BLOWN HEAD GASKET FOR REAL

[spanky86]

Truck is billowing out white smoke oil in water horrible rattling sound and the exhaust smells very sweet sounds like a head gasket to me what do u guys think and if its a head gasket what should i buy and from who
if only there were a prize for most problems in less than a month

[spanky86]

does anyone have an idea i have heard maybe injector cups what should i do to test

[CSIPSD]

Injector cups could be it... I would doubt you have a head gasket issue with your power. Oil cooler too could be the issue.

[spanky86]

what could have gone wrong and what should i look for in the oil cooler

[Diesel_Diagnostician]

Oil coolers tend to rot out on the 73's in the inside causing the oil and coolant to mix. I would do a compression test on this baby. I doubt its head gaskets....

[spanky86]

i was told that i should not be turnig the motor over but a compression test would tell me something, i also pulled my glow plugs today and 2 or 3 were not covered in oil while the other 5 or 6 had oil driping off of them when i pulled them out also inserted a long zip tie into each cylinder and got a lot of oil and a thin brownish oil(coolant and oil correct?) any other ideas

[spanky86]

i have heard it could be the oil cooler but im not sure it is because i lost all of my coolant while the truck was just sitting i did no driving and there was a large clattering sound when this all happened do i have a cracked block

[spanky86]

wow no body has any ideas or info for me, ive pulled the injectors pressue tested the cups there good couldnt get the truck to turn over by hand with everything re installed found out that i still have some coolant and it is green and clean in the rad is it the cooler or somethin else

[SCUFFY828]

is there water in the oil or not , and are you losing coolant ,is that what youare noticing , im wondering about cavitation in the cylinders , how many miles and you said you pressure tested the cups , im curious how you did that , ive never heard of such

[spanky86]

there is 130k on truck all that u do to pressue test the cups is pot around 16lbs of pressure thourgh ur degas bottle and see if there are any leaks, i didnt c any oil in the water i know that there is water in crankcase