Well Sh@t

Cknox121 · Aug 9, 2013

Well guess it's time to do some head studs.

Frigin around the other night, got home popped hood, bam! Coolant everywhere. All over frame, rear axle, hood, fender, you name it. Guess it spewed from degas cap.

From reading on the interwebz, it's either egr or a head gasket. I have no loss of power anything of the such.

Filled coolant back up, drove around for about an hour tonight and it was down about 1/2in ( filled to max fill line)

Just order egr delete from Rudy's, hope I can get that on and see if it it helps.

So guessing I need stud's and the works.

Parts list:
*ARP studs ( yes/no? Scared of crazy torque and cracked block)
*New oil cooler
*Upper motor gasket kit with head gaskets (Rudy's? Other vender? Or do I need full gasket kit?)
*Possibly new fuel cooler ?? Yes? No?
*Coolant
*Oil and filter

How's that look for starters? Not really wanting to dump a ton of money into this, just fix it.

I will be doing all the work myself, I have a 2 post lift, and feel pretty confident I can complete the task and save a few dollars.

Any threads/links and advise to doings task would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks
Cody

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Cknox121 · Aug 9, 2013

Mods if this needs to be moved to 6.4 aftermarket performance please do so.

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Magnum PD · Aug 9, 2013

Hope your mating surfaces are flat.

Powerstroke586 · Aug 9, 2013

Shouldn't need a fuel cooler.
Don't worry about the cracked block with studs it's mostly happened when the heads come off a second time and the studs are re-torqued.

Powerstroke586 · Aug 9, 2013

Magnum PD said:
Hope your mating surfaces are flat.

Should be fine as long as he hasn't overheated it. But definitely worth checking

Cknox121 · Aug 9, 2013

Magnum PD said:
Hope your mating surfaces are flat.

I mean its not like drinking drinking but its not normal. Not sever enough to be white smoking out tail pipe or anything like that such.

Machine shop should be able to fix me up

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Cknox121 · Aug 9, 2013

Powerstroke586 said:
Shouldn't need a fuel cooler.
Don't worry about the cracked block with studs it's mostly happened when the heads come off a second time and the studs are re-torqued.

Thanks. Anything else I missed? Any special tools?

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Cknox121 · Aug 10, 2013

What about manifold bolts? Reusable or need new?

And gaskets?

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Heavyhaul · Aug 10, 2013

The kit I got from elite came with replacement bolts where they are needed for the manifold. I would recommend changing your thermostats while your doing the egr delete. There known to come apart.

Cknox121 · Aug 10, 2013

Heavyhaul said:
The kit I got from elite came with replacement bolts where they are needed for the manifold. I would recommend changing your thermostats while your doing the egr delete. There known to come apart.

Thanks for the info. Did you get a full stud job kit?

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powerstrokin15 · Aug 10, 2013

I would strongly consider pistons. I know it sounds huge, but if it's in the budget go for it. there are more than a few having piston issues, and you can save a lot of hassle doing it now.

lemme know if I can help you out on pricing of your stud job or even pistons.

Eric@HoldersDiesel

Heavyhaul · Aug 10, 2013

Cknox121 said:
Thanks for the info. Did you get a full stud job kit?

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I should have been more clear. I was just referring to the egr delete kit. As far as changing them all out when you do the gaskets I would, but I dont think you have to.

Cknox121 · Aug 10, 2013

Heavyhaul said:
I should have been more clear. I was just referring to the egr delete kit. As far as changing them all out when you do the gaskets I would, but I dont think you have to.

Oh I see now, lmao.

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DieselSD · Aug 12, 2013

Get a new degas cap too.

Cknox121 · Aug 12, 2013

DieselSD said:
Get a new degas cap too.

Will do!

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Stroked777 · Aug 13, 2013

It depends on what you wanna do with the truck and how many miles are one it. I would add cable springs for 499, I got mine from RCD and do pushrods from them as well. And depending on mileage I would take a look and see how worn your rocker arms are, this are 209 a side to replace

Stroked777 · Aug 13, 2013

Also maybe do the water pump while you have her apart

Powerstroke586 · Aug 13, 2013

I second the rocker arms as well

Cknox121 · Aug 30, 2013

Little update

Did a full egr delete, polished elbow and CAC pipe, and a sinister coolant kit.

Now it's leaking oil from the bottom of the valve cover. You can see in these pictures. Directly to the right of the red, yellow and blue wires. Looks like a little rubber gasket of some sort. Likes really black in picture.

While truck is running its blowing smoke/light haze from that area. Looks like the same color as what's coming out of the CCV pipe I ran down the frame.

Also it's leaking coolant from the overflow from the fuel cooler. I sucked some of the coolant out and replaced with new, filled up to the sight glass. Any ideas on this one?

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