Archived Oil Leak! Help!!!

[TClifton]

Oil leak. Cant drive it. Found the oil leak is on the right side of the block behind the turbo. It is bubbling oil oil out of what looks like a small freeze plug. Its pretty close to a freeze plug. Is it a major fix? Pull the oil pan? Is that a big job? Any help would be great, need to drive truck!!!

 

[Yooper1]

Is it the return hose from the oil to the turbo? Goes into the block/pan?

 

[Yooper1]

can you see on this picture here? http://www.powerbypoole.com/images/DSCF0219.gif

 

[TClifton]

on that photo it is behind where the lower turbo is sitting. its about an 1" or so above the oil pan on the side of the block.

 

[TClifton]

its only about 3/8" round hole that extends out from the block.

 

[TClifton]

OK after 2 rips to Dodge dealer, 2nd trip with digital camera of the area. NO HELP! They could find out what it was, soooo 1 trip to mid-south Cummins and none of there illustrations showed it either. So the parts guy asked some of the mech. and they gave me an industrial plug to put in it. They thought the plug served no purpose so they told me to put a little hi-temp on it and hammer it in. All I had to spend at the Cummins store was for oil pan gasket. They were great help! I'll put it all together after 5 hours of sleep and let ya know.