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Ranger I do not disagree with You on Oil test and leak down etc.in a normal situation but this is past finding out what is in he oil. It has been flushed out by crooks or the stuff that happened I can promise under forced indction it got the aluminum to the oil pan. It is just not a routine maintence deal here. It is basicly a catastropic failure and He can look at compressure whell and see how much went in the engine and if they did not flush it all out it is inth pan bt, pan loose would be to see how bad the damage is aS THE CYLINDRS, THE VALVES, RINGS, AND MAYBEY THE BEARINGS in lower end are all damaged to a degree. Just have to determine how much and just either replace a few of the worse or just not look at anything get SC off and go back stock and run it that way and it could last as long as He wants to keep the rig.
Taz But, just the experience with forced induction when it happened depending on he boost being run etc. It got to the oilpan faster than He could blink his eyes.
But the main thing I was wanting Him to think about Is just get rid of forced induction and jjustb run it till it lays down. I promise it wwill sooner than later. Taking pan off was to be able to get a look at bearings if that curious and pull the heads is a short job and He can get an idea of what levell of damage it hhas. Heads back on in no time. It is likevkid asking Me recently to listen to his engine. When He started it up I could hearb rod knock in the font right hole of a V6.
He asked if He should vflush and clean matbe it was lifters stickers. It was not anf told Him so. Pulled the oil stick san oil fely like it never had been changed. He all excited that's what it is I'll clean it up and it willmwork. He changed the oil and lived and hour from and by the btime he got there threw thr rod out the pan. I told him to leave it alone if He wanted to do manything just change filter and add sTPno oil to fill it up. Do not drop oil out. Well what was going on is that the slack in the bearing was being taken up with crud and when He changed oil He did clean it out if it had been for stickingb lifters but He had a rod proyected anf held tight with crud and allot of bSTP. It id just all depending on how fa down he road You want to go. In the H2 case He can look at some rods because most likely whoever had this happen pulled plug on pan and removed valve covers and flushed all the trace metas out with desielm poured down each head and an oil analysis which I believe in when it has been aride You have cared for. But, in this situationb He needs to see if He can spot something bad and if not get rid of the SC and put it together if judsy heads and run it till it quits. The damage isdone just use Royal Purplevand chnge on normal ime cshedule not an extended as these syntheticsallow. Run it till it drops. I would pull heads only to see if there was something ba enough there and a hone on the cylinder wall and new rings itcould witout forced inductionrun a good while. So it is just a street thing on My end as that is what We do is keep guys running till it goes as they save mney to go big time when they do. BHut, We are in the same camp I just suggest looking or major that could be helped cheaply and run it and if not then for sure run it till it drops.
Taz

Originally posted by H2 Ranger:
I agree with you Taz on the last 2 paragraphs but I just would not just tear down the engine at this point. Why? well first Engine wear is not always chips and particles. If you follow the path of the particles more than likely no major chips will end up in the oil pan unless the particles made it past the cylinder walls. I have dealt with engine analysis for some 21 years and can tell you it works. Thats why airlines, fleet mgt., Military etc. use it. Spectro analysis if you understand it can show you where the wear is occuring, bearings, rings, pistons etc. It even shows if your ingesting dirt or have contaminated fluids! Again some things that are checked are IRON, COPPER, ALUMINUM, CHROME, TIN, LEAD, SILICONE (INGESTED DIRT), SODIUM ETC. If there is any wear whatsoever it will show up on the sample. you will not be able to check lower end wear unless you completely tear down the engine without sampling.

This case is obviously a mess and I would never have gotten into it. This is one of those things that just isn't right from the start.

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