Oil blowby

Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by BRD TRANSPORT, Nov 24, 2019.

  1. BRD TRANSPORT

    BRD TRANSPORT Light Load Member

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    Just did inframe rebuild on c15 cat .
    Before inframe truck ran great burned 1 gal every oil change 12000 miles.

    Truck started to blow smoke white when starting thats it.
    took to shop decided to do inframe had 900+ miles so why not. now im burning 2 gals every 4 weeks and still blows white on start up did i get riped off or what.
     
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  3. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    I thought a CAT you had to break in a specific way to seat the rings properly.
     
  4. FreightyAK

    FreightyAK Light Load Member

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    Top rings are not seated. Gotta get them egt's up. Look up adept ape youtube channel. Hes got a good vid on breaking in cat. Albeit he does it on a dyno you can do it on the road
     
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