budget build

[RCCUMMINS89]

I get some "blowby" appearance right after I do an oil change..... It's like it steams off some of the detergents. This can be noticed after a hg, because one changed the oil during the operatin.

Could also be that something in the coolant is clogged causing the overheating.


I'd sell the truck and buy a p pump...

[PToombs]

If an engine builder told you to do that, he was looking for work and I sure wouldn't use him! Anything you ground off honing it it fell down on the rings and chewed up the rings and cylinder wall. A fine coating of rust from sitting is nothing and would have disappeared on the 1st pass of the piston. I think you screwed it up bigtime.
Plus it also sounds like the head gasket is leaking someplace too.

[RCCUMMINS89]

I have to agree with..........sounds like the head gasket is blown, still.

[revemup15]

Wow this is depressing ....

[revemup15]

Well since i basically just threw 1400 dollar away.... im going to go beat that guys ass that said to hone my cylinders.... i cant sell the truck bc i can't f* someone else over.... this project will continue.... but will have a ppump engine .... thanks for the help guys.... 3 steps forward 10 steps back... going to figure out why it pressurized my rad..... what could i have done wrong for the hg to pop again?

[bgilbert]

... going to figure out why it pressurized my rad..... what could i have done wrong for the hg to pop again?

Did you surface the deck of the block and or check for straightness?

It's been so long since I've done a hg, this may be a dumb question. But can the hg move a little while setting the cylinder head down? When I did my firering job, I used the cherry picker to slowly set my head down..

Oil cooler issue?

[cmann250]

If you want to cut your losses and dump it, let me know. I'd like to try a 4wd. I have a gooseneck and I pay in $100 dollar bills.

[revemup15]

... going to figure out why it pressurized my rad..... what could i have done wrong for the hg to pop again?

Did you surface the deck of the block and or check for straightness?

It's been so long since I've done a hg, this may be a dumb question. But can the hg move a little while setting the cylinder head down? When I did my firering job, I used the cherry picker to slowly set my head down..

Oil cooler issue?

All i did was take light sand paper to get all the orange material from the old hg off

[dazedandconfused]

You could very well have a warped block or head.

[revemup15]

Whats the proper way to clean the surface of the block when doing a head gasket

[RCCUMMINS89]

He got his head re surfaced. The first time I did a hg, I used a green scrubber to clean the deck..... The second time I used a wire brush wheel in a drill (was told to by an engine builder), it seemed to work. I also had a leaking problem after the 2nd time.... I of course have o rings, I did about 5 re torques as you are supposed to. Everything was good til the first time I got on it and coolant everywehere. I re torqued my head studs to 135 and have never leaked since..... o rings can be a pain.

Cleanliness is important and YES BILL, the head gasket can move..... I have had this happen.


Anyways, I'm rambling. Things to check: cleanliness, straightness, torque sequence, using a good gasket, heat cycles, can't thing of anything else.

[dazedandconfused]

Have you retorqured it after the install install? Have you done a hot retorque?

[revemup15]

So.... i was farting around and thought well lemme see if my thermostat is bad.. so i took everything apart and to my suprise there wasnt a t-stat!

[dazedandconfused]

It had no thermostat and still overheated and pressurized the coolant system? You definitely have a bigger problem.

[bgilbert]

So.... i was farting around and thought well lemme see if my thermostat is bad.. so i took everything apart and to my suprise there wasnt a t-stat!

Sounds like you were very meticulous when you put everything back together ..