Road Trip woes.....and Blowby Questions

Road Trip woes.....and Blowby Questions

11-02-2003, 05:12 PM

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Road Trip woes.....and Blowby Questions

I noticed a few drips of arround the left front end before we left the motel room yesterday morning.I was curious ,but didn't think it was serious.Looked like it was coming from the dipstick tube. Well ,about a hundred miles later while cruising arround 70 mph I notice the oil pressure gauge wavering a bit.Pulled over popped the hood and

...Its always a shock to see an engine covered in oil ,but this was My Cummins.And I'm near Knoxville about 650 miles or so from home.

...I added about a gallon of oil to it and idled to the next interchange.Once there ,I filled it back to the safe mark and limped home at 60 mph,1750 rpm.Truck runs fine. 45# oil p.,175* coolant temp.Firing on all cylinders.Didn't loose any oil coming home.Oil is clean.Hardly any blowby at idle..At 2000 rpm it will build up a bit holding a finger on the tube.Good news is we're home.Bad news is what the hail happened to my engine......The engine has been loosing a little coolant arround the themostat area.Oil test showed zero coolant in oil.Oil test were always good,very little wear metals.I just sampled it before the trip,haven't got the results yet.What do you guys think happened.

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