Real world emergency use for outage

[matthew.o.gray]

Im in North MS I picked up an MEP803A 2 years ago. It had 250 hours. I added fluids and new batteries. Everything worked as advertised. I have used it half dozen times for 2-6 hours over the past couple years without noticing any issues. Due to current ice storm. In North MS I have had it running for 6 days straight. After 24 hours I noticed a drop in oil pressure and the oil had increased way above full mark on stick. I changed the oil and it was 2 quarts more than expected and more like diesel than oil. I have read about metering pumps leaking into crank case, or injectors being stuck open. Currently I am dumping the oil every 12-24 hours and refilling with rotella T4. Pressures are staying above 20PSI, the exhaust temps are front to back cylinders (150, 200, 250,250). I will need to continue for another week. My question is I dont have spare parts now, can the metering pumps be adjusted to normalise temps/fuel wash? Does anyone else have real world knowledge of keeping this running for another week better than changing oil every day to eliminate the diesel washout? If the auxillary pump was stuck on and overflowed the tanks could this cause diesel in the oil? Any real world emergent advise is appreciated. Thanks

[GMG]

Since you have fuel dumping into the crankcase, you should NOT use the unit and shut it down immediately. All of your injectors and injection pumps need to be checked. Most likely one or more of them have completely failed and are dumping diesel into the crankcase via cylinders. Stop using unit and check every injector and pump.

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