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Old 05-11-2013, 10:48 PM
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I would pick on or two of them and plastigage them and see what they look like.

Can someone rotate the crank for you so you can listed for anything unusual (pull plugs first)?
 
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yea my brother in law is going to come over in the morning and help me. What are the chances that the problems were due to the gravel in the pick up screen and possibly not enough oil pressure when at temp?
 
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I am real curious how gravel got in there... that really isn't a good sign..... Got any pics of the gravel?

Video doesn't seem to work any more either.
 
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you can kinda see the pieces of gravel in the pick up screen here. I am REAL curious as to how it got there as well.
 
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Oh, that is sooooo not good. Replace the oil pump at the very least. I would be very tempted to take a look at a few bearings as well.
 
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Gravel will get into the motor if the oil fill cap is left off and the truck is driven for some time, seen it before nothing new. Its a rod bearing or a wrist pin one or the other, as posted get a friend to help you.
 
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yea just went and picked up new oil pump.. pick up screen and new rod bearings all around... time to get to work
 
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Need to plasticgage to check bearings. And if you replace them need to PG them as well. But the visual will be helpful, and PG will tell you if it has excessive wear.
 
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