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What is causing this?
Yes, the head has to come off to repair a seat that has come loose. If you run it with a loose seat, it can damage the piston and possibly the engine block. The engine will need to be rebuilt if either occur.- dougmac
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Sludge Death.....
Sludge pictures...... Here are a couple pictures of the sludge build-up in the heads. Its no wonder the sludge found it way to the pan and plunged the oil pump suction screen. At least they took care of the outside :emotions34:- dougmac
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Sludge Death.....
Tear Down Done I worked on the beast Saturday and got the engine torn down. I did some cleaning. I have the block loaded in my truck to get hot tanked. I removed the crankshaft and rods from the donor block. They look good. the crank has been ground once. The main and rod journals are both...- dougmac
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Sludge Death.....
Thanks! I appreciate it! I am in the Seattle area.. getting it here might not be so easy. I don't have it apart yet, but based on my preliminary evaluation, it looks like I may have all of the hard parts. I am a diesel engine guy. This is a little different than I am used to. I will...- dougmac
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Sludge Death.....
I picked it up from a dealer. The price including tax, license and title fees was $1500. 175,000 miles. The body is perfect except two tiny door dings. Nice interior. It has almost new tires on it. And, it is a 4x4. The bad rod bearing had the crank seized. Because I couldn't turn the engine...- dougmac
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Sludge Death.....
I plan to rebuild the engine. I picked up a used engine with a good lowers end yesterday. No coolant in the crankcase... just hardened sludge.- dougmac
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Sludge Death.....
I bought this mint 2004 with a seized up engine this weekend. I suspect she didn't have regular oil changes. Here is the results.... Spun rod bearing that welded itself to the crank. The suction screen plugged with sludge.- dougmac
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