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'99 Ram Diesel throwing oil


Stale Trooper
12-26-2008, 02:02 PM
My wifes '99 Ram 2500 w/ Cummins 24 valve is dropping oil from the area around or from the crankcase vent tube (right side forward on engine). This is increasing in quantity daily, and started about a week or 2 ago. Any ideas would be appreciated!
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Chris Stewart
12-28-2008, 04:22 PM
Sounds like you lost yer puke bottle.
There's a plastic "puke" bottle the vent tube sticks into in that area. It catches oil droplets in the blow-by gasses. You drain the bottle every time the oil is changed.

Stale Trooper
12-28-2008, 10:43 PM
Thanks for the tip, Chris, but I think this is more serious. I don't recall ever seeing a puke bottle on either of my 2 Dodge diesels, and this one wasn't dropping anything about 6-8 weeks ago. A pro trucker friend thinks I may have some sort of crankcase ventilation blockage issue.
I will put something on the tube to see for sure how much is going out.

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