oops Rags in Intake

[xts]

BIG mistake. I had rags stuffed in the intake to keep the dirt out....now there in the engine. M923 cummings. Well I guess ill keep you updated. Dam no screen or anything to stop em. Now the teardown begins. Can you help me with where to find gaskets. IE intake exhaust and heads...I guess. Truck might end up parted out...what a shame. It is a nice truck...and I just got it home.

 

[m16ty]

You may have gotten lucky. I'd pull the intake and see how far they got. If they didn't make it past the valves you'll be ok and should be able to pull them out without removing the head. If they did make it to the cylinder there's a chance you caused damage. You sill may have got out lucky though. There's not much space in a diesel combustion chamber when at TDC.

I once had a Perkins diesel suck in a rats nest right after rebuild (I didn't check the intake for debris during rebuild). It cost me two new pistons and sleeves.

 

[xts]

I will take the intake off and take a look....wish me luck..

 

[shenkmen]

I wish you luck and beg for lots of pictures.

 

[wreckerman893]

I did the same thing with the NA multi-fuel in my M275......they went all the way through....bunch of black crap came out the exhaust....she still runs.

 

[papabear]

I did the same thing with the NA multi-fuel in my M275......they went all the way through....bunch of black crap came out the exhaust....she still runs.

Maybe the paint thinner helped burn em out??

 

[hndrsonj]

Maybe the paint thinner helped burn em out??

Along with all the gaskets in the fuel system!

 

[doghead]

I had a friend that did this too(with a Chevy BB), the rags lodged in the intake valves allowing the pistons to hit the valves. Ruined the engine.

 

[mhassett]

I did the same thing to my dozer. Rag went right through and out the exhaust.
MHassett

 

[xts]

Well thank got for big rags....they where stuck in the intake and never made it to the engine...whew

 

[dburt]

Be careful from now on XTS, you just used up almost a life time's supply of good luck on that one!
Think twice now about everything you do, cuz' you might not have any good karma left!

 

[garp]

Use duct tape next time instead of rags.

 

[cpf240]

Use duct tape next time instead of rags.

Does duct tape burn better than rags?

 

[trooper632]

where's your air filter

 

[oboyjohn]

Re: rags in intake.

Hi everyone. First time post here. Have seen a hand full of rags go right through a runaway 6V53 and exit the exhaust as a white puff and the engine did not slow down. In fact, it continued to accelerate till it self destructed. Word of advice, if a 6V53 runs away, so should you.

 

[jaxsof]

I saw a rag go through a 3306 Cat once. Marine engene. It spit it right out the exhaust, a little shredded, but still cloth.

 

[Militoy]

Not exactly an uncommon problem - so don't feel too bad. My father-in-law is a retired fleet manager from a major power company. He managed a fleet of over 600 heavy trucks and tractors for over 30 years - so he has a bit of experiance with diesel engines. One of his projects after retirement was a rebuild of two vacuum trucks with big Cummins engines. After a complete rebuild of the first engine, he fired up the truck and sucked in a handful of shop towels he forgot to pull from the intake. The result in that case wasn't so pretty - and he had to perform some major top-end repairs.

 

[Flyingvan911]

I'm glad your engine is ok. You have good luck.