Beware of Maxtorq

Let's break it down.

Brings truck into me with essentially close to a melt down. What I mean by this is that the truck was being used for not only a sled puller but a heavy tow vehicle. Said truck was equipped with a 66/??/16 over a 475 memory serves me correct. 66 was melted to the ground. Pulled everything down told him about the issues and that the head needed to be gone through. So I checked the head as close as I could then loaded it up for a second opinion, which was done at Mountain High. So from there I called Mark let him know. So again "I don't have money for that and to put it together I'll use to MO and get back and I'll let you do the work for 1000hp machine." Can't tell you how many call from him I fielded about that one. So I put a s300g back on top since it was the only turbo I had in stock to get him rolling. Again I told him to take it easy as he was on borrowed time.

So from there he calls sometime between CO and MO saying the truck is running great and he's driving 85 with a load on a goose. I get off the phone looked at the wife and said he's gonna burn it down again.

You took the truck knowing full well that it wasn't gonna last and I told you that.

Only person that's not telling the truth is YOU Mark.
 
No because I drove to CT EMPTY to pick up a wreck Shelby gt500. And once again I will reiterate, I NEVER said I didn't have the money during the original repair, after the second issue I didn't have the money. I specifically asked you if the head was usable and you said yes but will need fixed or replaced in the future if further modifications are made. Not once was I told the head was in bad enough shape to need replaced.
 
Let me ask you this, if the head was that bad, why would I say no to it but yes to a turbo when I had a 64 at home I coulda thrown in place of the 66? The reason is I wouldn't say no to the head if it needed attention. I replace what needs replaced and you should know that by the 2 transmissions, rear driveshaft, clutch, and everything else I've purchased thru you Rob.
 
And BU THE WAY, the pickup had 2 sled hooks on it and towed a gooseneck with pickups or cars on it. That pickup wasn't used for the heavy loads, the duramax was.
 
Your in a fog Mr! Again the head had small cracks. Even then Mark you didn't want to do the job correctly. You wanted a patch fix because YOU were in a hurry.
 
I was told, BY YOU, cracks like that are common and weren't a huge deal. You stated I had limited time on it yes, but not to the tune of needing a new one yet or I woulda had a new one from mountain high put on. But micro cracks do not explain the head and block being warped now do they?
 
Head was flat. Checked by my straight edge and again at MHP. And they are common.

I told you about them you elected to put it back together.
 
Then let me ask you this how, with only driven 2500 miles, would my head and block warp a total of .009" right after you did the work? Because if these micro cracks were the cause it would have happened a very long time ago. I find it very difficult to believe, that just after being noted as flat, and headstudded, it just decided to warp right after you touched it.
 
Maybe I missed this, but what was the reason for the head gasket replacement in the first place? Truck running hot?
 
The head gasket was blown and needed replaced. The warping of the head and block caused it to blow a second time in 2500 miles.
 
The pickup never ran hot and as previously stated had 2 hooks on it, both times warmed up and cooled properly with the guidance of scheid diesels team and a few others since it was my first times
 
rebel23326 said:
The head gasket was blown and needed replaced. The warping of the head and block caused it to blow a second time in 2500 miles.
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Yeah....and what was the root cause of the blown head gasket the first time?
 
As far as I know, boost lifted the head/stretched the stock head bolts, and blew. It was doing the EXACT same thing it did the second time, blowing oil into the coolant and out the coolant overflow tank
 
the only thing stated concerning the block at the time of the original fix, was it and the head were true
 
And where specifically was the oil entering the cooling system?
 
If I remember right, a port towards the front of the head. I can pull the head and double check that though.
 
Was told by Rob, both the head and block were warped causing the second gasket failure, nothing about a lifted head was mentioned. It was studded with ARP studs and never saw over 27psi of boost my whole trip. As soon as I'd get close to 25 psi I would start letting out of it or drop a gear if the grade was steep enough
 
At the time I also did not have a programmer hooked up. The pump wire was taken off and was only used for monitoring. It was a quad adr
 
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