Cummins isx air pressure in cooling system

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  1. joec43

    joec43 Bobtail Member

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    I have exactly the same issue and we just did the combustion test and the fluid stayed blue no trace of green so no combustion gas
    It's an 09 ISX that has been completely del€Ted.
    How to test for the compressor?
     
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  3. joec43

    joec43 Bobtail Member

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    for now the current solution was to drill a very small hole in the Overflow cap.
    Coolant stays perfect now.
    In the mountains going uphill with a heavy load I turn the fan override on so the coolant will not boil
     
  4. swaan

    swaan Road Train Member

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    Wow,! great fix there. That's a bandaid that will eventually just get ripped off.
     
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  5. dustinbrock

    dustinbrock Road Train Member

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    I did something similar to my Pete with a cat and got a similar responce as swaan just gave haha.

    Mine bought me a couple months but eventually blew out and when it blew..... it blew good!
     
  6. swaan

    swaan Road Train Member

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    I'm not trying to be a smart ### , just calling it as I see it.

    Yes that's what happens , in the end the money you saved by jerryriggin it and running it longer gets absorbed by the extra cost when it really does blow. Usually ends up costing way more in the long run...
    These is no doing it on the cheap in this business.
     
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  7. Goodysnap

    Goodysnap Road Train Member

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    And it will hurt. More than your mom said it would.......lol
     
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  8. kabusheke2004

    kabusheke2004 Light Load Member

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    Am the original poster of this thread. I had a Cummins isx pushing coolant to the over flow reservoir tank. There was also high pressure in the coolant system. I used to loosen the overflow tank cap to let out some of the pressure. Squeezed in like 10k miles out of it. One day it extremely overheated on me and started blowing white smoke. Thought it was blown head gasket. After a tow to the shop and 10k $$ later; it was a Cracked Head. Apparently Cummins engines are know for this. Hope this helps.
     
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  9. tamip

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    Easy it can leak and cause over pressuring of the coolant.,I had it happen. Shortly after the coolant mixed with the oil and inframe was here
     
  10. Urbanmonk

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  11. tamip

    tamip Light Load Member

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    Disconnect the lines from the compressor and push on accelerator pedal. If coolant still comes out coolant tank then it's head gasket possibly. If it doesn't then it's your compressor. My compressor ended up causing me to inframe my engine because it caused the o ring on the piston to move which allowed coolant to get in the oil
     
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