Competition Bad Engine Issues

[Jim Fulmer]

Came across this picture today and wondered who else has had this happen!



It's a 24V and yes that is a fire ring to view. Sorry but it's not my 12V, it's doing fine and running tip top, hopefully it will have more to give soon.



The head looked like you took an ice cream scooper to it!



Jim

 

[crawler]

What did the valve look like?



Either a bad injector (blown tip,hung pintle)

tune up issue (timing)

broke valve (pulled the stem off due to spring pressure/cam profile)

melted valve



A few ideas anyway.



Hope you can help the guy out Jim. I know you'd give your left arm to help somebody out with a problem.



~Wes~

 

[Highfinance97]

The head looked like you took an ice cream scooper to it!



Jim

Can we see that???





Michael

 

[Jim Fulmer]

Now that someone finally bought a camera... ... . yes you can have a pic of the head.



The Valve pulled into! I'll be nice and not tell who put it together nor tell who sold him the springs ect, but there not on this board.



Jim

 

[Forrest Nearing]

that's some expensive metal "soup" in that bowl! :{

 

[Bodie]

Whoops!

 

[Jim Fulmer]

Here's the head!

 

[PToombs]

That makes me 3 times as glad I do all my own work!

 

[Jetpilot]

Hmmmm,



I've seen something like that somewhere... ...

 

[crawler]

Hmmmm,



I've seen something like that somewhere... ...

Me too... ... ... ... ... ... .....

 

[BILLVO]

Hmmmm,



I've seen something like that somewhere... ...

I'm sure a good machine shop could make that head good as new.

 

[MD500E]

Me three... ... .

 

[Cummins724]

I'd hate to be that guy! That is by far the worst I've seen. Wonder what caused that?

 

[WUnderwood]

Jim-
I think you see the most carnage out of anyone!

 

[Hammer]

Hmmmm,



I've seen something like that somewhere... ...

I bet it was times 2 even. It makes me wonder why the 12v pullers all think that the 24v head is worth the risk after seeing this over and over... ... Andy

 

[Jim Fulmer]

Jim-

I think you see the most carnage out of anyone!

Not my truck, mine is running just fine! Actually I have had very little breakage considering I've been at 700 hp + since Sept of 03'.



Now I've beat up allot of stuff!



Jim

 

[DCreed]

looks like the fire ring bowed out and hung the valve during compression ,possibly from a hung injector making a hot jug pyro wouldnt indicate much from normal ... isnt there a better way than fire rings??? headgaskets seem to be a common enough problem even with them.

 

[Jetpilot]

Me three... ... .

Now where would you have seen something like this????

 

[bluthndr]

I saw a "stock" 3rd gen in the dealer's getting a long block. It was #5 that had the valves melt (looked like it to me). I say "stock" because the exhaust manif had a pipe plug in the front half of it...