOLANT ISSUE FOR A WHILE AND ATE THEM UP!!!.. MEANING THE HEAD AND GEAR-TRAIN BEARINGS / ALL OTHER LUBRICATED COMPONENTS ARE JUST AS BAD TOO!!...

THIS ENGINE IS A DISASTER AND SELLING IT TO SOMEONE AS YOU DESCRIBE.. IS A SCAM, SELLING IT IN THAT CONDITION AT THIS POINT!!! .THAT IS MY OPINION!!!.


DON'T WALK AWAY FROM IT.. RUN LIKE H#ELL UNLESS THEY ARE SELLING THE TRUCK FOR ONLY ABOUT 8K-12K, AND YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO INFRAME IT PROPERLY BEFORE EVEN PUTTING IT ON THE ROAD!.

OTHERWISE, SOMEONE HAS TO BE A SPECIAL KINDA DUMB (OR TOO GREEN TO KNOW ANY BETTER AT ALL) TO COME ALONG AND BUY A DISASTER OF A TRUCK LIKE THAT!