Valve stem seals
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After you fix it you can use Seafoam, Techron or the Mopar stuff and it will clean itself out.
Last edited by zman17; May 30, 2009 at 02:36 PM.
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From: Bent Mountain Va
Iceman
That hollow sound and the gunk tells me that you have a cylinder not firing. Could be a bad plug or a wire. I would make sure the plug was firing before you go any farther. If it was a stem seal and the plug was still firing you would not see gunk in the cylinder as it would just burn the oil that entered. If you are using that much oil and have no external leaks, the stem seals may need replacing but I don't believe that is the gunk problem. As far as cleaning the cylinder don't worry about it. It should take care of itself once the cylinder is firing again.
While you have the plug out do a compression check on that cylinder just to rule out broken rings or a hole in the piston.
That hollow sound and the gunk tells me that you have a cylinder not firing. Could be a bad plug or a wire. I would make sure the plug was firing before you go any farther. If it was a stem seal and the plug was still firing you would not see gunk in the cylinder as it would just burn the oil that entered. If you are using that much oil and have no external leaks, the stem seals may need replacing but I don't believe that is the gunk problem. As far as cleaning the cylinder don't worry about it. It should take care of itself once the cylinder is firing again.
While you have the plug out do a compression check on that cylinder just to rule out broken rings or a hole in the piston.
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oh, just come down and park in the georgia sun with the windows mostly closed up and let it heat up to about 500*.
i'm so pissed off at myself over this. when i bought the truck the dash was in good shape. just 2 summers in the hot *** parking lot at work did it in. with as much publicity as there is on the ram dash, i should have known better.
and if i'd just put a quilt over it to keep the direct heat off, its likely it would have stayed good.
i'm so pissed off at myself over this. when i bought the truck the dash was in good shape. just 2 summers in the hot *** parking lot at work did it in. with as much publicity as there is on the ram dash, i should have known better.
and if i'd just put a quilt over it to keep the direct heat off, its likely it would have stayed good.
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From: South Carolina
Iceman
That hollow sound and the gunk tells me that you have a cylinder not firing. Could be a bad plug or a wire. I would make sure the plug was firing before you go any farther. If it was a stem seal and the plug was still firing you would not see gunk in the cylinder as it would just burn the oil that entered. If you are using that much oil and have no external leaks, the stem seals may need replacing but I don't believe that is the gunk problem. As far as cleaning the cylinder don't worry about it. It should take care of itself once the cylinder is firing again.
While you have the plug out do a compression check on that cylinder just to rule out broken rings or a hole in the piston.
That hollow sound and the gunk tells me that you have a cylinder not firing. Could be a bad plug or a wire. I would make sure the plug was firing before you go any farther. If it was a stem seal and the plug was still firing you would not see gunk in the cylinder as it would just burn the oil that entered. If you are using that much oil and have no external leaks, the stem seals may need replacing but I don't believe that is the gunk problem. As far as cleaning the cylinder don't worry about it. It should take care of itself once the cylinder is firing again.
While you have the plug out do a compression check on that cylinder just to rule out broken rings or a hole in the piston.
I don't have a cel for a misfire. Put if there was no compression I guess it could cause it to not fire the way it should. I'm not really sure what the computer looks for on a misfire. I have been having several other problems lately. I had a problem where when I started it wouldn't idle or run correctly. If I put the gas on it it would just bog down and not go anywere. After replacing every sensor on the damn thing I finally replaced the O2 sensors wich I thought fixed the problem. errrrr wrong. The problem is back it just did it today. The truck always runs rich on start up. Could oil getting into that cylinder be messing up my o2 sensors? I'm going to do a compresion test as soon as I get a chance.
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oh, just come down and park in the georgia sun with the windows mostly closed up and let it heat up to about 500*.
i'm so pissed off at myself over this. when i bought the truck the dash was in good shape. just 2 summers in the hot *** parking lot at work did it in. with as much publicity as there is on the ram dash, i should have known better. and if i'd just put a quilt over it to keep the direct heat off, its likely it would have stayed good.
i'm so pissed off at myself over this. when i bought the truck the dash was in good shape. just 2 summers in the hot *** parking lot at work did it in. with as much publicity as there is on the ram dash, i should have known better.
and if i'd just put a quilt over it to keep the direct heat off, its likely it would have stayed good.Were you gonna make that quilt yourself, Vaughan?
