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Ram12vcummins said:
So tore my engine down today with the mechanic. All liners had pitting and the rubber sealing on the bottom was rock hard. Wasn't gonna be long before it was leaking. One injector had broken spring and couple cups had a decent amount of coolant passing. The suspect valve that cause the rebuild was cracked in 4 places 1/8-1/4" in.
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What color coolant?
 
It was green I drained it when I bought it month ago. I've got purple now? That I'll put back in. But I also put coolant filters on my trucks.
 
Ram12vcummins said:
It was green I drained it when I bought it month ago. I've got purple now? That I'll put back in. But I also put coolant filters on my trucks.
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Green is why the liners are pitted. Coolant filters are just a band aid for the green and another place to leak.
 
Since all you truckers are in this thread, I thought I'd share a story with you about what happened a few days ago. Since my neighbor works at the scale house and a high school classmate of mine hauls milk.....I figured we'd have a little fun. I told my buddy to tell him that he is required by a new OK law that he must have nitrogen filled tires to haul milk in the state and that he also needs green valve stem caps to show they are filled with nitrogen. It took him about 3.5 seconds to loose his mind and call his boss and hand the phone to the officer. Once the officer told his boss what was up...all hilarity ensued and my phone rang with a gentleman speaking the worst French language I've heard in a while. :hehe:

Doesn't sound as funny when I type it out....but we had a long hard laugh at his expense.
 
Cavitation erosion.
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This unicorn was pumping oil in to the coolant.

There actually a really good thread on here somewhere (it may be this thread) where one of the guys that had just gone through class flamed out on me because I facetiously associated engine trouble with coolant color.

Truth is, Old World Industries manufactures most of the coolant available in North America. They have a really good video on YouTube that explains the purpose of additive packages, and formulation. OAT, IOAT, all that stuff.

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4x4dually said:
Since all you truckers are in this thread, I thought I'd share a story with you about what happened a few days ago. Since my neighbor works at the scale house and a high school classmate of mine hauls milk.....I figured we'd have a little fun. I told my buddy to tell him that he is required by a new OK law that he must have nitrogen filled tires to haul milk in the state and that he also needs green valve stem caps to show they are filled with nitrogen. It took him about 3.5 seconds to loose his mind and call his boss and hand the phone to the officer. Once the officer told his boss what was up...all hilarity ensued and my phone rang with a gentleman speaking the worst French language I've heard in a while. :hehe:

Doesn't sound as funny when I type it out....but we had a long hard laugh at his expense.
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:hehe::hehe::shake:
 
malibu795 said:
:hehe::hehe::shake:
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I made dang sure they knew he was a firecracker and that if he flipped his lid and started punching them that he wouldn't go to jail. :D

Wait 'til Loren brings his pipe hauling yankee ass flatbed own here again. LOL
 
Rig Wrench said:
Should one still run a filter with red (ecc)?
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We don't, it's just another place to leak and one purpose of the filter is the SCA additive that you don't need with red.

I used to run green until I pulled one of mine apart that had severe liner pitting that one running red with twice the miles didn't have. My engine was in good shape other than the electrolysis.
 
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This is the same engine, and this is what it looks like when your additive package is overcharged or mixed, and it plated out. Not the piles of **** at 12 and 3 o'clock

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Shoveling it out with a scraper.

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Note the goo and scale buildup on the liner.



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4x4dually said:
Wait 'til Loren brings his pipe hauling yankee ass flatbed own here again. LOL
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You can lick me right on the hairy taint! You will never find me going south past that new super coop. They leave the plate recognition cameras on 24/7 so even if they're closed it still time stamps you.

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Thought it may interest you guys.

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lorendiesel5.9 said:
You can lick me right on the hairy taint! You will never find me going south past that new super coop. They leave the plate recognition cameras on 24/7 so even if they're closed it still time stamps you.

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Nice, you have made my Sunday sir. Thank you.
 
Bersaglieri said:
Paying off all my debt was one of the best decisions of my life. The freedom is worth the sacrifice.
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X2. Took no vacations for 6 years, or bought much in the way of junk. When I got the deed to my house I framed it and hung it above my desk. Snowball that chit
 
When did Cummins go from caps to Common rail or xpi?
For the 8.3/9l having hard time finding start stop dates..
98-03 caps
04-08? Hpcr caps
 
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I got a c7, 230hp (kal prefix) in the shop right now. Anyone know the max factory hp for that is? Or know if it may have aluminum pistons in it?
Thanks
 
230 was the split. Need full SN to Check. Should be steel crown.

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