Lifted the head...

[DOUG]

Blew the head gasket sometime last week. Wife noticed the truck leaking something in the driveway last week. Of course I was like"The truck does not have a leak".
As it proceeded to get worse by the day I brought it down to Scott tonight and sure enough...time to o-ring the head!!

[Jim]

doug you were running the stock HG with arp studs by the look of your sig?

[DOUG]

doug you were running the stock HG with arp studs by the look of your sig?

That's right.

[Jim]

stock HG thats not too bad youve been in the high 4's and then 5's for a while. you got it at the right place to make sure you dont go through this again ;)

[Jim]

Any updates Doug?:smokin:

[John DiMartino]

Blowing a head gasket in the middle of winter is something I have plenty of experience with:woohoo: . I hope you get it back soon.Ill second what Signal 73 said,you got it at the right place......

[DOUG]

Any updates Doug?:smokin:

We need to replace the head, it was cracked in multiple spots. Scott's getting me a brand new head that we will have o-ringed, etc..

Should be ready for me to pick up middle of next week.

[Jim]

sounds good any port work done to the new one?

[JLeonard]

brand new head

Cost for the head before anything else is done?

[Jim]

http://www.performancedieselwarehouse.com/1249490.html
Heres a decent price Jay.

[DOUG]

Cost for the head before anything else is done?

I'm paying $850.00 for a brand new Cummins head. Loaded.

Compare that to this price.
http://www.performancedieselwarehouse.com/1394003.html

[matt95]

Are you having it ported?

[Schoust]

Hey Matt,
Is that your white truck with the stacks I see every once in a while coming through Bethlehem??

[DOUG]

Are you having it ported?

Nope...just O-ringed.

[kawi600]

Scott's been telling me to get this one o-ringed before I put the turbo on but its the stock gasket with 10k mi on light mods and the rest on the stock 160hp setup. I might also just install the studs and wait and see. Its only going to have a SPS62 on it, no twins.

[John DiMartino]

Scott's been telling me to get this one o-ringed before I put the turbo on but its the stock gasket with 10k mi on light mods and the rest on the stock 160hp setup. I might also just install the studs and wait and see. Its only going to have a SPS62 on it, no twins.

You might want to listen to Scott,he sees this stuff all the time.I was telling my buddy who bought my B1 from me to o-ring or at least studd for over 2 yrs now since hes been running it,and his luck ran out 2 weeks ago.When these suckers blow it can be a real mess,he had over a gallon of black as coal motor oil in his coolant before he figured out something was amiss.Do it on your terms,withotu the mess,and with a schedule. His blew right before we got a foot of snow,and he plows with his truck,so it was a BIG mistake,all the stress of having a truck down,and trying to get it done while the area is gettign belted with a storm just isnt worth it.They always blow at the worst time it seems.

[matt95]

Hey Matt,
Is that your white truck with the stacks I see every once in a while coming through Bethlehem??

Not me. I actually saw that truck yesterday in Waterbury if it is the same one. 3500 reg cab dually with stacks. I have a black 2500 club cab.

[DOUG]

Its only going to have a SPS62 on it, no twins.

That's all I'm running right now.

[kawi600]

Eh I dunno.. you got some good time on that headgasket there with ARP studs and that phat shaft. My HP will probably end up a bit lower with the mods I want (but cant afford yet). Im tempted to grind my stock cam plate down to a 0 plate just to get some more fuel for now.

[dieselnomad]

I think you'd be alright with that. But, every truck is different. I had major HG worries over the winter after doing the #10 plate and 191DVs, and timing to 18*; but Scott says with my setup, and stock intercooler, it's not likely to go. He also knows I drive like a granny, most a time... LOL

I hit 40PSI several times on 495 in last two days, when I do that I worry, but it's hard not to do that...

Doug, how's the new head and setup ?

[DOUG]

It's all good ...I'm putting on a bigger charger (SPS 66) next week to compensate for the Mach 8s I'm running now. Come on 11s...:woohoo:

[dieselnomad]

wow! cool! :woohoo:

Did you sell the 62/12? I'd buy it if you'd take a IOU LOL...

I hope you make the nite of fri 25th, should be a good showing...