DT466E with disappearing oil

Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by 704mover, Apr 23, 2021.

  1. Inderjit

    Inderjit Heavy Load Member

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    There are three places where the high pressure oil can mix with the fuel.
    Leaking injector O-rings the high pressure oil manifold and the injectors them selves.
    If an injector O-ring is leaking it will erode the O-ring away fairly quickly and result in
    a hard start then no start condition. The gasket under the high pressure manifold
    could be leaking even though it was recently replaced. Although unlikely the high
    pressure manifold could have cracked and is letting oil into the fuel. Since this
    happened all of a sudden I can't see it being worn out injectors.
    If it was a single internal injector failure I would expect you would have a weak
    injector resulting in a rough running engine.

    I would start by replacing the injector O-rings and replace the high pressure manifold gasket and see if that fixes the problem. Have a really good look at the machined surface
    of the high pressure manifold to see if there is a crack in it. The torque on the bolts
    and the torque sequence on the high pressure manifold bolts is very important!
    There is upwards of 4000 PSI pressure in the manifold.

    Cleanliness is extremely important when working on fuel systems.
     
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  3. Heavyd

    Heavyd Road Train Member

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    Yes, like mentioned, high pressure oil is leaking past a failed injector oring back to the fuel tanks.
     
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