al*gray

I am working on a friends 1998 3500. There are a few drips of oil comming out of the vent when he parks it. ( he's picky) On some of the other posts there was talk of a bottle on the tube. There was no bottle on his truck. Is there supposed to be?

Al

turbo thom

He can make one easy enough. I just park on the dirt.

..PT..

Ramflasher

Some trucks had the blowby tube bottle, some did not.

My '99 did not. My dad's 2001 has it.

The bottle will make a mess of its own if not emptied regularly, and if you get water in it it will "blow" oil all over.

I have not added the bottle to mine.

cwbronc

where would the bottle be, on the vent tube?-Cody

Yamadad

Can you re-plumb the tube and put a breather filter on it like other diesels I've seen? I can't even see where it comes from.

John_P

al:

To my knowledge, the older 94'-98.5' 12 valve Dodge
CTD's did not come with the oil bottle on them. IMO,
you don't want one either!! I own both a 96' 12 valve
and a 02' 24 valve and the bottle that was on the 02'
makes a heck of mess on the front of the engine over
a period of time. Even if you keep it empty, the bottle
still has "breather holes" at the top and the crankcase
vent gases come out of these holes and put a fine
greasy mist all over the front of the engine. I eliminated
mine and just routed a clear hose down in front of
the front differential. You can also route it back down
alongside the block to an area behind the front diff.
near the u-joint to the front driveshaft. (If you have
a 4X4).

Another option is to buy a "replacement" filter system
from Fleetguard which replaces the bottle but "filters"
the gases better and is supposed to eliminate all the
drips and mess.

Hope this helps you some.

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John_P

USMC64-70

I jury rigged a cut off plastic bottle on my 95. Held it on with a plastic tie lock. Empty it peridically and attach a new tie lock.

Better than having drips on my drive way.

Joseph H. Smith

I have seen diesels where there is an oil/air seperator off of the valve cover. One hose towards the top comes out at 90 degrees and goes to the turbo and a tube comes out the bottom that goes back into the crankcase. No fuss no muss. Air to turbo, oil to crankcase.

quantrill88

John_P, glad to hear my truck isnt the only one that is making a mess.

Have you added the "replacement filter" kit you were describing? If so any thoughts?

Thanks for any advice
Jeff

Commatoze

An occasional drip on the driveway, IMO, is the lesser of two evils. If you leave the bottle in place, the aerosol mist escapes from the bottle and deposits on the front of the engine and becomes a grimey mess. I along with many others have removed the bottle and extended the hose straight down, or in my case ran it back a little to keep the mist off the engine and suspension.

infidel

If you really want to get into it you can run the blowby hose to a fitting welded on the down stream side of the muffler, burn the oil up. You must use a check valve in the hose to prevent exhaust from coming back at the engine and heat resistant tubing or hose for the last couple of feet to protect from melting.

I've never liked systems that feed the blowby back into the turbo inlet. Seems like no matter how much effort is made to separate air from oil that some oil ends up all inside the turbine, air tubes and intercooler.

John_P

Jeff:

No buddy I have not purchased the "Fleetguard Enviroguard"
yet, but do intend to do so. I will let you know how it works
when I get it on.

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John_P

quantrill88

Sounds good John, thanks.

Ive had this problem for quite awhile now too, just trying to weigh my different options. Never knew about the Fleetguard kit though.

I also understand there is a TSB about this too.

http://dodgeram.info/tsb/2002/09-002-02.htm

Not sure if I trust my dealer enough to let them do this though as it requires removing the injector pump.

Thanks again
Jeff

boostretard

i use a filtration system identical to the fleetguard units at my work. the blowby gets filtered and the oil drops out and goes back into the engine. the test conditions are way more extreme than those you will encounter on the road, and the filters do a great job. you can also just put a drain valve on the bottom and empty it periodically if you don't want to route it back into the block.

quantrill88

if you dont mind me asking, how much are these kits and are they difficult to install?

any info would be great, thanks
jeff