HELP blowing white smoke!!

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Wife's raggin all over me.. Cant get to the freezer bla bla bla

Do you think after I do a dump run, my cherry picker will fit and have enough room?

 

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Plenty of space. Support the engine and roll the van back.

Cool..

After I put 20 psi back in all tires, the van just barely touch's the door when its up. I will have to strap the suspension down before I remove the engine to be able to even open the door after the engine is out..

Is there a bolt torque sequence for head removal? Or only for install?

 

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Engines removed.. Accessing the damage.

 

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Ate a cam lobe?

Along with the rings/cylinders.. Might have been caused by marine injectors with wrong spray angle. Or just half a million miles..

 

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My Machinist mentioned the cylinders didn't look so bad, but still no word yet.

I spoke with Zach Hamilton about his 178-208 cam. But after I explained what I wanted from my tow vehicle he said..

""If it were mine, I would get a htbg 57mm s-300 with a 14cm housing and pair it up with a 188-208 cam. That will be enough air to cool your egts quite a bit. On injectors, there are a few options available. You should verify with the choice with an injector company, but I would run a 5x.012" which is a 5 hole nozzle with a .012" orifice , if you want to lean towards economy or 5x.014" if you want to lean towards performance. Also, I would go vco not sac style.""

Think his suggestion is a good plan?

I'm also giving up on Jeff at Mumau Diesel.. I talked to him and it seemed he wanted to help me out. But I then sent a more detailed email which was never answered. Even after I called back and asked a employee to remind him to answer.. Nothing.

So I'm tempted to order my rebuild kit from http://www.cumminsperformanceparts.com since Zach linked to it for whatever reason. Decent vendor?

 

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Any news on the engine.

 

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All the parts from Jeff are here and engine is ready to go back together.. Its just a matter of time and I will have a cummins with zero miles on it.

Right now my priority is finding and buying a different house though.

 

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Any updates on this project?

The Van is slowly coming together.

 

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I finally got the engine running with no issues so far.. Definitely runs stronger and its not even broken in.

Its been over one year since it started "blowing white smoke!!" I crack up on how urgent my wife made the first post sound.:ylsmoke: Shes gone, but the cummins van will remain for a long time!