stang1999
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- Joined
- Jan 20, 2020
- Posts
- 23
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- Location
- California
- Ram Year
- 1999
- Engine
- 5.9 24v Cummins
around 6 months ago I repaired my factory manifold gasket with Hughes engines kit because I believed it was the culprit. I installed it and everything seemed fine after a while.
yesterday I was at a stoplight and I noticed my truck was dying so I kept the RPMs up and drove into a parking lot where I found I was one quart low on oil. I filled it back up with some oil I keep in the truck and made it home.
Today I ran a compression test on my cylinders. The highest was 170 and the lowest was 150, I was happy with that.
so I essentially have oil being burned off at around one quart every 1k miles. I don't believe that the oil is being leaked out. I took a look down into the throttle body today and saw oil on the bottom of the intake manifold.
my guess is that the intake plenum is at fault again. but I'm not sure where I would go from here. what does everyone here think the culprit is?
the truck is a 1997 dodge Dakota 5.2 5 speed 4x4 with 250xxx miles.
yesterday I was at a stoplight and I noticed my truck was dying so I kept the RPMs up and drove into a parking lot where I found I was one quart low on oil. I filled it back up with some oil I keep in the truck and made it home.
Today I ran a compression test on my cylinders. The highest was 170 and the lowest was 150, I was happy with that.
so I essentially have oil being burned off at around one quart every 1k miles. I don't believe that the oil is being leaked out. I took a look down into the throttle body today and saw oil on the bottom of the intake manifold.
my guess is that the intake plenum is at fault again. but I'm not sure where I would go from here. what does everyone here think the culprit is?
the truck is a 1997 dodge Dakota 5.2 5 speed 4x4 with 250xxx miles.