Good evening fellow Cummins enthusiasts.
I'm writing to you looking for some help and/or advice regarding my dad's truck. He made a bone-headed mistake and we're trying to figure out what to do (without dipping into his 401k too deeply).
Truck:
2011 Dodge Ram 3500 Dually
Cummins 6.7L 24 Valve
6-Speed Manual
Environmental System removed ~7 years ago.
~150k miles
Stock - no mods
My dad has been running around being very VERY busy of late and it caused him to make a huge mistake. I just bought a house, flew him out to Norfolk, VA to help me for 2 weeks and then he returned for Christmas and trying to get ready for my parents' annual winter road trip. All while winterizing his house before leaving.
He put his truck up on the lift, drained the oil, replaced the fuel filter, air filter, oil filter and then they had to leave for a dinner party. He cleaned up his shop, shut the hood, left the oil on the bench to complete when he returned. The following morning, he FORGOT to put the oil in, because his shop was all clean as he left it and didn't think about it correctly.
Started the truck, backed it out of his shop, drove ~1/4 mile and the oil light came on....he knew. EVEN BIGGER MISTAKE...he stopped, turned around and got 15 mph of speed, shut it down and let it coast back down the hill to his house.
He ran up to the shop, grabbed the oil, put it in immediately, then grabbed 10 gallons of water and poured it over the block. It turned over for 1-2 seconds then that was all she wrote. I've seen my dad cry like 4 times in my life...this one has got him pretty bad, and I feel so damn terrible for him. He's my literal hero and superman when it comes to home repair and the sort. This is atypical of him...
It was towed to a shop, they opened it up (not much) and determined full replacement. Sounds like they don't want to get into it too much. They have a good reputation but DON'T do rebuilds, just repairs.
Decision point: He's thinking of bringing it home, dropping the pan, pulling the injectors and loading up the cylinders (loading may be too strong of a word) with penetrating oil and then putting a space heater underneath and seeing if he can break free the pistons...might be a snowballs chance in hell.
I'm thinking it was only 4-5 minutes...the block may be still good and its salvageable...just a LOT of work (rings, rods maybe?!!?!?, main bearings, hopefully no valves, seals, etc.). He lives in Bellingham, WA so it wasn't warm outside, 45-50 degrees outside at the time this occurred.
Looking for some gearheads advice here. A new motor was quoted at ~$30k, we started looking around online and found some variation in a lot of them.
The shop is quoting ~$4,900 in labor costs if he can supply a new motor.
Thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide. I wish I lived closer to him to help him out...one of those moments I want to the be son he needs and be there, I got out of the Navy in Norfolk and got some roots here at the moment I can't leave for a few years unfortunately.
-G
I'm writing to you looking for some help and/or advice regarding my dad's truck. He made a bone-headed mistake and we're trying to figure out what to do (without dipping into his 401k too deeply).
Truck:
2011 Dodge Ram 3500 Dually
Cummins 6.7L 24 Valve
6-Speed Manual
Environmental System removed ~7 years ago.
~150k miles
Stock - no mods
My dad has been running around being very VERY busy of late and it caused him to make a huge mistake. I just bought a house, flew him out to Norfolk, VA to help me for 2 weeks and then he returned for Christmas and trying to get ready for my parents' annual winter road trip. All while winterizing his house before leaving.
He put his truck up on the lift, drained the oil, replaced the fuel filter, air filter, oil filter and then they had to leave for a dinner party. He cleaned up his shop, shut the hood, left the oil on the bench to complete when he returned. The following morning, he FORGOT to put the oil in, because his shop was all clean as he left it and didn't think about it correctly.
Started the truck, backed it out of his shop, drove ~1/4 mile and the oil light came on....he knew. EVEN BIGGER MISTAKE...he stopped, turned around and got 15 mph of speed, shut it down and let it coast back down the hill to his house.
He ran up to the shop, grabbed the oil, put it in immediately, then grabbed 10 gallons of water and poured it over the block. It turned over for 1-2 seconds then that was all she wrote. I've seen my dad cry like 4 times in my life...this one has got him pretty bad, and I feel so damn terrible for him. He's my literal hero and superman when it comes to home repair and the sort. This is atypical of him...
It was towed to a shop, they opened it up (not much) and determined full replacement. Sounds like they don't want to get into it too much. They have a good reputation but DON'T do rebuilds, just repairs.
Decision point: He's thinking of bringing it home, dropping the pan, pulling the injectors and loading up the cylinders (loading may be too strong of a word) with penetrating oil and then putting a space heater underneath and seeing if he can break free the pistons...might be a snowballs chance in hell.
I'm thinking it was only 4-5 minutes...the block may be still good and its salvageable...just a LOT of work (rings, rods maybe?!!?!?, main bearings, hopefully no valves, seals, etc.). He lives in Bellingham, WA so it wasn't warm outside, 45-50 degrees outside at the time this occurred.
Looking for some gearheads advice here. A new motor was quoted at ~$30k, we started looking around online and found some variation in a lot of them.
The shop is quoting ~$4,900 in labor costs if he can supply a new motor.
Thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide. I wish I lived closer to him to help him out...one of those moments I want to the be son he needs and be there, I got out of the Navy in Norfolk and got some roots here at the moment I can't leave for a few years unfortunately.
-G