2008 F250 6.4

[jwg]

how much blow by out the dipstick is too much

[yukondiesel]

ANY blowby out the dipstick it too much!

[wilsonw2]

I disagree. 6.4s are known to have a little blow by. They are designed that way on purpose. It allows expansion in your motor due to heat when the truck is running hard. U wouldn't want ur cylinder walls being scored after the truck gets warmed up.

To answer ur question, while the truck is idling unscrew ur oil fill cap and place it over the hole where u just unscrewed it. If the cap gets blown off u should be a little concerned with blow by. If it just stays on there and rattles due to the motor idling ur fine.


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[hothands]

Hey Wilson, got a question for you.

How is impossible that a 6.4 could have excessive blowby visible from the oil fill cap but none from the dipstick?

I recently had the opportunity to do a three week mock internship with the diesel guys at my ford dealership - kind of a rare opportunity I stumbled upon totally by accident. While I was there a 6.4 came in - customer complained about excessive white smoke and loss of power. No catastrophic failures but a number of the pistons had scuffs similar to the ones pictured.

Of course it didn't happen if it wasn't photographed... 1) Truck, 2) driver's side head, and 3) #7 (I believe) piston




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[hothands]

Oh yeah, compression was down ~50psi on the passenger's side cylinder bank and around 30 on the driver's side. Power balance was also noticeably out on 7 and four, I believe.


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[wilsonw2]

I'm not a Ford diesel mechanic, but i would find it hard to believe there is "excessive" blow by out of the cap and not the dipstick. Perhaps your dipstick is a little caked/clogged at the bottom?

That's awesome about your experience with the mock internship--did you learn a good bit? Make you wanna be a mechanic?

[hothands]

it would be an interesting career choice but warranty work doesn't pay very well and the way things are going people seem less and less willing to shell out their own cash.

so its not really possible then? as i understand it the oil fill cap sits on top of the passenger's side head and the dipstick runs up from the crank case, no?