Loud Pop!

[BIG BOB]

I was driving along yesterday and all of a sudden I hear a loud pop, I think, what the heck was that? I look in my rear view mirror and all I see is white smoke covering the entire road! I figure, oh no, did I blow the turbo? I pull over and immediately smell anti-freeze. I think, oh yea, just a hose or something easy. No such luck, the rear engine freeze plug above the bell housing has been blown out.



Good thing I was only about a mile from home. Max temp was only 217*. It's now at Dishman being repaired under warranty.



Has anyone else experienced this? First time I've hear of this happening.

 

[Diesel Power]

i've seen some of the early dodges having a clearence issue with the freeze plug hole in the block being to big, just barely big!! :-laf

 

[Diesel Power]

BIG BOB, i was looking at your sig and was wondering if you still had stock injectors or not. thanks :-laf oh yea hows the hot juice holding up for you? any problems?

 

[Fred Swanson]

Big Bob, common problem on 3rd gens. I know of three. My 03 at 55,000 miles. A new Cummins motor in a customers 04 with less than 1K miles, and Jason(referred to me by Jason of NWCustoms), and his 04. 5 with 42K miles while he was here in Phoenix. On Jason's, I put a plate across the back of the block using existing holes, that has a big nut on the plug side, to keep it from happening again.



All 4 of these are twin turbo motors.

 

[SRadke]

My 03 did it, there's a thread on NWB and another here on TDR discussing it.

 

[lmills]

great, the more and more I see this, the more I worry. Why couldn't I just leave my truck stock?























nah, that would be any fun.

 

[BIG BOB]

BIG BOB, i was looking at your sig and was wondering if you still had stock injectors or not. thanks :-laf oh yea hows the hot juice holding up for you? any problems?

Yes, still have stock injectors. Juice is doing great! No problem at all, in fact, it is still the Hot Juice Beta that I tested for them.

 

[BIG BOB]

A new Cummins motor in a customers 04 with less than 1K miles, and Jason(referred to me by Jason of NWCustoms), and his 04. 5 with 42K miles while he was here in Phoenix. On Jason's, I put a plate across the back of the block using existing holes, that has a big nut on the plug side, to keep it from happening again.



All 4 of these are twin turbo motors.

Jason Burton told me that you fixed Jason's. Did you remove the transmission to do it?