i have a cummins m11 and have a leak under the rocker cover looks to be by the head i guess..but when i rubb my finger in it its not like the oil..it is kinda slippery and will wipe right off..oil dont come off that easy to me..and it doesnt smoke from being on the hot motor....im truck feels down on power from before but i was thinking cummins didnt set my ecm back up right when i had it replaced.....is it possible for it to leak out of the cover or head gasket if the inj. is bad??????is there a whay to do a check check on this ????thanks mike
how to tell if injector is leaking
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by earthmover, Nov 6, 2011.
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try to find place washed with fuel. Less oil on metall.
If I can see I use car electric fuel pump, and push fuel from bottle to cyl head (i usually separate fuel line from delivery pump). Pump must be good becouse pressure may rise up to 15 bar and pump goes bad soon (LOL).
But if you get fuel in oil problem - just replace ALL cooper injector sleeves and ALL injector o-rings) -
When you say under the rocker cover, do you mean lower on the outside of the engine, or did you actually take off the rocker cover and look inside? Any internal fuel leaks end up in the oil pan. If your engine is making oil that will confirm a leaking injector. Leaking injector cups usually lead to fuel in the coolant, or coolant in the oil. I can't see anything fuel related leaking like that and still looking like oil. It probably is oil. M11 are known for leaking between the head and rocker box housing.
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thats where its at heavyd between the head and the rocker box....whats the fix for it????head gasket?????
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No, but almost. Everything comes off down to the head. The rocker box housing is also the intake manifold. To get that off all the rockers have to come off. I think the injectors can stay in, but now is the time to take them out too and put new orings on them. That gasket isn't very wide around the perimeter and kinda like a stiff paper type. They just break down and leak. How bad is it?
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its not really bad but its running down along the head and on to the side of the trans...also a little down the side of the motor...i cant see it being very bad when i check the oil....so i guess this is something ill wait on til work has came to a stop for me (dump truck)....thanks mike
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