Fidder
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Hey all, I am hoping anyone can help me out here. I think I know what is going on but could use confirmation.
About a month ago I had a spark plug issue in cylinder 8. the plug blew out due to some work another mechanic did before. I then had a new mechanic come try and fix the issue, low and behold he pushed parts of the plug into the cylinder which led to removing the head to get the parts out. Before I knew upon replacing the rest of the plugs he had to pull the other head also.
After repairing the issue and putting the heads back on the truck smoke like crazy and idled rather rough, it had appeared that it was burning oil and quantifier very quickly. and it appeared that the antifreeze was getting into the cylinders. In the space of driving no more than 75 miles in 4 days or less I burned through a quart of oil and the antifreeze in the overfill container almost emptied. We also noticed under the oil cap that there was that white pudding style of goo.
He figured it had to have been a head gasket failure so He took it apart again and replaced the head gasket for a second time with a fell-pro head gasket instead of a cheap amazon one. He also saw a bunch of carbon on the valves of the number 8 cylinder, so he replaced the valve guide seals, inspected and lapped the valves in the cylinder alone. to my knowledge he did not test any of the rest of the valve's because with only 100k miles he figures there is no way there are issues with them.
So now it back together again and there is still major white smoke pouring out in the same fashion. I am not sure if it is still burning up antifreeze becasue that level has gone down just a little bit but seems to be holding steady. I have however gone through 2and half warts of oil in 6 days 125 miles. It does however run much better now, and it has not thrown any codes in the 6 days.
I don't know what to do now and could use some advice.
I am pretty mechanically inclined and don't have much faith in my mechanics anymore, so I am thinking about pulling the heads another time and taking them down to a machine shop to be rebuilt completely.
the mechanic keeps telling me that with only 100k miles the valves should not be any issue.
Would love to know your thoughts and advice you have. I am thinking of tearing it apart this weekend, but would love for someone to tell me I am crazy so I don't have to.
Thanks all,
Fidder
About a month ago I had a spark plug issue in cylinder 8. the plug blew out due to some work another mechanic did before. I then had a new mechanic come try and fix the issue, low and behold he pushed parts of the plug into the cylinder which led to removing the head to get the parts out. Before I knew upon replacing the rest of the plugs he had to pull the other head also.
After repairing the issue and putting the heads back on the truck smoke like crazy and idled rather rough, it had appeared that it was burning oil and quantifier very quickly. and it appeared that the antifreeze was getting into the cylinders. In the space of driving no more than 75 miles in 4 days or less I burned through a quart of oil and the antifreeze in the overfill container almost emptied. We also noticed under the oil cap that there was that white pudding style of goo.
He figured it had to have been a head gasket failure so He took it apart again and replaced the head gasket for a second time with a fell-pro head gasket instead of a cheap amazon one. He also saw a bunch of carbon on the valves of the number 8 cylinder, so he replaced the valve guide seals, inspected and lapped the valves in the cylinder alone. to my knowledge he did not test any of the rest of the valve's because with only 100k miles he figures there is no way there are issues with them.
So now it back together again and there is still major white smoke pouring out in the same fashion. I am not sure if it is still burning up antifreeze becasue that level has gone down just a little bit but seems to be holding steady. I have however gone through 2and half warts of oil in 6 days 125 miles. It does however run much better now, and it has not thrown any codes in the 6 days.
I don't know what to do now and could use some advice.
I am pretty mechanically inclined and don't have much faith in my mechanics anymore, so I am thinking about pulling the heads another time and taking them down to a machine shop to be rebuilt completely.
the mechanic keeps telling me that with only 100k miles the valves should not be any issue.
Would love to know your thoughts and advice you have. I am thinking of tearing it apart this weekend, but would love for someone to tell me I am crazy so I don't have to.
Thanks all,
Fidder