oil smell
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oil smell
My father-in-law just took ownership of a 2003 dually with the new Cummins. I have it for the week (one hell of a truck I must say) to outfit it. I have noticed that there is a subtle smell of oil at stop lights. The truck only has 460 miles and we were both thinking that the smell may be due to the engine breaking in. Does anyone have any ideas? ???
Get used to it, all Cummins have a lovely aroma for a few hundred miles after an oil change. It is totally normal.
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Check out "tech facts" at top of page, "24 valve drivetrain", then "Why that awful oil smell every time I change oil". That should answer your question. The smell should clear up after a few miles, but will be back after every oil change. Just one of those things us Cummins owners have to live with.
<br><br>I changed mine Saturday and boy let me tell ya I love the smell of that Rotella in the morning. 8)<br><br>DB
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I have a draft tube in place of the stock "drip bottle". No more smell. And it's always funny to have people in little cars looking under my truck to see where the smoke is coming from.<br><br>I don't care where it goes, just as long as it isn't in the cab!<br><br>Dave
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As soon as I get my truck back, my drip bottle will be gone too. It was a good enough idea, the thought was there. Too bad they didn't test it a little better though. Nothing but a mess maker under the hood, and to make matters worse, every time I wash the truck, I tend to wash underhood also. That dumb bottle gets water in it, then freezes. But on the truck that prostang is speaking, he notes it's a 2003. I was under the impression they got rid of this bottle. Is this not true?
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If you look straight down in the front of the engine behind the fan, you would see a hose and a bottle attached at the end of it, if that's what they are still using... [undecided]
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It might be gone, Those are the 1st stages of the EGR motors.<br>See if theses any lines going to the airbox,exhaust or valve cover. or better yet the might have done the updated side entry right into the bottom of the intake manifold behind the lift pump, if thats still in the same place?<br> Danny