"OFFICIAL" What did you do to your D-Max today?
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if your not going to chance it mind as well throw in LB7/LLY pistons
Keeping oil at a reasonable temp seams to let them live...
The lbz no cooler lasted 45k and they split..I'm at ~70k now on the LMM
I agree, there are many trucks out there with studs on factory bottom ends, and I've seen as many factory head bolts and factory gaskets with cracked pistons as anything else. There are many contributing factors to cracked pistons.
This 2014 pulling season was the first year I torque plate honed the block. But I always had extra piston to wall clearance also...
Head gasket job is turning into a 4 day job:
Bout ready to stuff the engine back in. DIY egr delete with egt probe fpe tranny lines.
Bout ready to stuff the engine back in. DIY egr delete with egt probe fpe tranny lines.
Should've videoed the mud that came out of this.. Bet the engine fan doesn't come on as often now
hauled my stuff to the dunes and back, gained a separated 37" tire in the process, got a new one on yesterday, topped off the fuel and drove her to work today to do truck things :angel:
I didn't either I don't ever worry either:thumb:
the clearance has nothing to do with the cracking just shit design
I'd bet money my engine is tighter than yours...
Outside me I know of one other person that has split a piston at ~360hp or less. He ran hotshot as well.
Nd I don't have the disposable income right to prove me right/wrong
Absolutly. this is why I run an engine oil temp gauge and can't count how many have asked "why?" that are actually diesel mechanics. That's where alot of the heat comes from in a diesel engines oil. it doesnt take very many times railing on it on a hot tune to climb twenty degrees, the hottest I have seen is a little over 240 on mine and that was towing. iirc engine oils effectiveness drops signifcantly after 250. and these guys running twins have another heat source for the same amount of oil and the sme size cooler.
Damn that looks waaaaay to cold man. You got some good meat there man.
Be mature please with the last comment
Camping in a canvas wall tent without a heater and night time temps of -20 was a bit of a challenge. I didn't have to worry about meat spoiling, actually lost some meat to freezer burn. First time that has happened to me. We had to boil water at night to place in our cooler to keep the beer from freezing.