Help!-Detroit shop in New Orleans?

[Scott Forman]

My system will be pressurized to find the problem.



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory OConnor"
wrote:
>
> Pissing injectors show up with eye watering exhaust and performance
> issues. A leaky injector at rest that pisses on the piston can
bend
> the piston rod or lock the engine from turning over.
>
> With a tank full, sometimes a leak in the return lines under the
> valve covers will leak even with the engine shut down. You may be
> able to remove the return line to the tank and pressurize it with 5
> psi and see if it maintaines pressure. Finding the leak is better
> than a once over wrenching of all the old steel lines. I dress the
> metal mating surfaces in 90 wt oil before reinstalling. some times
> the lines are installed too twisted and the line is always trying
to
> untwist the nut. if it cracked, the line metal became too brittle
for
> the 22year old installed twist. I am not sure how the 8v is setup
> under the valve cover?????
>
> Water in the oil would have showed up milkey white and one gallon
of
> water will froth up to 4 gallons.
>
> In a Duramax with the same issue, I dumped two gallons of oil out
of
> the crank case every day and added fresh oil without changing the
> filter. I put the old oil in the fuel tank and ran it until Chevy
had
> time to find the failure. (the truck had a seeder mounted and shop
> sitting was not an option)
>
> GregoryO'Connor
> 94ptRomolandCa
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman"
> <sforman@> wrote:
> >
> > I made it home. I appear to have a leaky injector or something
> > similar. Indication of a problem was that when I checked my oil
> > after driving from Memphis to New Orleans (400 mi), my oil level
> had
> > actually risen. When I called my mechanic, he told me that leaks
> in
> > the fuel system under the valve covers are fairly common on the
> > 8v92. He told me to get an oil change, fill to 'L' on the
> dipstick,
> > and check the level every 100 mi. If it rose slowly, I am ok, it
> it
> > rose very quickly, I would need to have it addressed on the road
> lest
> > I get my oil too far diluted and cause internal damage.
> >
> > Found 24HR service at a Travel Center America in Slidell, LA,
and
> > got an oil change at 8:00 this morning. Oil level did not rise
> much
> > on the drive home. Problem can now be looked at by my mechanic
> that
> > I trust.
> >
> > Scott Forman
> > 86 PT38
> > Safely home in Memphis
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" <mbulriss@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Scott,
> > >
> > > I sent you some contact information direct to your email
address
> > this
> > > morning shortly after your post. I see that it bounced back
with
> an
> > > "out of office" message, so I don't know if you got it. If
not,
> > look
> > > in the WanderlodgeForum database for Wanderoad Assistance.
There
> > are
> > > two members in Louisiana in there with phone numbers listed.
The
> > > Memeber-To-Member database has four members in the New Orleans
> > > neighborhood listed there also.
> > >
> > > Good luck and keep us posted with what's wrong and the
resolution.
> > >
> > > Mike Bulriss
> > > 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> > > San Antonio, TX
> > >
> > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman"
<sforman@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Anyone know a reliable Detroit Diesel shop in New Orleans?
> > > >
> > > > Scott Forman
> > > > 86 PT38
> > > > In New Orleans with issues
> > > >
> > >
> >
>