C15 using oil after platinum overhaul

Your pm box is full.........

 

Cleared for landing.

 

Need update from OP. I have the same situation. Platinum on MBN. With 12K on now, it burns a gallon of oil for every 1200 miles and 198 gallons of diesel. The ###*head shop manager said I needed 12k more miles on the truck before he would submit it to Cat for approval to fix it. I paid $21,000.00 to get screwed like this at Fabco Eau Claire WI.

 

Yup! I'd like to know what was found as well.

Cheers,

 

There is absolutly no break in period for an engine it is made to work immediately after it leaves the shop, I recomend changing the oil filter after 8 hours or 1 day of work. and the oil completely after about 10 days just to get the initial wear metals out, and it needs a full valve set done after about 20,000 miles.
If it is using oil there is a problem.
Just a thought!

 

I agree, it's the same as a gas engine, if the rings ain't seated by the time the motor gets hot, then they ain't going to seat, and if something is going to happen it will happen when you first bust it off, a diesel was made to be run wide open! Js

 

I've spent a lot of time this week in the shop.....

And there was talk about the cross hatching being bad on the cat kits.

 

I bought a truck with a 290 Cummins in it once that was calibrated to over 52 quarts in the pan. Ran like crap and got crappy mileage. My pickup all factory is calibrated for too much oil. If I fill it up to full it will use it down to a certain level and stay there.

 

Im asking this because I don't know, but how do you calibrate a dip stick?