Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) Crankcase breather Vanished

[Dieselram]

Well of course i had on week off and headed to the beach last sunday afternoon. Got about 400 miles from home and stopped to get a bite to eat, stepped out of the truck, smelled oil, looked in my front fender and it was COVERED in oil. shut down the truck and pop the hood,,, THE ENTIRE crankcase breather was gone, bottle and all. i was looking at the gear on the VP-44 and the entire underside of the truck was coated in a gallon of oil. rode the hook 25 miles to the nearest stealership, monday morning first one in line for service. After being told that it would cost me $260 in parts and labor i told them that it was a warrenty item and they needed to take care of this ASAP. The service manager looked me dead in the eyes and said. "we will not warrenty this as we don't have a part to prove it was defective. " dumbfounded i told him "sir if it wasn't defective IT WOULD STILL BE ON THE TRUCK. anyways long story short i'm out 330 bucks and 2. 5 days of vacation. Oh yeah i'm also out 7 bucks at the carwash (b/c they wouldn't wash the oil off the motor and undercarriage) and LUCKILY i had an extra gallon of oil in the tool box, since they NEVER EVEN LOOKED. the pulled my truck around for me to take it home and i asked if i was good to go on oil and everything, said yep no problems. I checked and was 3 quarts LOW.



I discovered that the breather just twist locks into place, the bottle it was keeps it straight, so for all you guys that got rid of the bottle for just a longer hose make sure you anchor that hose vertically. When i get home i am going to run a bead of black RVT around the breather so it never moves again.



oh yes and STAY AWAY from greenbrier Dodge in Chesepeake Virginia

 

[bmoeller]

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[Walt-L]

Dieselram, If you want to improve your venting significantly, Check out this vent kit that I ocassionaly make up and put out for sale. I can't imagine running the CDT with out this set up. Iv sold about 10 kits and apparently every one is quit happy with it. Food for thought if you haven't seen it yet. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...d=1,1&item=7973638451&sspagename=STRK:MESE:IT