Mine was leaking behind the ecm. There is a line that comes from the breather on the valve cover that goes behind the ecm. On mine the rubber hose that connects the the plastic line to the block fitting was hard and cracked leaking oil.
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oil leak diagnostics gone very far.
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I am trying to diagnose any possible issue.
i have done the tea kettle test no bounce just sitting there but when i laid under the truck and covered breather the other guy watching over the top said the cap moved maybe a 1/4 of an inch
i have a pretty bad oil leak as well trying to track it down day by day today i think i have noticed a good amount may be coming from the blowby tube.
and the other main leak looks to be coming from behind the PCM. these 2 make me concerned of crankcase pressure causing oil leaks.
but the truck runs very strong got 24 mpg going 75mph back from new york to illinois.
the dirty K&N and some dirt on the compressor wheel concerns me as well.
i am just trying to find out if the cylinder walls are dusted how bad would that oil cap bounce? i have been researching everywhere and no one takes into affect every step leading to dusted walls it always seems to be focused on 1 topic.
also want to note the turbo has no shaft play not sure if these get loose and sloppy like the old 80s turbo dodges i am more so familiar with. but holding it and shaking back and forth and in and out it feels crazy tight could not pull out on it and side to side was barely possible if at all may have been my fingers sliding
here is a few pictures of my turbo.
video of tea kettle test(do not have lower hose plugged at this time)
and pictures of the intercooler pipes the close up one is going upwwards into the intake horn.
i have done the tea kettle test no bounce just sitting there but when i laid under the truck and covered breather the other guy watching over the top said the cap moved maybe a 1/4 of an inch
i have a pretty bad oil leak as well trying to track it down day by day today i think i have noticed a good amount may be coming from the blowby tube.
and the other main leak looks to be coming from behind the PCM. these 2 make me concerned of crankcase pressure causing oil leaks.
but the truck runs very strong got 24 mpg going 75mph back from new york to illinois.
the dirty K&N and some dirt on the compressor wheel concerns me as well.
i am just trying to find out if the cylinder walls are dusted how bad would that oil cap bounce? i have been researching everywhere and no one takes into affect every step leading to dusted walls it always seems to be focused on 1 topic.
also want to note the turbo has no shaft play not sure if these get loose and sloppy like the old 80s turbo dodges i am more so familiar with. but holding it and shaking back and forth and in and out it feels crazy tight could not pull out on it and side to side was barely possible if at all may have been my fingers sliding
here is a few pictures of my turbo.
video of tea kettle test(do not have lower hose plugged at this time)
and pictures of the intercooler pipes the close up one is going upwwards into the intake horn.
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