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valleybusman
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Posted - 09/07/2017 :  07:49:56 AM  Show Profile  Send valleybusman an AOL message  Reply with Quote
I have 2 buses with the 5.9 Cummins in Tc 2000 . Both have oil coming out of where the oil goes in . I have tried bigger O'rings with some success . I have tried new caps . I have tried pugs with expandable rubber donuts . The last one works somewhat . Do I need to replace the valve covers ? What has anyone else done if anything to fix this ? It's making a mess on the engines . Thanks

aaronwilmoth80911
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Posted - 09/07/2017 :  08:41:11 AM  Show Profile  Visit aaronwilmoth80911's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Not sure if the 5.9 is the same setup as the 6.7, but on a couple of our 6.7s, there is a spout under the the cover where the crankcase filter goes and they broke and were leaking oil and it gave the appearance of the oil cap leaking.
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BigPapa
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Posted - 09/07/2017 :  10:08:30 AM  Show Profile  Visit BigPapa's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Sounds like you have a crankcase vent issue. Which 5.9 is it? VP? Common rail?
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valleybusman
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Posted - 09/07/2017 :  9:06:20 PM  Show Profile  Send valleybusman an AOL message  Reply with Quote
I have a VP model . I thought about down draft tube but thought both ?
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Donotpass
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Posted - 09/08/2017 :  07:04:37 AM  Show Profile  Visit Donotpass's Homepage  Reply with Quote
How much oil are we talking about? id measure the blowby if it is actually kicking out enough oil to be a issue.

Weve had a 5.9 cummins crack commpression rings and push out the cork side cover gasket.
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