Coolant loss

[Rawze]

(03-20-2021 )03maxpower Wrote:  Little update: coolant in the oil after another oil sample. Will be pulling the head to see what the issue really is. I still believe it’s just the gasket seeing how Cummins just replaced the head in December. More updates still to come.

you don't "pull the head" to see what it is .. that is what some complete f$king under-trained idiot would do!. /... YOU DO THE PROPER TESTS FIRST TO DETERMINE WHAT THE ISSUE IS!!!!... BEFORE PULLING THE HEAD OFF IT AND WASTING EVERYONE'S TIME AND MONEY!

NEXT: - If it turns out to be the head gasket.... HEAD GASKETS ON ISX ENIGNE DO NOT FAIL WITHOUT THERE BEING A LINER ISSUE!!! -- PERIOD!!!-- I JUST WILL NOT HAPPEN!. HEAD GASKET WILL ONLY EVER FAIL WHEN THERE IS A DROPPED LINER!... EVER! ... UNLESS SOMEONE UNDER-TORQUED THE HEAD WHEN THEY BUILT THE MOTOR... AND EVEN IN THAT CASE, IT CAUSES A LINER TO DANCE THAT BLOWS THE GASKET!!!./.. AND THAT HEAD IS RUINED.. AND THE BLOCK NEEDS COUNTER-BORING TO FIX IT AGAIN!

THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS... THERE ARE NO PROPERLY TRAINED PEOPLE ON THESE ENGINES ANY MORE WORKING FOR THE OEM NETWORK OF MORONS OUT THERE... THEY ARE MOSTLY COMPLETE DUMB-ARSSES AND THAT IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU GO TO THOSE "CERTIFIED" SHOPS!!!!


AND IF THAT IS INDEED YOUR ISSUE.... A HEAD GASKET FAILURE... THEN YOU CAN BLAME IT SQUARELY ON THE DIP$SHITS WHO TOOK IT APART THE LAST TIME, DID A HALF-ARSED REPAIR, AND DID A S$IT JOB!... WASTED EVERYONE'S TIME AND MONEY ... SIMPLE AS THAT!


If the head gasket is gonzo... it will need counter-boring ... IT WILL NEED NEW LINERS (likely an overhaul kit), it will need the liners raised to 0.014" this time. IT WILL ALSO NEED A NEW HEAD!!!... because those liners eat into the bottom of the head just the same as they eat into the engine block when they dance around ... there is no shortcuts ... SOMEONE COMPLETELY WASTED YOUR MONEY AND TIME THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD IT APART, PLAIN AND SIMPLE!

I SEE OR HEAR ABOUT THIS 20 OR 30 TIMES A YEAR AT LEAST BY THESE COLLECTION OF CERTIFIED SHOPS OUT HERE ANY MORE AND IT IS SICKENING!

Bobtail that thing to Mr. Hags and let it get built the right way so that you don't keep repeating history on it. That or build it yourself so you know it was done right.

-- AND ALWAYS SAY NO TO ANY AFTER-MARKET COMPONENTS INSIDE THAT ENGINE... ONLY USE CERTIFIED OEM PARTS... OEM BRAND NEW HEAD (OR A CERTIFIED REMAN IF YOU HAVE TO) OR YOU WILL BE DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN IN ABOUT 3 YEARS OR SO YET AGAIN!