OM606A Coolant(?) leaking into injector well?
OM606A Coolant(?) leaking into injector well?
I'm in the process of replacing the headgasket on my OM606A. I found this interesting scene. The #1 injector and it's well liberally encrusted with rust. Due to the blown headgasket and many coolant refills, the coolant was 99% water. So the water could have come from the cooling system without leaving the normal coolant traces..
Is this a place where a crack could form into a cooling passage? Is this common? Repairable?
The vehicle gets left for long periods without being driven. So it is possible that it was pressure washed and the well filled with water and was left for weeks to rust. Seems hard to believe that I could get that much water in there though. The #2 well has *much* less rust in it, the rest none. The fact that there is any in #2 kind of leans towards the pressure washing theory in my (maybe overly hopeful) opinion.
BTW: at 300K miles, the cylinders measure 87.00mm in both directions, top and bottom. The honing marks are clearly visible all around. Amazing.
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A plea to those of you with lots of OM606A mechanical experience:
I'm in the process of replacing the headgasket on my OM606A. I found this interesting scene. The #1 injector and it's well liberally encrusted with rust. Due to the blown headgasket and many coolant refills, the coolant was 99% water. So the water could have come from the cooling system without leaving the normal coolant traces..
Is this a place where a crack could form into a cooling passage? Is this common? Repairable?
The vehicle gets left for long periods without being driven. So it is possible that it was pressure washed and the well filled with water and was left for weeks to rust. Seems hard to believe that I could get that much water in there though. The #2 well has *much* less rust in it, the rest none. The fact that there is any in #2 kind of leans towards the pressure washing theory in my (maybe overly hopeful) opinion.
BTW: at 300K miles, the cylinders measure 87.00mm in both directions, top and bottom. The honing marks are clearly visible all around. Amazing.
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