My oil pressure dropped enough to set the dummy message when my crank broke.
Mine didn't either time
So
My oil pressure dropped enough to set the dummy message when my crank broke.
That's actually a very valid point, Josh, I hadn't taken that into consideration...I'd have to agree. Correlation does not equal causation. I'd venture to guess a lot of these trucks see the majority of driving with their cruise on. So of course more often than not many issues that arise will be during the time cruise is on.
In fact, I've made that same drive about 15 times over the past year (WA to Central Cal, even interviewed in Los Banos). Always in one shot. I would think that if something were to do my 200k+ mile motor in (with a large majority of those miles being with cruise on), that would do it if cruise caused it.
Unless injection events are significantly different under cruise, I can't see it being the main contributor to these failures.
Russ and I both believe the spun bearing happened after the fact.I know of over a hundred crank failures. And I'm sure there is more. My buddy at a gm dealer gets a couple every month and that's a small dealership.
I believe the main spin in this particular one was an after the fact. He never mentioned an oil pressure issue before the failure which tells me it didn't cause the break.
I look at my gauges ALL THE TIME!!!He probably wouldn't have seen much oil psi drop. #1 is last to go get oil...
Idk how often Jason checks his gauges while driving..
I know for me when I lost my LB7 I have no clue how long it ran with a case full of fuel and it still did 35-40psi. Even after injector swap and fresh oil it was still "low" buy not below spec
Since then I have made it a habit to check gauges at least once every 60 seconds or so..
When's they oil pressure light supposed to come on? I've never noticed it and have been like 17psi wot
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17 psi at wot...
Did the motor live long after that?
17 psi at wot...
Did the motor live long after that?
Block is a boat anchor
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Better than golfing in Palm Springs could've ever been!
If you don't edit the cruise tables, most of the tunes I've seen end up over fuelling compared to the normal throttle tables. I know on my LB7 I have my cruise fuel limit set at about 70mm3 to get it to drive normal.
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The other difference I've noticed on cruise is the fueling can oscillate, especially on hills. It will be cruising at 30mm3 (or whatever), start up a hill, and start slowing down. Instead of adding more fuel quickly to avoid slowing down, it ramps in fuel slowly, then tries to "catch up" to the set MPH. Inevitably, it over shoots the speed, and ramps the fuel down too much, and repeats the process.
But you are right in that I've never seen it run differently on cruise (timing, pilot, etc. are all identical). It just gets stupid on hills, and wants to lug the motor to the point of smoking. I just turn cruise off and drive by foot on hills.
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Thanks for the close up pictures.... these have satisfied that part of my enjuneer brain. I would have to agree with the statements about the bearing failing after the crank break given the direction of the cheveron markings on the broken edges of the crank. I would think if the bearing failed first the break pattern would be more of a twist pattern... depending on what cylinder was firing at the time of failure. Fingers has done a lot more research and has way more knowledge than I do... so what do I know:dontknow:
Damn...
The ARP CA/625 head stud kits are expensive!
Glad to see you're making progress. Good buddy of mine just broke his crank at #1 about an hour ago.
Glad to see you're making progress. Good buddy of mine just broke his crank at #1 about an hour ago.
Thanks man, the parts list is almost settled...:rofl:
But, progress is progress, lol...Sorry to hear of your buddy's misfortune, as well, its not the most privileged experience... that's f'er sure
Pistons are in route and I ordered up the 625's today
Trying to squeeze a 12mm pump in/out of the budget this week too.
Really all I need to figure out is if I wanna try and twin it OR go with a bigger VVT and keep it as a single (I do miss the 72 and I'd love to check out the 68R) OR maybe I just be happy with getting it running cuz my budget is shot :broke:
Sure would like to get a cast, wagler intake and a set of HSP billet manifolds and 2" up pipes, too...I think we all know how it feels to want
(Sniff check) Ummmm, nope!Does your hand smell like poop yet
(Sniff check) Ummmm, nope!
That one went right over the top buddy, and I don't get it:roflmao:
Whattya mean, from pulling money out of my butt, or what...?
Havent gone there... yet
My piggy bank probably needs some counciling tho
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