Cummins KTA 600 - Leaking oil under cylinder head?

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  1. oldson81

    oldson81 Bobtail Member

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    Have an old Cummins KTA 600 which appears to have a major oil leak from under # 3 cylinder head. How involved would it be for me to fix this myself?

    The engine sounds good otherwise. I dont know the history , but i am only going to be using it from time to time as a backup truck. Id like to try and stop this leak before i drive it too far and test the rest of the motor out on the highway.

    Any advice on these old motors would be much appreciated. Cheers
     
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  3. DougA

    DougA Road Train Member

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    Which side is the leak on,pushrod side?
     
  4. baha

    baha Road Train Member

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    CK. on outside of valve cover for a broken head bolt, pull valve cover and look for a broken head bolt?
     
  5. IH Truck Guy

    IH Truck Guy Road Train Member

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    6 individual heads.
    Piece of cake.
    K blocks are the bomb.
     
  6. oldson81

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    The leak is on the turbo side / your passenger side. Yep , being individual heads I was hoping it could be pulled fairly easily. I'm a mechanic by trade here in Australia never opened up any big cummins motors. I should be able to get my head around it. Anything I should be looking out for?
     
  7. FL444

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    He said KTA 600 and I just woke up!! Post a couple pics of it, if you don't mind.
     
  8. oldson81

    oldson81 Bobtail Member

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  9. oldson81

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    Posted a photo above. After half hour idling the oils dripping on the ground!! Doesn't seem to be rocker covers. Almost certain it's leaking from under the heads.
     
  10. oldson81

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    Photo posted. Any ideas man?
     
  11. FL444

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    Just a thought did you pull the valve covers and check the head bolts torque?
     
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