3pedals
Senior Member
My 2008 ram 4.7 6spd has “only” 398 k miles, and last week I noticed the dipstick was about 1” higher than full, with a smell that resembled the gas/oil mix used in weed eaters. Had about 4500 miles since last oil change, so went ahead and changed oil again. Now about 500 miles later, oil level is barely over full (couple mm) but has again taken on that gassy smell.
Only thing I can deduce is fuel is getting into the crankcase, but how is the mystery. Truck still runs perfectly and exhaust smells normal most of the time, but have noticed it smells pretty rich on cold starts as of late.
Is there anything that could be causing this other than leaky injectors? The injectors are original and I have no problem replacing them with new, but don’t want to spend $500 on injectors unless I’m fairly certain that will solve the issue.
Only thing I can deduce is fuel is getting into the crankcase, but how is the mystery. Truck still runs perfectly and exhaust smells normal most of the time, but have noticed it smells pretty rich on cold starts as of late.
Is there anything that could be causing this other than leaky injectors? The injectors are original and I have no problem replacing them with new, but don’t want to spend $500 on injectors unless I’m fairly certain that will solve the issue.