olddesertrat wrote:
Thanks for encouragement to go ahead and remove injectors without Miller tool.
You are correct, special tool was completely unneeded!!!
In fact, removing injectors was easier than all the other work disconnecting things from the valve cover.
That was the good news.
Bad news: Every single on of rockers was broken.
Yes, all 16 were broken. Cracked right next to the cam contact bearing. Must have made a heck of a noise when happened.
So...
1. All rockers broken
2. 225,000 miles on engine.
3. Know valve failure problems around 200,000 miles.
4. Intake ports coated with around 3/8 inch of soot....
Now seriously thinking of pulling of cylinder head and having it rebuilt with new valves.
Does not look like it would that much more work than what have already done to it.
Any recommendations for head rebuild service?
So your rockers were sacrificial!!! Great outcome in the big picture. WWDiesel will never lead you astray. He is extremely wise and experienced.
Picking up on your "soot" comment. Please tell me you have your EGR deleted, FCV removed, and exhaust feed tube blocked off. Also, please tell me your CCV is going through a Provent air/oil separator!!!! Done right, you are not sucking in sooty exhaust, well...none actually, and your turbo is not being fed with oil infused air!!!
I went as far as to install a Synthetic EGR (SEGR) so my computer is happy...happy!!! But those are far and few between.