2 questions ??
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2 questions ??
Ok first ,
i was cleaning up my dakota and was wiping down the drivers sides jamb and noticed the factory sticker there
why would it say 215/75/R15's ?
i am running 32x11.50's now !!
secondly ,i was toldby ppl on here i need intake gaskets ,because of the valves rattleing like a preignition knock and using oil but not smoking .
do i only need the intake gaskets or is there any others i need to replace to take care of this ?
i was cleaning up my dakota and was wiping down the drivers sides jamb and noticed the factory sticker there
why would it say 215/75/R15's ?
i am running 32x11.50's now !!
secondly ,i was toldby ppl on here i need intake gaskets ,because of the valves rattleing like a preignition knock and using oil but not smoking .
do i only need the intake gaskets or is there any others i need to replace to take care of this ?
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From: Skagit County, WA
RE: 2 questions ??
215/75r15 is a 28" tire, which would be the OEM size for your truck, you got a 2wd?
As far as the intake plenum gasket - if you've got a 3.9/5.2/5.9 then yeah, if it's sucking a bunch of oil, pinging, but not really burning the oil, take your air hat off the throttle body, open the throttle, and look down into the intake manifold with a light. If you can see a puddle of oil then you need to remove your intake manifold and replace the plenum gasket. There are different products that'll cure the evil, OEM replacements seem to fail even though Dodge "fixed" the problem. It's a design flaw, but go to www.hughesengines.com and find their fix. If there's a light mist of oil that's considered normal, but if it's pooled up at all then you've got a leak.
I need to check mine too, two oil changes ago I was 2 quarts low on 3000 miles.
Last time I was just a quart low, but that's still more than I like.
As far as the intake plenum gasket - if you've got a 3.9/5.2/5.9 then yeah, if it's sucking a bunch of oil, pinging, but not really burning the oil, take your air hat off the throttle body, open the throttle, and look down into the intake manifold with a light. If you can see a puddle of oil then you need to remove your intake manifold and replace the plenum gasket. There are different products that'll cure the evil, OEM replacements seem to fail even though Dodge "fixed" the problem. It's a design flaw, but go to www.hughesengines.com and find their fix. If there's a light mist of oil that's considered normal, but if it's pooled up at all then you've got a leak.
I need to check mine too, two oil changes ago I was 2 quarts low on 3000 miles.
Last time I was just a quart low, but that's still more than I like.
