buffblazer
1/2 ton status
ok so here is a trivia question, how lont does it take an 08 cummins to blow up after it runs out of oil?
anwser.........1/2 mile
im in kansas working th pipeline as i said in my other post, and the company truck that i share with my boss is a CC 4x4 3500 dodge cummins.
on tuesday he told me we were gonna take the truck to wal-mart to get the oil change (mistake number 1, i told him that was a bad idea)
on wensday we leave pratt, to head to wichita to get parts and im driving, we get about 50 miles out of town and i here, what sounds like an injector tapping. i pull over as the oil gauge fluxuates and i crawl under the truck and there is oil all over the place.
I tell the boss, he says we are 16 miles from wichita, lets limp it there (mistake number 2 i told him it would never make it)
we go less than half a mile and its rattling really bad, i tell him, screw it im pulling over, right when i go to shut the key off and let it coast to a stop i hear BAM!! CLUNK!!! i shut it off and we tow it to the dodge dealer.
20 mins later the tech comes out with the 3 pieces of the cam in his hand, and he says, i reached into the fist size hole in the side of the block and pulled out these pieces.
walmart now has a new motor, rental truck and labor charge to take care of.
i took a pic of the hole, its really hard to see and i cant get it to load up but i will keep trying.
truck had 26k on it, not even broke in.
anwser.........1/2 mile
im in kansas working th pipeline as i said in my other post, and the company truck that i share with my boss is a CC 4x4 3500 dodge cummins.
on tuesday he told me we were gonna take the truck to wal-mart to get the oil change (mistake number 1, i told him that was a bad idea)
on wensday we leave pratt, to head to wichita to get parts and im driving, we get about 50 miles out of town and i here, what sounds like an injector tapping. i pull over as the oil gauge fluxuates and i crawl under the truck and there is oil all over the place.
I tell the boss, he says we are 16 miles from wichita, lets limp it there (mistake number 2 i told him it would never make it)
we go less than half a mile and its rattling really bad, i tell him, screw it im pulling over, right when i go to shut the key off and let it coast to a stop i hear BAM!! CLUNK!!! i shut it off and we tow it to the dodge dealer.
20 mins later the tech comes out with the 3 pieces of the cam in his hand, and he says, i reached into the fist size hole in the side of the block and pulled out these pieces.
walmart now has a new motor, rental truck and labor charge to take care of.
i took a pic of the hole, its really hard to see and i cant get it to load up but i will keep trying.
truck had 26k on it, not even broke in.
