Yesterday's turbo swap out proved to be less than successful. My turbo was badly worn.

It's looking like my engine has some bad rocker arms. What is causing these to fail on an engine with 146,000 miles.
Jay in Ohio had his crap out at 122,000.

If it would do any good I would complain the VM Motori.
What I pain in the @&%^ this car is becoming

Thanks for allowing me to rant

Tom

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2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited
Build Date May '05
OME lift kit
Samco hoses
Weeks Stage 1
PMF EGR plug kit
ARP Stud
Cracked CAC repaired with epoxy filler

Soot in the oil from the EGR is the main suspect. Has your EGR been in service for all those miles? If yes, then be prepared to spend a good amount of time cleaning your intake manifold / valve cover when you get it apart. It's arteries will be caked up with soot from the EGR mixed with oil from the CCV.

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SOLD - 2006 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited
Gen2 Fuel Head - Magnaflow Exhaust - Ram transmission swap - In-Tank Lift Pump
Moab Wheels - 245/75/R16 LR E Cooper Discoverer AT3 Tires - OME Lift 790/90009 948/60069 - Etecno Glow Plugs - V6 Airbox
Pic of my Jeep!

I bought this used. Previous owner had disabled the EGR

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2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited
Build Date May '05
OME lift kit
Samco hoses
Weeks Stage 1
PMF EGR plug kit
ARP Stud
Cracked CAC repaired with epoxy filler

I suspect that the rocker failures are a combination of a few factors:

1) soot from the EGR contaminates the oil.
2) long oil change intervals.
3) wrong oil being used
4) short trips = oil diluted by fuel = more wear

The previous owner of my red CRD had his oil changed at one of those Jiffy Lube places. There was a sticker on the window that said 5w30 oil was used. There are no synthetic diesel oils of that grade, so I suspect it did not meet specs for our engine.

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My collection of CRD's:
2005 Deep Beryl Green Pearlcoat
2006 Light Khaki Metallic Clearcoat
2006 Inferno Red Crystal Pearlcoat
2006 Midnight Blue Pearlcoat
2006 Gold Limited
2015 Black Ecodiesel
2015 Black Ecodiesel 2

When I got mine, it had semisynthetic oil in it, don't remember the weight, most people have no clue it's a diesel...

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2005 kj CRD, samco, suncoast tc, provent, Kennedy lift pump, GDE ECO full torque, 2nd gen filter head, 245/70/16 a/t tires, mopar light bar, fumoto oil valve, OEM Skid Plates, ARB Front bumper and HD OME, tru cool LPD47391 40k GVW tranny cooler (stock cooler delete), FF Dynamics e-fan and shroud, rocker arms replaced, HDS2 190F thermostat.

I flush the motor at every oil change to keep the carbon off the bottom of the pan and other engine parts.

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2006 Liberty Limited CRD, Deep Beryl Green, Yeti tune, Arp studs, new cams, rockers, lifters, TB. "Green Monster"
2005 Liberty Sport CRD, Deep Beryl Green, GDE Hot Tune, ARP studs. "Rocket"
1982 Fiat 124 Spider Convertible. "Fiona"

How do you flush your engine?

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John
2 X 2006 CRD Sport
Mine Light Blue, Hers Dark Blue
GDE ECO Tune
Fumoto
Samco Hoses