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Cummins is using 3 on all the product since from around 1995 . The rings on the 15l fall off the piston...they are larger than the piston before a compressor is installed

Pretty much.

Idling a new rebuild will glaze liners resulting in non seated rings. The engine will pump oil. Wet stacking is different. That would be unburnt fuel.

Start it and see if you have any leaks, noises, screw ups on assembly. Idling is what kills a new engine. How far is it to the dyno? If it were in my hands, run 1 gear down, 50-60 hp at say 18-2000 rpm til the stat opens, put a little bit more power on it, 75-80 hp and run there for 5 min...

6 hrs!!?? Who told you that? The rings will be seated in 45 min. If you used new style gaskets...like FelPro, Mr Gasket, etc, with the fire ring crimped to the gasket, no retorque is needed. I run the dyno every day so, yes I know what I am talking about

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Negative ghost rider. Blow-by past rings does not carry moisture, unless the head gasket is failed and allowing coolant into the cylinder. The only way moisture gets into the crankcase to show what you have under the valve covers is from something failed, like a cracked casting, an oil cooler...