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Jan 18, 2005 | 03:15 PM

DRESSER DAVE

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block heater

I have a brother with a 2003 CTD and he plugged in last night,down to about zero in Detroit last night,and this morning he noticed about a soft ball sized spot of oil on his driveway,just heat of block and not oil pan bolts and oil pan,he said all oil pan bolts had oil seepage,common block expansion?
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Jan 18, 2005 | 04:34 PM

jfpointer

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I've never noticed it on my '02.

Jan 18, 2005 | 08:32 PM

hovisimo

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more than likely the oil came from the breather tube.

Jan 18, 2005 | 09:10 PM

Geico266

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Check the oil level. May be overfilled.

Jan 18, 2005 | 10:06 PM

tfarmer96

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Am I reading this right? Plug you block in and it leaks oil?

Jan 18, 2005 | 10:36 PM

Nevada

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Originally posted by tfarmer96
Am I reading this right? Plug you block in and it leaks oil?

Not likely. Block heater is associated with the cooling system. Short of some catastrophic internal failure the cooling system is isolated from the lubrication system.