2013 1500 5.7 Hemi Engine Oil coolant replacement

[TGrooms]

I am trying to remove my intake to replace the engine oil cooler, I don't know what the tube is going across it or how to remove it. Any help would be apprecieated.

Thanks,

 

[G-Ride990]

Thats the fuel line connecting both of the fuel rails together. Leave the rails attached unless you want to remove all of the injectors.

There should be a quick connect style fuel connector at the driver side rear of the fuel rail.

The fact that you don't know this kinda makes me worried about you working on this. This is standard stuff

 

[Wild one]

I am trying to remove my intake to replace the engine oil cooler, I don't know what the tube is going across it or how to remove it. Any help would be apprecieated.

Thanks,

I agree with G.i don't think you know what you're doing,as there's "no" oil cooler under the intake.You're 14 doesn't have any oil cooler on the engine.The only things under the intake on a 5.7 are the MDS solenoids and the VVT solenoid.

 

[TGrooms]

My truck ran hot, and now i have this brown sludge in the coolant. Oil on the dip stick is fine. no steam or white smoke coming from the exhaust no rough idle & No i don't know what i am doing but i don't have the kind of funds that I've seen online for mechanic repairs so i gotta learn.

 

[G-Ride990]

How hot? Water pump give out the smoke? How many miles on that engine?

I would pull the thermostat and run the garden hose through the block and radiator to get all of that nasty stuff out of the cooling system.

Fill it back up with distilled water and coolant and see if that brown sludge comes back.

If it does, you probably smoked a head gasket. So you'll need to pull the heads and send em to the machine shop to have everything checked and planed.

 

[Ken226]

My truck ran hot, and now i have this brown sludge in the coolant.

Post a pic of this brown sludge.

 

[RamDiver]

My truck ran hot, and now i have this brown sludge in the coolant. Oil on the dip stick is fine. no steam or white smoke coming from the exhaust no rough idle & No i don't know what i am doing but i don't have the kind of funds that I've seen online for mechanic repairs so i gotta learn.

If you're handy with tools and able to effectively communicate about the truck faults, there are endless resources available here and members who are willing to guide you through the processes.

Do yourself a big favor and stop guessing about solutions. The search utility in the upper-right corner will get you started and then posting with explicit details will get you moving forward.

Good luck, and to Ram Forum.

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[TGrooms]

How hot? Water pump give out the smoke? How many miles on that engine?

I would pull the thermostat and run the garden hose through the block and radiator to get all of that nasty stuff out of the cooling system.

Fill it back up with distilled water and coolant and see if that brown sludge comes back.

If it does, you probably smoked a head gasket. So you'll need to pull the heads and send em to the machine shop to have everything checked and planed.

My radiator busted, temp gauge pegged out light came on i shut it down as fast as i could. Ive already got the radiator out 253+ miles

 

[G-Ride990]

I'd still do what I recommended above. A picture of some milky oil really isn't going to tell us much.

Click below the quote when you respond too FYI. Otherwise it just looks like you responded to yourself. I edited your post for you.

 

[TGrooms]

I just spoke to the Dodge dealership, they ran the vin # & told me that my truck don't have a engine oil coolant system & that's all the info they could give me. I'm going to order the radiator and do as you recommend

Thanks for the edit, i got it now.

 

[Ken226]

My radiator busted, temp gauge pegged out light came on i shut it down as fast as i could. Ive already got the radiator out 253+ miles View attachment 574719

You can pick up a test kit at a parts store to check for combustion gasses in the coolant system. It looks like you blew a head gasket.


Assuming you posted that pic in response to my question in post#6, the pic confirms oil in the coolant. It does indeed tell us something. It probably didn't get there via teleportation.

 

[EdGs]

When your engine has sat for a day or so, crack the oil drain plug loose.

DO NOT remove it.

Place a container under the drain plug, and loosen the drain plug just enough that oil starts to drip.

Watch the drip for 30 seconds or so. If coolant has mixed with oil, you will see it within a few drips.

If you see coolant, it's head gasket time at the least.

 

[Ken226]

Excellent advice. ^^^



Oil pressure is 50+ psi and the cooling system pressure is about 16-20psi when hot.

Pressurized oil flows up through passages from the block, up into the head and to the rocker arm assembly, going through the head gasket.

When the head warps due to overheating, the high pressure oil flowing up through these two passages tend overpower the cooling system pressure, to make its way into the nearby coolant passages.


At the head gasket, the oil flows into the bolt hole, where it is forced up to the rockers. The high pressure oil in the bolt hole and coolant passages are very close to each other, and the oil pressure is higher, so the cross contamination tends to be more, oil into the cooling system than the other way around. But, can go both ways, depending on which part of the gasket is leaking.




Pics borrowed from @2004RCLBHemi

 

[TGrooms]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate all of the help! I"m going to do the drip test in a few minutes, I'm hungry!

 

[EdGs]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate all of the help! I"m going to do the drip test in a few minutes, I'm hungry!

If you don't see coolant in the first several drops, you can continue watching the rip for a minute or so, but you should see coolant very quickly if it's in the crankcase.

Good luck

 

[Wild one]

My radiator busted, temp gauge pegged out light came on i shut it down as fast as i could. Ive already got the radiator out 253+ miles View attachment 574719

Just a heads up if you're buying anti-freeze,your truck takes "OAT" antifreeze,do not mix it with any other versions of antifreeze otherwise you'll just compound your troubles. There's some good advice posted follow it,hopefully you'll get lucky ,but don't hold your breath. If you do end up pulling the heads to have them resurfaced,that's a good time to pull the lifters and check them and the cam over for wear

 

[TGrooms]

Ive never heard of the "OAT" antifreeze, it just been water, or what ever never nothing specific (shame on me). I have tried to crack the oil pan plug, i tried with a 13mm socket but it after a lot of force it slipped off slightly stripping the head. I sprayed it with PB blaster & let it sit overnight Should i try a 12mm socket or vice grips?

 

[G-Ride990]

Ive never heard of the "OAT" antifreeze, it just been water, or what ever never nothing specific (shame on me). I have tried to crack the oil pan plug, i tried with a 13mm socket but it after a lot of force it slipped off slightly stripping the head. I sprayed it with PB blaster & let it sit overnight Should i try a 12mm socket or vice grips?

I mean this in the nicest way possible, you are in way over your head man. You need to take this poor truck to a shop before you damage it beyond repair.

OAT is the factory coolant that your truck uses. It's not compatible with anything else like green Prestone antifreeze.

If you stripped the drain plug, you had the wrong size socket on it. You do know righty tighty, lefty loosey right?

 

[TGrooms]

I understand, no harm, lol hey if it helps me out any....... I have changed out the water pump on this truck. I can do "simple stuff" . Im more of a handy man around the house not a mechanic,

 

[Wild one]

Ive never heard of the "OAT" antifreeze, it just been water, or what ever never nothing specific (shame on me). I have tried to crack the oil pan plug, i tried with a 13mm socket but it after a lot of force it slipped off slightly stripping the head. I sprayed it with PB blaster & let it sit overnight Should i try a 12mm socket or vice grips?

Are you using a 6 point or 12 point socket,you always want to use a 6 point socket on a drain plug