I am currently stuck in Slidell LA. I have a 2003 Ram 2500. Last night I started smelling Diesel fuel, when I stopped for Fuel. I noticed that the whole bottom of the truck is covered with Fuel. BAD LEAK Somewhere...

I have checked all Lines, There is no fuel in the oil, No DTC's have been set, The truck starts great, and there is no loss of power.
The mile are 180K. The mods are Dr Performance chip, Air Raid Cold air kit, and transmission upgrades.

I am trying to get an idea if it is the CP3 injection pump. The dealer here wants 2600.00 for a Reman part...

Before I go that route, I know that there are other and better options available.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Also, any good diesel folks in Slidell LA..

 

Check the injector lines. Cracked one last year. Not pretty at all, but only a 75$ fix. Good luck.

 

I have checked all injector lines and the return. Not sure what else to check.

 

So, with it running, you can not see the leak?

 

Check fuel filter top and the Drain valve on the bottom (yellow lever) could be from there or the water sensor where it goes into the filter housing.


Caution checking arround lines the pressure there can inject diesel into you and you would not want that to happen.

 

I finally got the truck in the air late this evening. I went ahead and got all new injector lines. It looks like the No 1 and No 4 may have been leaking. I went ahead got spares for all of them.

I will test drive in the morning. Hope all goes well.

 

#4 is notorious for cracking.

 

I am having an issue with the Front Main Seal on my 2003(3rd one gone bad in less than 14k miles). Last week while traveling, I stopped for fuel only to notice that the whole bottom side of my truck was covered in what I thought was diesel fuel. My only option was to stop at LakeShore Dodge in LA. After being stuck for 3 days, needless to say the front main seal was replaced (1200.00 hundred dollar repair). After driving about 800 miles and using a quart of oil on my way home, the Front main seal is leaking again and leaving a 15 inch marking on my drive way.

So Now I am at my home dealer thinking that we have another seal issue, but they are now saying that the truck possibly needs a new crankshaft, bearings, and a timing cover. They want close to 13K to do this repair. Due to all the history of stuff that has gone wrong/replaced with this truck they will not repair the seal unless I opt to put a new crankshaft/etc... in my truck...

Now for the history, back in June of this year, the truck had a new crank, bearings, etc installed at a dealer in San Antonio Tx. This was due to a bad oil change in which the tech forgot to tighten the drain plug (Covered by dealers insurance). The Dogde warranty was 12mth/12K on this repair, but do to the mileage in which I am 1400 miles over on, they are not willing to assist.
To make matters worse on this repair, the front main seal lasted about 3500 miles, in which they fixed at no charge.

Anyone got any idea's on how to assist / deal with Dodge.

Also, has anyone had this type of issue and if so, I really hate to go down that path of putting another new crankshaft in this truck. A new long block is like 8K from the *******...

 

Anyone ever heard of this...
Cummins Crankshaft Front Main Seal Repair Kit...

Part Number 3802820 - Cummins part..
I Spoke with Cummins and they stated that this is a know issue. A Good idea to use this kit in repairing Front Main Seal Leaks...

 

I've used several of them and they work pretty good, the only really hard part is to get the sleeve knocked onto the end of the crank without damaging it.They make a tool for it but if you are without the best way I've found is to use a soft piece of wood to protect it while you gently knock it in place.