94 Ram 1500 Crankcase fills up
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I am wondering if the diesel messed up the injectors such that they are leaking a lot of extra fuel into the cylinders and it is running past the rings into the crankcase?
Are you getting a lot of smoke? If so what color? If this is coolant-related then I would expect white smoke (depending on where a leak developed). If it is leaking at the rate you mentioned, this would be clearly visible in the coolant level, tho.
Are you getting a lot of smoke? If so what color? If this is coolant-related then I would expect white smoke (depending on where a leak developed). If it is leaking at the rate you mentioned, this would be clearly visible in the coolant level, tho.
Last edited by MilesBFree; 12-17-2010 at 02:35 PM.
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i put diesel in my old chevy one time, and had it about half full before i noticed. i did the same thing you did and topped it off with premium and just drove on. it actually ran fine.
i did not get any crankcase drain or oil level increase...
but, you've got a problem and should not run the engine with oil that might be thinned down by diesel. as said it will be clean, and its probably ok at idle speed, but i wouldn't want to run it at higher rpm's with improper oil.
can you just siphon it out ?
i did not get any crankcase drain or oil level increase...
but, you've got a problem and should not run the engine with oil that might be thinned down by diesel. as said it will be clean, and its probably ok at idle speed, but i wouldn't want to run it at higher rpm's with improper oil.
can you just siphon it out ?
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Ok, did some math here, just for fun. A quart is 32 ounces, right? So after 80 miles, he found 4 quarts or 128 ounces extra in the crankcase. 128 ounces / 80 miles equals 1.6 ounces of diesel leaking past the rings per mile. 1.6 ounces / 8 cylinders equals .2 ounces per cylinder per mile of diesel leaking past rings. I don't see how that's so improbable. To the OP, any update after getting the diesel out?
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