routerguy99

&gt;<br>How much longer do I have to smell the Crank case fumes, I have 1800 Miles on my truck, I smell crank case fumes.<br><br>03' Quad cab 5.9 HO, 48re, Short Bed.

Mexstan

Doubt if it is crankcase fumes. Check the other threads on this subject. The stink on mine did not totaly go away until close about 3000 miles. Every time I change the oil it comes back for a short while. It appears to be normal.

Dodgezilla

Mine went away at around 2000 miles. <br><br><br>&quot;I love the smell of diesel fumes in the morning!!&quot;

dodgedude361

just hit 2000 miles, and i haven`t had the smell for a short while<br><br><br>just my $0.02

Hoss

Same here. I miss it. :'(

Mexstan

Hoss, just take a teaspoonful of your engine oil and drip it on a few places on the engine. Then you can enjoy and prolong the smell for a while.

routerguy99

Awsome that means I am just about there, Hopefully this Hot Utah weather will do it, Then buy the end of the Month I will be towing a Trialer to Flaming Gorge Ut, Doing some camping, Hopefully with out the Crank Case Smell.

Zeedaddy

I just got my oil changed...the smell was bad....my wife complained about it...and it came right through the ventilation harshly....I wonder if its the type of oil the deaer uses that is causing the problem

ive got to go too Salt Lake in a week.....I hope it goes away...fast
Mindya it WASNT there before I had the oil changed

mymaur

I must be missing something. I have never had any oil smells. Got 8K miles now and never smelled anything. Well, thats not entirely true. I've smelled a few bad things, just not in the truck!

lschultz

If you want to get rid of the smell you will have to add some more hose to your crankcase vent and extend it back farther.I did it to mine and got rid of it.I know a lot of the fellows on the TDR have done it especially the 98 on.Dem engineers came out with a better idea than what they had before but its still not quite right.

Dodgezilla

I noticed mine immediately when I got the new truck. The funny thing was that I was making excuses for it to my wife so she wouldn't think my truck was broke and she said &quot;I don't even smell anything&quot;. Now that's a good woman!! <br><br>&quot;I love the smell of diesel in rush hour traffic!!&quot;

Zeedaddy

Update on the smell....<br>I crawled undermeath the truck yesterday and found oil leaking AROUND the bell housing, also upon further inspection I saw a little smoke from hot oil on the passenger side (Back) of the engine<br><br>I may have a blown rear main seal :'(<br><br>I have an appointment monday too get it worked on [undecided]

routerguy99

I looked under mine as well On the Bell Housing I see some oil there, does that mean I have rear main seal broken as well ? also If Dodge has you Truck more than a Day do they provide you with a rental car ? I am new to the Dodge family. I know that when I had my GM truck and they had it for longer then a day they would provide you with a rental or something.

Zeedaddy

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I looked under mine as well On the Bell Housing I see some oil there, does that mean I have rear main seal broken as well ? also If Dodge has you Truck more than a Day do they provide you with a rental car ? I am new to the Dodge family. I know that when I had my GM truck and they had it for longer then a day they would provide you with a rental or something.
[/quote]im a N00b too Dodge trucks too, but the leak being the main seal hasnt been confirmed yet...It may also be the crankcase vent dripping down, the problem is I dont know where the vent is on this engine too try and make that determination [undecided]

Most dealers will provide a rental if they have too keep it for more than a day.....some are pretty liberal with th rentals, some (like mine) are not, unless you have their extended warranty

Welcome too the family ;D
Just like a kid, these truck love the TLC

Sittenbull2

When I picked my truck up it had that smell to :P I think they put shell oil in these trucks cause it smelled for awhile 1st oil change i went with mobil delvac. It don't smell , some like the smell some don't and I don't plus I get my oil changed for like $30 dollars thats counting the oil , only because my wife works at a Petro Tire and Lube plus I got 6 oil filters which they use Fleetguard filters for $60. Not a bad deal when you know people. ;D I got way off the subject here when I was under mine the breather hose is on the right side by the front axle above the axle.If memory doesn't fail me hope that helps.