Engine Locked Need Help

Not being a smart*ss or anything, but you saw the thing on the ground and ran over it anyway hoping for the best? If you file any claim, I would seriously choose my words differently than you have here. Not busting your chops, just saying.

 

You lost me at '' got a screwdriver and tried to turn the engine over '' . Unless the screwdriver was 3ft long and looked awfully alot like a pry bar .

 

Might be a good time to buy a new radiator. Test cac for leaks, get a new one if needed. Free installation. Good to hear you’re catching some breaks. Proof it’s not always a total disaster. Newer engine, less miles. Not bad. American Radiator, wwwcoolingsolutions.com. Save you a few bucks compared to a OEM replacement with Dealership Labor. An easy $3000 job these days.

 

Unfortunately the DD platform is non forgiving, I have a graveyard of Cascadia's with DD13 and DD15 with sized engines due to lack of oil,. This platform is not like the 60 series and it is not the million mile engine they claim . I have 2 trucks out of 70 that did hit the million mile. This platform even if your oil change is not done properly it will with time seize up. We had so many lock up that on every service we were priming the oil thru the top at least 2-3 gallons would be primed thru the top. Then towards the end I started to drop oil change oil filter refill oil start tricl. then change the fuel filters. With that being said we eventually updated our fleet with eterbilt's, Volvo's and KW and believe it or not out of all these my best running truck is the Volvo.

 

OP if you can replace the radiator, shop for a radiator that has metal tanks not plastic like the original.
Good luck

 

My first DD15 had 1.2 million miles on it and was still running when I sold it. The one I have now has 905K on it.