2001 blowby

[blessteve]

Hello,

I am thinking about buying a 2001 f350 crew cab auto with 114000 miles. It runs good sounds good and looks good.
I took her out for a test drive got her nice and warm and took the oil cap off while idleing. Out came the blowby. One of my friends suggested to me only to buy a truck with no blowby. Well I test drove about 10 trucks with miles ranging from 110,000 to 300,000 miles on them and all have blowby.
I am thinking he is wrong!!! The 2001 is sweet. In great shape. The Turbo still is mostly grey not gold from heat.
I can set the oil cap on and the blowby doesnt move it.
The blow buy isnt a big cloud.

Will all powerstrokes with high miles have blowby?
Will changing the oil more often prevent blowby from getting worse?
I can only afford a powerstroke with high miles so any help from you diesel experts would be great.

thanks Steve

[Fis Teck]

If you like the one with 114000 miles have it check out by a different shop that knows powerstrokes they can tell you if it's good or bad. If the truck is clean and I mean the seat doesn't have alot of wear body not all dinged or blasted and scratched form to much off roading.Check the bed, not all dented up if it has a removeable bed liner look form underside of the bed for damage. Look for signs of a wreck, or repaint. You don,t want to buy someones elses problems.

[lancer]

Its not really blowby. Its just mist from the hot oil. Its nothing to worry about they all do it. There is a pipe that goes from the driver side valve cover to the intake pipe to take care of these fumes. Hope this helps and good luck!! P.S Mine has over 130,000 mile on it and it runs like a champ.

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Last edited by lancer : 09-15-2005 at 08:18 AM.

[wesjones]

agree about the oil spray...i've driven powerstrokes with anywhere from 120 to 240k miles and they all spit a little oil without the cap on. as long as the truck doesn't seem starved for power when the transmission shifts, sounds like a good buy...good luck