its a 99 dodge ram 1500 w/ 5.9L, not sure what its supposed to look like.
So what do yall think??

 

Looks pretty clean, too clean.

 

Yeah, your gonna have a little bit down there. It's when it starts pooling, thats when you have problems.

 

How do you know when the plenum is bad?

 

If your that worried about it, I'd change it. I don't know if mines bad but as much as everyones changing them, I'm changing mine this weekend.

 

if it hasn't been replaced with an aftermarket aluminum pan, its only a matter of time before it starts to leak.

 

use a magnet, if sticks then change it

 

That looks like a normally functioning PCV valve, not a blown plenum.

 

Pull the TB off and get a good look. Escpecially look into the back. These engines sit at a slight angle, and the oil, will usually pool near the back.

 

I just got my new dual exhaust last week. I finally had a nice road trip this week. My question is I have (what I think) is a lot of black soot (sp?) on the stainless tip. And the tip turned almost a goldish color. Cheap product or is there oil getting into exhaust from the plenum thing causing the discoloration.

I'm trying to figure out how to post picture.