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3/2/2006 12:03p
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in the owners manual is says to empty the blowby bottle at every oil change. i've been through over a dozen B series and never seen or heard of a blow by bottle. must be something dodge puts on em. 
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3/2/2006 12:33p
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Inquiring minds want to know. It's news to me.
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3/2/2006 1:57p
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I have seen that reference ... I thought it was was on the 04.5+ trucks I have never seen one but I thought it was on the new ones
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diesel kicks gas
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3/2/2006 2:47p
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it wasnt in my owners, it was in a 2002, but it was a new manual so it may of been a misprint.
i asked my teacher and he had never heard of one either? it may just be on the 600's?
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diesel kicks gas
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3/2/2006 2:50p
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it talkes about it here too
Oil Leak at front of engine
blowby bottle full; empty at each oil change
steep descent ( >23° slope ) will spill oil through the vent tube
Loose oil filters - A series of revised oil filter numbers has been issued to address the problem
http://www.dodgeram.org/tech/dsl/tr.....rouble.htm
it's about 3/4 of the way down the page
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diesel kicks gas
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The 2000 and up Ram diesel uses a crankcase vent on the front of the engine. This vent ends in a plastic blow-by bottle behind the engine cooling fan, which blows fumes back into the passenger compartment after the oil is changed. Many owners have extended the vent to reduce the fumes.
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3/5/2006 2:37p
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I get black oil spots on the driveway...I'm told thats from the blow-by on the front of the engine.
Zis troo?
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Oil Leak at front of engine
blowby bottle full; empty at each oil change
steep descent ( >23° slope ) will spill oil through the vent tube
Loose oil filters - A series of revised oil filter numbers has been issued to address the problem.
yoop there it is...
Tanx!
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2/5/2007 6:30a
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ok i am going to revisit this topic. Ok here is my theory, your blow-by "aka slobber tube, aka puke bucket" is there to allow excess pressure to vent and along with the pressure comes used oil. Now that seems like a waste to me...would it not work to tap a breather on top of the valve cover, while stoping up the orginal blowby tube? this way only the gases are escaping... now i also looked at the walters airsep...this seems to be a good idea but at 500 bucks its not in the budget. anyone else out there got a suggestion that i aint thinking of.
I have already reloacted the orginal bottle, this just doesnt seem effeicent enough
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3/3/2007 5:11p
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Can't you just vent in to the atmosphere? Thats what my 93 ctd in my blow truck does...tube goes down the driverside of the block and vents the the...ground.
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