Detroit Diesel DD13, DD15 common known problems?

that engine needs inframe..

 

6 cyl kits, all bottom bearings, all gaskets and o rings, 6 set of piton rings. new oil suction manifold, ... you can reuse the head, but I would suggest you to get reliabilt head from dealer because old one has 650k miles

 

you have coolant in the oil, because bottom o ring of liner is leaking. its a common problem of dd15.

 

Unless there almost giving this thing away I cant imagine you won't need to do a full rebuild on this engine. I would even look for a good replacement motor if the deal is right.You can get 2012 and later used engines for about 14k and up. lord knows how much money that ones going to cost to fully redo. But personally i would walk away from it.

 

I had similar problem with my 2012 truck . I had leaking upper o rings of 3 and 4 liners. Detroit did my inframe under warranty because truck had 450k miles.. I was lucky coolant did not mix with oil. in this case crankshaft must be inspected. find a member 4vmach1 and ask him about repair. he is a detroit tech.

 

parts will be around $7-9k if crankshaft is ok and no head replacement.