Blowby from oil fill cap

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  1. cubillos389

    cubillos389 Bobtail Member

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    Hello all, I'm rather new to this forum.

    I've been having issues with a lot of white smoke coming from my oil fill cap. The truck is a 2008 Peterbilt 389 with a 550 ISX. When I bought the truck about 8 months ago, it had been rebuilt at a million miles and currently has about 120k on the rebuild. The DPF was clogged when I bought it, I had it deleted and the ECM tuned. Since then I've put a turbo on it since before the delete it had been leaking oil from the compressor side, so I just replaced it. I get good fuel mileage for what it is, average is 6.8-7.0 with no lack in power. I put a hole in the crankcase breather to relieve some of the crankcase pressure, but I still get a lot of blowby out of the oil fill. I change my oil at 13k, filters every two changes, and I only use up maybe a half gallon of oil every change. I'm not burning any coolant and I don't get any issues with overheating or lack of power.

    Any ideas?
    Thanks
     
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  3. Heavyd

    Heavyd Road Train Member

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    Are you sure it is excessive? All engines will vent some blow by out the oil fill with the cap removed.
     
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  4. cubillos389

    cubillos389 Bobtail Member

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    More so when the engine is warmer, my oil temperature sits at 220-225 degrees. On the occasion that I have to drive into some dirt, it sticks to the area around the oil fill cap and the fill level tube.
     
  5. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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  6. Heavyd

    Heavyd Road Train Member

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    Ok, there are proper ways to test for this. I recommend having a shop perform a proper blow by test to make sure.
     
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  7. Bakerman

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    I would take it back to the guy who did the delete and have him look at it
     
  8. swaan

    swaan Road Train Member

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    Yeah, tell him to DELETE all this blowby while he's at it. Lol!
     
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  9. cubillos389

    cubillos389 Bobtail Member

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    I'll see about getting to the shop. I do a really hard Almond haul here and it's very hard to miss a day of work
     
  10. Heavyd

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    Well, if you can't miss a day for a simple blow by test, good luck to you if your engine needs any major work!
     
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