just finished up a 2400 mile, 9 day long road trip up through Oregon and back. Things were good, except for when they weren't. Fought an overheating issue most of the trip, which i finally tracked down on the 2nd to last day to a small split in the turbo coolant line,. Trans also got warm once or twice due to low fluid levels. anyway, got home, parked the trailer, and run out to grab dinner, and the truck dies while driving. Looks to be a fuel issue, but my tech is still looking into it. However, the bigger issue is that he also found that the cooling system is also immediately building pressure.
yup.
head gasket.
fml.
its got 289k, and putting 6-8k into a head gasket doesnt make sense to me. because then the trans and the rest of the truck still have close to 300k. I'm just going to end up throwing money at this thing for the next few years, and i'll never get it back. so it looks like its time to cut my losses and find something else. But have you seen the used diesel truck market lately? its horrendous. $30k for a 10-12 year old truck with 200k is the norm.