paparcl

I bought my truck in April and everything seems fine, but I have read on the forum that there is a puke bottle for the blow-by, where is it located and how do you take it off for cleaning? I would like to do this before it becomes a problem.

jrs_dodge_diesel

Look between the engine and the radiator fan. You will see a tube coming off the front of the engine that goes up and then U-turns back down. The bottle will be hanging at the end of the tube. The bottle is held to the engine with a clamp attached to a stud. The nut you need to loosen is 10 mm. Then it slides on and off. Or you could remove the nut and pull out the bottle and the clamp together (thats what I always did).

If yours is still at the front of the engine you may want to consider moving it. The breather bottle is very well known for coating the backside of the radiator and engine with a thick greasy mess due to the radiator fan swirling around the engine vapors.

Here is a picture of where the breather bottle sits at the front of the engine. The bottle is not in this picture since I had already moved it. The stud that it mounts to you can see in the upper left hand side of the picture. All the grease and grime you see is from the bottle. That is about 80,000 miles worth of buildup.

GSP

My truck had no bottle, previos owner must have trashed it.

I got a plastic 90 degree elbow(i think its a heater hose elbow) and attached to the end of the hose at the oil pan and ran a piece of black hose back along the oil pan and then along the frame and it exits about at the transfer case cross member pointing downward

Front of my motor is clean as a whisle

jrs_dodge_diesel

I went up and over the engine, then down following the fuel lines to the transmission crossmember where the end of my hose is and where my bottle is as well.

paparcl

Thanks to everybody for the great information and quick response. I will re-route my puke bottle before it becomes a problem.

jrs_dodge_diesel

Click on the link in my signature to see how mine went. I used 3/4" heater hose. There are nicer setups (Mopar1973man setup comes to mind. His uses PVC pipe and looks really nice). I am probably going to do something like what he did when my hose rots out (heater hose does not get along well with hot crankcase vapors).

Buckshotmckee

Here is my Breather BOMB:
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/buckshot...13285346#page1

Mopar1973man

You knew I could stay away from this thread long now did you???

Check it out...
http://www.frontiernet.net/~mopar197...kcase_vent.htm

I got to admit my version is the prototype for the start of it... But BuckshotMcKee has the best version out... It both case it will keep the oil from spilling out (larger amounts), will not freeze shut, will not plug up, can't kink shut, etc... So far my dealer OK'd it for use as a vent system...

J BODY

piperca

Okay, you got my attention now where do you get one and how much? I can't stand the mess! I've seen similar used on race vehicles, but those are usually pricey!

J BODY

1-800-230-3030 Summit Racing SUM-G1506 (red) 1505 (blue) 1504 (black)

27.95

piperca

Thank you, sir, you are a gentleman!

ib516

Puke bottle = corrosion prevention system

J BODY

No, I'm a dealer tech and I specialize at getting most your money

....by the way the item measure out at 4" diameter, 9" length.

paparcl

I cleaned out the puke bottle and found very little oil in it. I pulled out the hose but didn't realize the cap unscrewed and found that just a zip tie around the hose is what keeps it in there,(found it in the bottom of the bottle). Defintley going to re-route it next weekend. The radiator was clean, but the front of the engine looks like (jrs) with mine only having 75,000. I also took out the silencer ring, sounds awsome.Thanks to all for pictures and instructions on how to do these things. DTR has a lot of great people that are very informative.