Head Gasket GONE!!!
01-17-2007, 02:18 PM
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HUH....so the 3rd Gen gaskets won’t work.......i could have sworn i hear that they could from a very reputable source......HUH….o well…good to know I guess……I just don’t want to o-ring……
01-17-2007, 03:13 PM
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Dan heres the guy who tried it. http://www.turbodieselregister.com/f...d.php?t=174667
01-17-2007, 04:19 PM
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Interesting.......But he did say 12V. Same hold true for a 24V VP Engine?
Quote from the link for thoes that dont have TDR.....
Quote from the link for thoes that dont have TDR.....
Originally Posted by JTEdieselram over at TDR
OK OK OK, so I have been swearing up and down that this thing will work in a 12v (looks identical, and installs without any trouble) great choice because it is MLS construction. Well.........It does not work. there is a small oil passage (on the pressure side) that pukes oil into one of the water jackets. Nothing like putting your truck back together and running it for like 30 seconds and getting a radiator full of oil and a pan full of water needless to say I was ******......But at least we all know for FACT that the MLS gasket from a new HO will NOT work, I tried to come up with somthing that I thought would be revolutionary to the 12v sceen, but I guess we will have to wait for someone other than cummins to manufacture a MLS gasket for the 12v. Until then, I guess O-rings will have to do. Please spread this info and save others the hassel! I will have a write up on my truck soon including the HO gasket whoes!
01-18-2007, 01:39 AM
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Retorqued the head to 125 lbs tonight to see if the problem would go away, well, it didn't. All the studs were still at 96 lbs like we left them. Pulled the head and the compression took out the front part of the gasket. Put a straight edge on the head and couldn't get even the smallest feeler guage under it, I'll check the block in the mourning.
Talked to Doug at PDW about their Marine HG, he suggested that I go with o rings. Maybe I will. It's late, see ya'll.
Talked to Doug at PDW about their Marine HG, he suggested that I go with o rings. Maybe I will. It's late, see ya'll.
01-18-2007, 09:58 AM
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the 12 valve gasket works on the 24 valve, you just need to enlarge a few existing holes. They are the gaskets many 24 v guys use when they install a firering setup.
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