Head gaskets

[hipp11B]

I'm curious how many of you have blown a head gasket WITH arp studs I only had 18k miles on it since studs and new HG's seems odd.....especially since my mods are mild big mods are Danville 68 and a built trans.


Lbz, built trans, efi by Eisenhart diesel, Danville 68, full egr delete, mbrp down pipe, 5" mbrp to 7" stack, ppe guages, custom traction bars, airdog2 165, ppe fuel rail mods, s&b, age blade runner, Arp head studs..died March 2015

 

[andy-stevenson]

LML gaskets or grade C Victor reinz?

 

[Chevy1925]

Were the heads check and or milled flat when you pull them before installing the studs?

 

[custom8726]

Sub

 

[hipp11B]

They were grade C and yea they were milled flat, atleast that's what I was told would be done. This was done by a local shop in PA before I joined the army a few years back. Like stated above I only had about 18k on it since...


Lbz, built trans, efi by Eisenhart diesel, Danville 68, full egr delete, mbrp down pipe, 5" mbrp to 7" stack, ppe guages, custom traction bars, airdog2 165, ppe fuel rail mods, s&b, age blade runner, Arp head studs..died March 2015

 

[LbzDMax07]

Was this done by Eisenhart Diesel?

 

[Ne-max]

They were grade C and yea they were milled flat, atleast that's what I was told would be done. This was done by a local shop in PA before I joined the army a few years back. Like stated above I only had about 18k on it since...


Lbz, built trans, efi by Eisenhart diesel, Danville 68, full egr delete, mbrp down pipe, 5" mbrp to 7" stack, ppe guages, custom traction bars, airdog2 165, ppe fuel rail mods, s&b, age blade runner, Arp head studs..died March 2015

Grade C dont say much

 

[hipp11B]

Grade C dont say much

I know man. The shop that did it closed recently so it's impossible to get info on what they did. They did this while I was at basic training 3 yrs ago, it was left up to my wife to deal with the shop, obviously being at basic I had know way of communicating with either one of them....


Lbz, built trans, efi by Eisenhart diesel, Danville 68, full egr delete, mbrp down pipe, 5" mbrp to 7" stack, ppe guages, custom traction bars, airdog2 165, ppe fuel rail mods, s&b, age blade runner, Arp head studs..died March 2015

 

[Ne-max]

More then likely they used a crappy gasket or did not deck the heads. You should not have issues with your set up runnning plain arps.

 

[hipp11B]

Was this done by Eisenhart Diesel?

Yes it was Eisenhart back in 2013


Lbz, built trans, efi by Eisenhart diesel, Danville 68, full egr delete, mbrp down pipe, 5" mbrp to 7" stack, ppe guages, custom traction bars, airdog2 165, ppe fuel rail mods, s&b, age blade runner, Arp head studs..died March 2015

 

[hipp11B]

More then likely they used a crappy gasket or did not deck the heads. You should not have issues with your set up runnning plain arps.

I think you may be right. Is there anything printed on the gaskets I should look for find out what they are? If so I'll check them over when I get home


Lbz, built trans, efi by Eisenhart diesel, Danville 68, full egr delete, mbrp down pipe, 5" mbrp to 7" stack, ppe guages, custom traction bars, airdog2 165, ppe fuel rail mods, s&b, age blade runner, Arp head studs..died March 2015

 

[Ne-max]

Postva picture of them on here

 

[LbzDMax07]

I would bet it was more Shady work from them. Good thing they closed their doors.

 

[hipp11B]

Postva picture of them on here

Will do man, I'll be in in about 2 hrs will post somthing then. Thanks Ne-Max


Lbz, built trans, efi by Eisenhart diesel, Danville 68, full egr delete, mbrp down pipe, 5" mbrp to 7" stack, ppe guages, custom traction bars, airdog2 165, ppe fuel rail mods, s&b, age blade runner, Arp head studs..died March 2015

 

[hipp11B]

I would bet it was more Shady work from them. Good thing they closed their doors.

I don't know man, I know back in the day they were the best around I had a good relationship with Seth, he was a good dude and he is a vet as well. I haven't dealt with the shop since 2013 but I did here his old school guys moved on and he had a bunch of dirt bags working there


Lbz, built trans, efi by Eisenhart diesel, Danville 68, full egr delete, mbrp down pipe, 5" mbrp to 7" stack, ppe guages, custom traction bars, airdog2 165, ppe fuel rail mods, s&b, age blade runner, Arp head studs..died March 2015

 

[Chevy1925]

you shouldnt have blown a HG unless you have some very crappy tuning, heads werent checked and/or milled, or the torque was not properly done on the head studs.

 

[hipp11B]

Front and back of the right side


Lbz, built trans, efi by Eisenhart diesel, Danville 68, full egr delete, mbrp down pipe, 5" mbrp to 7" stack, ppe guages, custom traction bars, airdog2 165, ppe fuel rail mods, s&b, age blade runner, Arp head studs..died March 2015

 

[hipp11B]

Wow lol


Lbz, built trans, efi by Eisenhart diesel, Danville 68, full egr delete, mbrp down pipe, 5" mbrp to 7" stack, ppe guages, custom traction bars, airdog2 165, ppe fuel rail mods, s&b, age blade runner, Arp head studs..died March 2015

 

[hipp11B]

you shouldnt have blown a HG unless you have some very crappy tuning, heads werent checked and/or milled, or the torque was not properly done on the head studs.

The tuning is Danville that is tweaked to seat of pants, and I have been very happy with it. Hell I ran a 12.7 with a tune and built trans no lift pump and it was fairly clean as well. I'm leaning towards something ****y happened during the install because like you said I just don't see how I could have lost a HG if it were done right


Lbz, built trans, efi by Eisenhart diesel, Danville 68, full egr delete, mbrp down pipe, 5" mbrp to 7" stack, ppe guages, custom traction bars, airdog2 165, ppe fuel rail mods, s&b, age blade runner, Arp head studs..died March 2015

 

[IOWA LLY]

I would be leaning more towards a cracked head with how the last picture looks. That cylinder was seeing lots of water ingestion. Head gaskets don't typically leak water in the combustion chamber on a duramax.

Either way you need to get those heads to a good machine shop and have them checked over, and then worked over thoroughly.

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