hotrodtodd
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Hi guys, I have had a bad string of luck with my build after 4k miles and need some help. I was installing a dieselsite trans and decided to repair the oil leaks from my cooler, motor ran like a champ, just under 40 psi with the 38r with ******** tunes. I used a press to get the cooler together and pinched the oring. I drove it less than 50 miles before I noticed it was down on power and was smoking. Went to check the oil and it had turned to the grey sludge, coolant as well.
So I know it was the oring in the cooler that started this mess, I mounted the front side then pushed the assy on with a prybar off the exhaust manifold, way easier lesson learned. I drained the oil for over two weeks and pulled the plugs out too. The coolant side I ran my hose into the external coolant filter housing and flushed like crazy. Still contaminated but I know I will keep flushing with cascade and simple green with new coolant filters. I added a full can of sea foam to the fresh oil to help loosen all the sludge, the oil looks fairly clean to my surprise.
I was driving around and noticed the truck was still smoking and thought it might be left over oil and it needs to get hot enough to burn it out. I did have some sludge come out the ccv tube (I have it routed to exit at the gas tank, just a hose off an elbow at the valve cover). I started to lay into it to while watching the boost and I could only make 25lbs at most. I noticed a Oil smell and pulled over. My dipstick had spewed oil out and I just about had a heart attack thinking I have a dead hole. Then I thought that if the line got plugged enough with sludge to create enough pressure to push the dipstick out?
The smoke is not noticeable when cold at idle, the usual fuel smoke is still present tho. It is under 2k or so under deceleration and some at idle or after a long idle. It is grayish and when I fuel it the darker black smoke takes over in my hotter files. Since the very beginning I have had some blow by and the mist is still grey but the oil itself is still Brown, so I know there is still grey sludge to some degree internally. After some reading I noticed someone here mentioned that if you vent the ccv to the atmosphere, the oil side of the 38R can go, is this possible on one with that many miles and does it have any relationship to the dipstick tube or boost level? I pulled the intake side off and it was spotless, the 6637 and filter cover are working good. The shaft had some play radially and some play in and out. I questioned this right out of the box and I was told it's all good. No scrapping of the wheel either.
I don't have a compression tester, I will do a boost leak test to see if I have one, any other ideas guys I really need to have this thing up and running!
The motor was a full machined build, 238/100 38R heads done, regulated fuel with dual pumps. Tried to do everything right and all parts were new.
So I know it was the oring in the cooler that started this mess, I mounted the front side then pushed the assy on with a prybar off the exhaust manifold, way easier lesson learned. I drained the oil for over two weeks and pulled the plugs out too. The coolant side I ran my hose into the external coolant filter housing and flushed like crazy. Still contaminated but I know I will keep flushing with cascade and simple green with new coolant filters. I added a full can of sea foam to the fresh oil to help loosen all the sludge, the oil looks fairly clean to my surprise.
I was driving around and noticed the truck was still smoking and thought it might be left over oil and it needs to get hot enough to burn it out. I did have some sludge come out the ccv tube (I have it routed to exit at the gas tank, just a hose off an elbow at the valve cover). I started to lay into it to while watching the boost and I could only make 25lbs at most. I noticed a Oil smell and pulled over. My dipstick had spewed oil out and I just about had a heart attack thinking I have a dead hole. Then I thought that if the line got plugged enough with sludge to create enough pressure to push the dipstick out?
The smoke is not noticeable when cold at idle, the usual fuel smoke is still present tho. It is under 2k or so under deceleration and some at idle or after a long idle. It is grayish and when I fuel it the darker black smoke takes over in my hotter files. Since the very beginning I have had some blow by and the mist is still grey but the oil itself is still Brown, so I know there is still grey sludge to some degree internally. After some reading I noticed someone here mentioned that if you vent the ccv to the atmosphere, the oil side of the 38R can go, is this possible on one with that many miles and does it have any relationship to the dipstick tube or boost level? I pulled the intake side off and it was spotless, the 6637 and filter cover are working good. The shaft had some play radially and some play in and out. I questioned this right out of the box and I was told it's all good. No scrapping of the wheel either.
I don't have a compression tester, I will do a boost leak test to see if I have one, any other ideas guys I really need to have this thing up and running!
The motor was a full machined build, 238/100 38R heads done, regulated fuel with dual pumps. Tried to do everything right and all parts were new.
