Looking Inside T1N Sprinter Engine Doing Head Gasket Repair

We replaced the head gasket on this engine and while it was apart we show a few details of the parts most of you don't get to see.
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[@matthewsconzo3440]

Pro tip, if you can’t finish the whole job in one day or don’t have lots of spare space, put all of your bolts and brackets and parts all in separate ziplock bags with a label and put them in order so you know exactly which ones come next!

[@smcsumo]

Awsome job👏👏

[@nissanvq35lag23]

Beautiful job guys👍

[@matthewsconzo3440]

This would’ve helped me so much 6 months ago when I had to figure out how to remove the head 😂

[@mitch500]

my gasket was cracked in the exact same spot!

[@michaelsmith8060]

Great little motors. Over a mill in mine and it still goes hard on stock bore and crank

[@skysteppes]

370k on my 2003 , it has had head gasket seepage down the block at that exact spot since new . Now the seepage is very obvious and it’s loosing coolant slowly and the radiator cap pops like a champagne cork . Still runs great as good as the day I drove it off the showroom floor. But getting a little concerned it may be time to replace the head gasket…. How long can these things go on a “blown head gasket “

[@FloridaVanMan]

I don't recommend it but I've done the trip Florida to Chicago to Toledo adding water hourly. Watch that coolant level and don't trust the temperature on the dash gauge. When the coolant is low the sensor will read only steam.

[@VuyoNhlanhla-w4s]

M benz sprinter bus 416 stripping the hole engine

[@FloridaVanMan]

Godspeed my friend.

[@needlemiejer143]

Hi i got slight oil intrusion in my coolant,not enough to make chocolate pudding but enough where i have to flush the cooling system every couple months to stay ahead of it,i will be doin a head gasket job should i also do the timing cover to be safe?any thoughts on where this oil is coming from and when i have the head off where should i be looking for any cracks? its an 06 runs great no cap dance 400k thx

[@FloridaVanMan]

I hope you didn't take the head off yet! The usual reason for oil in our coolant is a failing oil cooler. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHazq2CHpZ1msMU

[@needlemiejer143]

@@FloridaVanMan that was the first thing i replaced...sorry i should have started out with that...i also took the oil filter out and looked inside the hole for any bad casting,everything looked good,flushed and flushed with dawn SOMEWHERE I'm getting erl in the coolant

[@needlemiejer143]

@@FloridaVanMan so have you ever seen oil gettin in the coolant in any other way? It's just slightly getting in there but givin enough time it adds up

[@FloridaVanMan]

@@needlemiejer143 It could be tiny bits of oil coming through the head gasket but that will also push coolant out of the radiator system.

[@needlemiejer143]

@@FloridaVanMan so if it was you would you change the head gasket and ALSO do the timing cover? I've done headgasket on diesels but they wernt laminated...rabbit and dasher diesels...all I need is a plan of action...I ordered all the parts just waintin for an old style hb bolt...when I get it apart I'll be lookin fr cracks on the head n block...I did the oil cooler twice with a china special then a beahr I'm sure I dint spell it right but let's say "oem" not losing any coolant...thx fr the help I do have a spare engine with 350k on it with one stripped injector threads..I can fix that with the kit (NOT helicoil) but my engine with the oil prob wrks great dont wanna pull the trigger on an engine replace till I exhaust all options...thx fr any expert advice ya can give me

[@zambotv8150]

They really are a thing of beauty, top upload guys, fantastic stuff

[@rgbgfabian2]

It's "Einlass" und "Auslass" literally "Inlet" and "Outlet". Pronounced somewhat like Ainluss and Ausluss. The "a" should sound like the a in Florida.

[@robenhenni8463]

Thank you for this educational video you don't get to see the inside of the engine often 😀 luckily

[@mitch500]

also that oil drain is called the oil seporator drain extension.

[@Marklar1]

Hey, I live in FL and have T1n 2006 2500 dodge. I’d love to have a conversation with you if you have time. Thank you for your videos! I look forward to hearing from you. Michael

[@FloridaVanMan]

Email sent/replied.

[@thesolpurpose3109]

my van is sitting at a diesel mechanic shop seeing if they can extract an extremely tight broken injector hold bolt deep in that hole. looking at these videos to see if ill have to replace the head (like some farmers around me are saying) or maybe if I take just the cover off and cam cover off/ ill be able to get a better angle at it to extract the original bolt. Any words of inspiration here. figure if I can get a better grip on the actual extractor bit down there I can extract it my self. My other option was just adding a heli coil on top and put a bandaid on it essentially. idk what to do.

[@FloridaVanMan]

Please don't put a short bolt on top of the broken bolt. Left turning drill bits might help get the broken bolt out and we have videos about repairing stripped bolt holes and drilling broke bolts out. Search our channel for "Black Death".

[@gabemartino5634]

Can you replace the head gasket without taking the engine out?

[@gabemartino5634]

I found an oil leak coming from the back corner, near the location where this gasket was cracked. Would you recommend that it is time for me to replace the head gasket?

[@gabemartino5634]

Correction: leak is coming from the valve cover seal, not the head gasket…sry

[@FloridaVanMan]

Yes, I've replaced a couple head gaskets with engine in the van. It is back-breaking work and now that I have taken a few engines out I probably will never do head gasket work again without removing the engine from the van first.

[@FloridaVanMan]

I've not seen a head gasket leak oil or coolant to the outside. The valve cover gasket will be the oil leak in that area 99 times out of 100. That is much easier than head gasket but all the injectors still need to come out, so valve cover gasket is a mid-range job.

[@gabemartino5634]

@@FloridaVanMan thank you, good to know the head gasket most likely won’t leak to the outside. And yes I was mistaken, it’s the valve cover.

[@sammyd7857]

Why wouldn't you check the glow plugs while the head is off. Too bad if they are stuck and you snap them later on