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    Coolant explosion on the M817 today

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    Coolant explosion on the M817 today

    Ok we got into it today. Coolant in cylinders 3,4,5 and 6. Looks like the #2 cylinder has a leaky injector. but no obviously bad head gasket? coolant looked oil free but gallons of coolant in the oil pan. Ideas? warped head? are these wet liners?
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    Coolant explosion on the M817 today

    Update. Well Something bad has happened. Next morning put a glove on and went to start. Got about 1/3 a revolution before the engine locked up. Pulled the oil pan drain and about 2 gallons of coolant came out then oil. No oil apparent in the coolant... so i'm going with head gasket or worse...
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    Coolant explosion on the M817 today

    Hey everyone, just decided now that we are shut down to pull the 817 in to the shop today and start doing fluid change/filters. I haven’t started it since January but fired right up, warmed up for 5 min and then drove it it 1500ft up the road to in-front of the shop. At that point I shut it down...
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