Catch Can Blowing Oil

[TNVIPER]

Completely Fill the Can WIth Steel Wool?

Filled but not packed.....and Tony this is not a fix to the problem but just to help stop blowing oil everywhere....makes a mess.....

 

[JTS VENOM PERFORMANCE]

Filled but not packed.....and Tony this is not a fix to the problem but just to help stop blowing oil everywhere....makes a mess.....

My bad sugar now if thats the case, I have used, and I know this sounds strange, but it reallly works well, but if you go by lowes, the thick stuff used for vents and air vents in the house that you use to take allergenics out of the air? looks like the stuff you use in fish tanks I think, but that stuff will def keep it from flying out, the only problem with it was you would have to keep an eye on it and change it out often, best deal is tho, its cheep

my aplogies oh large one:aetsch:

 

[TNVIPER]

My bad sugar now if thats the case, I have used, and I know this sounds strange, but it reallly works well, but if you go by lowes, the thick stuff used for vents and air vents in the house that you use to take allergenics out of the air? looks like the stuff you use in fish tanks I think, but that stuff will def keep it from flying out, the only problem with it was you would have to keep an eye on it and change it out often, best deal is tho, its cheep

my aplogies oh large one:aetsch:

...quit apologizing and get my order ready... :elefant:

 

[JTS VENOM PERFORMANCE]

right now gotta run get din out of oven, momma is gone and I aint had breakfast

and made my own dinner so I know I am gonna poot all night now:elefant:

back in a bit and get the wheel off the ten and get things rolling:burnout:

 

[bigike]

Normally a leak down test is done with a regulated 100psi of air.

Did you use a one or two gauge leak down tester ?

2 gauge

 

[FSTJACK]

2 gauge

With a two gauge you set the air pressure on the first gauge at 100psi and then read the second gauge. The amount that gauge reads under 100 psi is the amount of leakage you have in the cyl.

 

[bigike]

Yes, someone said that isn't a good measure because the pressures are so low. I did my test as per the instructions and only had 2%

 

[rottenronnie]

Yes, someone said that isn't a good measure because the pressures are so low. I did my test as per the instructions and only had 2%

100 psi is fine for the test. It will still provide the cylinder-to-cylinder variance info.
Keep in mind the higher pressures (1100+) found in an actual running engine are very brief and not constant like they are in a leak-down test...

If detonation has caused the blow-by condition (crushed ring lands on forged pistons, relaxed ring tension on any piston type and sometimes outright shattered/broken lands on cast) THAT condition has to be solved or it will happen again and again after repairs are done.

Hopefully, it is something else.

Ronnie

 

[brassmonkey]

I have been driving my truck here lately and it has been below 15 for the past week. I have to drain the JMB can about every week cause it fills up with about a teaspoon of oil and then nasty condensation. Does that happen to be what you are getting?

 

[Prof]

Ronnie is on track.

Listen to him.

Been there, done that...

 

[Ironhead]

well ???

 

[sim333]

I'm curious as well cause I'm having the same prob. And need it to be ready to go for panama. Cause it would be a long ride on the bike if I don't get the truck fixed right by then.

 

[Prof]

Do the leak down test...scope the top of the pistons...if you see a "diamond mine" you have evidence of detonation...look at the plugs and see if there is a fine gray dust on them...if so...you are about to tear down your engine...I would bet right now that you have piston lands that are fractured...that is where excessive blow-by is caused 80% of the time.

Forged Oliver rods and Diamond pistons may well be in your future.

Call Tony...maybe he can squeeze you in before Panama City!

 

[yellowfever#154]

My goodness these engines suck. How many of these trucks actually still have a decent condition factory motor in them? Mine sure doesnt.

 

[Prof]

The issue is the pistons in my opinion. The engine should have come with forged pistons...the piston dome is very thin and does not handle heat well. Then the piston lands are too close to the dome.

But there are lots of engines that have been very reliable...but if you push the engine a lot...the pistons will go away.

This is not an engine that was designed with racing in mind...but it can be made to live under almost any condition...but it costs and takes planning and time.

I love my SRT 10...there have been days that I didn't like her...

 

[rottenronnie]

The Gen IVs aren't doing any better. That diamond mine is courtesy of Mr. Detonation, which will kill ANY gas engine (forged pistons or not) if it isn't corrected.

 

[yellowfever#154]

The trouble is that they are so expensive to fix. I love my truck too, but my goodness for what I have into it I could have a pretty bad ass 66 Rambler American race car. And my truck really isnt anything special, it just has a solid motor and transmission that now I can spend another 10-15K on to actually make some power with it. Its sad to see so many people having all that same issues.