Got the bad news today

nharroll

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I decided to pull the motor due to some leaks and bad injectors. Finally got the motor apart and I found out I have a broken crank and bad injectors. :mad: so does anyone here have any advice or have a short block for sale? Im not quite sure what to do so any advice would help. Thanks
 

TheBac

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Sorry to hear. How many miles do you think you drove on the broken crank before you decided to pull it apart?

Guess you've got to add some more top-end to that 1000hp budget.
 

nharroll

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Sorry to hear. How many miles do you think you drove on the broken crank before you decided to pull it apart?

Guess you've got to add some more top-end to that 1000hp budget.

Not many. The truck shut off on my way to work. Ran rough as hell at idle, threw a code for the cam sensor. Replaced the cam sensor, it idled great but loped and smoked it's balls off under load. Then I decided to pull the motor.
 

04chummins

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im sorry about your luck buddy i just bought mine saturday and i either have a head gasket or injector cups bad .... does anyone know how to tell what gasket i have without pulling the head off?
 

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im sorry about your luck buddy i just bought mine saturday and i either have a head gasket or injector cups bad .... does anyone know how to tell what gasket i have without pulling the head off?


There is a tab that sticks out the side of the head on both gaskets. It's got holes pressed in it, there is a legend of the hole code somewhere on this site


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And here's what they mean


http://www.duramaxdiesels.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6148


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04chummins

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guys my truck is a 2003 Crew Cab short bed LB7 with 5speed allison 273k miles on it and its very clean under the hood on the engine and all around the body and frame and NO GOOSENECK BALL in it so its all highway miles and never had its guts pulled out of it and does have a straight pipe its burning my coolant off but my radiator hose is still soft after a shut it off or rev it up i drive it to work and its fine when i let it sit all day it white smokes like a train but then clears up and after that it smokes when just idling
 

nharroll

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im sorry about your luck buddy i just bought mine saturday and i either have a head gasket or injector cups bad .... does anyone know how to tell what gasket i have without pulling the head off?

Yeah it's definitely pretty terrible. Sounds like the bad luck is kicking everyone's ass right now