1999 dodge 24v warped head !! help
 

how yall doin, new here, well im going to get to it, ok i just traded my 01 gasser for this cummins, it needs new tires trans is strong 4x4 works great , well i get home and theres smoke coming from under hood, so i shut it off, oil every where rite under pump, shi****
this is my only ride i just had a baby just turned 21 and i own a lawn biz, and this sucks !!, im going to get pictures soon, its pushing alot of oil out, and it has tons of blow by ,its smoking now but i thought it was smokin from a bad tps, :s:

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does any one know if i can stick a 12v in it it was a 1998 build date , what do i need , and if i did what about the trans ?? what will control it,

if the head is warp just replace the head? There a company somewhere where you can swap heads and pay 700 bucks for a new one? you can put in a 12V but it does take work and will take more time to confiqure everything..

Just sounds like a blown gasket to me. Pull the head have it surfaced and you should be fine.

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it is really bad its smoking really bad also i dont know if its rings or what

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if it was a blow head gasket, would there be water in oil or oil in water

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it has 250k on it idk if the smoke is rings or oil or what i could take a video its white smoke and its alot

Ok thats a sign of a bad head gasket, you could put a gauge on your radiator cap pump it up and see if it bleeds off...

where would i get a pump ??

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and when its running and i take oil cap off it has alot of blow by

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which company

I would have to get ahold of my friend that did this and he is currently in the mountains chasing elk... But you can take it to a shop and see if they can pressure test the coolant system and you may even be able to rent it from auto zone... it just replaces the cap on the radiator and then you can pressurize it and look for leaks around the head gasket.. the oil cap sit on top of the cylinder head so if the gasket is bad it will have alot of blow by. look at the tube in front of the timing cover and see how much blow by you have there... But if the head is warped its not going to cost any more to just take it to a machine shop to re surface it....

there is so much bow by it blows the cap rite off !!! its spraying oil every where its a bad leak would a blown head gasket make white smoke?? and run really rough ??

yes it will, because the head gasket is what keeps all the compression gases inside the cylinder walls. IF its is bad it will go out side the head, and white smoke is partiely burned fuel and/or coolant. If you head gasket cannot seal then it cannot keep and make compression. What you can do to see what the white smoke is, is to smell it. Does it smell like anitfreeze or fuel? if its antifreeze its likely the head gasket.

Smells like fuel to me??

well i got the head off looks like new !!!, 3 pistons are cracked and all the others are all banged up !! cylender walls are done , :ouch:

now what look for another 24v or 12 v swap help !! i found out the truck is a 98.5

That really SUCKS!!!! what caused it to do that much damage do you know? but I would stick with the 24 Valve to save you a hassle of converting..

Here is a rebuild/overhaul kit..
5.9L 24 Valve Cummins Diesel Rebuild Overhaul Kit

i hate to hear that.. did you call the people you bought it off of? give them an earful.. i doubt it just magically happened this way. this truck wasnt maintained properly, or it was abused. or it was a case of EXTREMELY bad luck :(

good luck on the repairs!

thats why they traded it to you for a gasser!!!!!! i have only traded my 97 stroker which was nice for a gasser cuz it was an 04 straight trade and i get it home 100 mile trip all good change oil to days later it has a lift tick once and awhile wasnt taken care of. man id be pissed and call them and say wtf it didnt happoen over night but im thinking youd know the 1st time u drove it unless it had no oil or something??? id keep the 24v i love em

Were the fluid levels good when you checked them?

When you bought the truck, that is