First and foremost, this is my first post here after lurking for quite some time. Thank you mud for the wealth of knowledge! A few months ago, I flew across Europe to purchase my HJ60 and drove big red home from the UK to Italy. Let’s just say we bonded for 16 hours and I dreamt I was driving for several nights after returning… Aside from a noisy belt, we made our way back across the Alps without any major issues.
Fast forward to today, a couple buddies and I are enjoying some cold beers and bourbon while doing some routine maintenance on the fuel system. This was nothing wild, just draining the water separator and inspecting the full lines and such since I’ve been noticing some loss of power under load in 3rd & 4th. When I cranked the engine to move the truck back to the side of the drive, there was a solid amount of blow by on the ground behind the tail pipe. My basic mechanical knowledge tells me that the rings are likely toast, but again, my mechanical knowledge is rather basic. What am I looking at here? Full engine rebuild? Just trying to prepare myself here…
Fast forward to today, a couple buddies and I are enjoying some cold beers and bourbon while doing some routine maintenance on the fuel system. This was nothing wild, just draining the water separator and inspecting the full lines and such since I’ve been noticing some loss of power under load in 3rd & 4th. When I cranked the engine to move the truck back to the side of the drive, there was a solid amount of blow by on the ground behind the tail pipe. My basic mechanical knowledge tells me that the rings are likely toast, but again, my mechanical knowledge is rather basic. What am I looking at here? Full engine rebuild? Just trying to prepare myself here…