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What happened to MT?

I'd bet my next paycheck on junk in a banjo fitting. I see it on a regular basis.

Rocker bolt number is 21269038

Volvo really screwed my head up with the new world part numbers 😂 I have 421gc23m stuck in my head for those rocker bolts, I could be totally wrong on that, but it's going to drive me nuts till I get to work in the morning and check!

Dang. I usually have that on the tip of my tongue, but I'm seeing fewer of them these days. I've got it at the shop. If you don't get it before morning I'll let you know. Were they tight?

Now yall got me following this one 😂 Almost sounds at this point as if it has to be a pushrod issue, or something crazy with the rocker itself. I'm assuming the rocker bolts aren't broken or backed off? Bent pushrod? I've seen valve seats change valve adjustments pretty quick, but they go the other way, and the lash gets tighter. I'm putting my money on rocker bolts, but then again I would think it would have broken the rocker shaft by now. I see a lot of AI engines with all 12 solid yokes, but Almost always garbage trucks. But they will even run that setup in thier roll offs with manual trans.

I'll tell ya, I'm about over it. Too young to retire, don't know how to do anything else and make anywhere near the money. But damn I miss working on an aset most of the time. Now it's mainly mp' s, cummins, paccar (pure junk) and international. I remember when the etech came out thinking how complicated it was 😂 Those were the days!

The plug is there just to cap off the hole that was created when they drilled for the fuel gallery. Like jojo said, if it were put in correctly the first time, which most are, you'd never have a leak there. I've just gotten in the habit of resealing them whenever I have the front cover off.

😂 I was getting ready to scream DO NOT PUT THAT THING TOGETHER 😂 My knowledge has been ceramic lifters required spring loaded rods. We had one a couple months ago that had steel, dealer sent us ceramic, and swore that's what it called for. Turned out there was something they missed option wise when ordering the parts. The camshaft was a different part number as well, so I'm assuming a steel roller cam is different than ceramic roller cam.

Mack used to sell a magnet kit to hold the lifters up. That's what I have and they are priceless! Not sure they are still available. And the cam shoe is also well worth the money. No more having an assistant under the engine with a wooden handle to help guide it in. Make sure you reseal that fuel plug while you're there with the front cover off! I've seen many leak.

😂 That's awesome. I mean how dumb is it that we need 2 people to run the valves? Luckily I always have somebody who's more than willing to take a nap under the truck for me.

I just use an old fashioned magnifying glass lol. My eyes suck these days anyway. This one had a miss on number 4,good compression, no electrical faults. So I'm replacing number 4 injector and hoping for the best. I'd be 100% confident on the older mp's, but still learning the common rail ones.

Thank you sir. These are etched as well! Good work Volvo. Not!

I can't seem to find this info anywhere but is the valve, brake and injector adjustment the same for the common rail mp8 as the older ones? Minus adjusting 3 of the injectors obviously....

The only 3 things I've run into over the years are eup's, injector caps, and fuel pump seal.

I've been waiting 2 1/2 weeks for support to call me back about changing the email on my account. I've called twice, they just say they are busy and somebody will eventually get to me. My password expired a few weeks ago with the mandatory change, I never knew anything about a mandatory change I guess because the old email we set up with years ago is no longer in use. So since I can't get into the email they have on file, they must change the email on our account. They are supposed to be calling me to verify my info, but almost 3 weeks now?! Are they that busy?! This is killing me having to use a bosch scanner in the meantime. It's going to bite me soon when I need to do something the bosch won't do!

Go back with what you have, and yes, do all 6 cups. If I remember correctly, conical cups aren't available for the 04 emissions. You'll need the tap/puller to remove the cups, as well as the tooling to install them with the swaging bit. MAKE SURE when you pull them you tap them all the way thru! I got lazy once and ended up leaving part of the cup broken off in the head. I probably shouldn't tell my screw up here lol.

Always! I've been working on mack engines for almost 30 years, used to be the easiest but Volvo has really done some head scratching engineering. Maybe at the top of the list, well Paccar is right up there with them.

Shaving the block is the trick. Doesn't take a lot, but I had to shave it all the way to where the block meets the oil pan gasket. Was able to wiggle it out after that. Thanks for the comments guys!

That's what I've normally seen as well. I didn't get so lucky this time. This one is actually causing the red shutdown light. I plugged in a new thermostat and the code goes away. Had a guy at our local dealer tell me that mack says to remove the filter head, but he's been able to get them out without doing that. If I have to do some block shaving, then shaving I will do!

Its hitting the engine block. Otherwise no clearance issues. Apparently this isn't an issue with the 07 emissions, only after 10 I think.

Yeah this one is hitting a hump in the block where an oil pan bolt threads in. Barely, but enough that the valve will not drop down far enough. I found a service bulletin for the leu, which states to remove turbo, egr cooler, then filter head. Only other option in seeing here is to gently shave that oil pan boss on the block enough to get it out.

Yes, mp7, in the front of the oil filter housing.

2016 GU. What in the world is going on here! Piston oil thermo valve won't come out without stripping down half the engine? Or does someone have a trick?

Not sure if it applies to the 18s, but this was an issue with several leu's that I've worked on. There is a service bulletin about the soot level not resetting, but I can't remember what the fix was.