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7.3 Engine Build Disaster
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[QUOTE="elrodalexander73, post: 1093665, member: 16217"] After reading what you posted, this sounds like a true sloppy build, I have been building everything from 7.3s to 3412s and every thing in between. Any builder that is competent on a first time build should pay special attention to everything, I hand built my 7.3 myself and its a fairly stout engine, nothing to swamps level but it "runs good".. Take the engine apart all the way carefully, I have performed many warranty claims with Detroit diesel and Caterpillar and you always look for the root cause, and progressive damage, take pictures, document everything.. When you get the crank out look at the BEARINGS, if there is scoring outside the oil groove of the crank that could have caused a spun bearing it was built dirty.. Swamps is right about the connecting rods, but I had a guy on one install them wrong and the engine locked up on the stand.. So it can happen but I have never seen one run they have built a lot more than I have.. If the oil pump failed, remember there is metal every where, the entire block will have to be disassembled and cleaned accordingly. We rarely see full blown oil pump failures in the Class 7 and up engine industry, usually low oil pressure complaints first... Take your time on the tear down like I said and pay close attention to everything, these things happen all the time in the real world, if you saw how many DD15s I have pulled out with 20,000 mile crank failures.. It may even be an alignment issue in the mains. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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