I sold my 2001 Ram last year, since I had no job and no money whatsoever. After a year of saving, I had enough to buy this. It's a '96 1500, Club cab, short bed. 5.2L, automatic, 4x4, SLT. One owner, I have maintenance paperwork from the time it was new.

I did some maintenance on it yesterday, (plugs, wires, cap, rotor, air filter, oil change, trans/t-case fluid). I want to change the pcv valve, and I have a new Mopar one that I got from the Dodge dealer near me. The spot where I belive the valve should be, however, this doesn't look like a pvc valve. Does anyone know what this is, and can I simply take it off and put my new valve on? Any help with that would be appreciated.

Here is a photo for reference, I'm sorry for the poor quality:

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And here are a few of the truck:

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Don't know about a 96, but pvc is on pass side on a 99.

Clean looking truck.

 

The pcv is on the other side. From the pic, it looks like the PO broke the plastic elbow and stuck that in there.

 

Nice truck!!! It's hard to leave a second gen, you always find a reason to buy another.

 

look under the hood on the sticker in front of the radiator. It should have a diagram which tells where the PCV is located

 

Ok, so the pcv is on the pass. side. I changed it in my '01, and I thought I remembered it being on the driver's side. That should be easy enough. I have a few other questions. My computer keeps freezing when I try to do a search, so I apologize for asking these, I know they have been answered many times before.

1) What is that thing in my first pic? Is it something that needs to get changed periodically, or should I just leave it?

2) What weight fluid do I use in the axles, front and rear? I want to keep up on maintenance on this. Also, I looked, and I didn't see what looked like a fill plug. I'm sure I was staring right at it, though. Is it on top of the axles, or what?

3) I have size 245/75/16 tires on there. According to the door sticker, it came with 225's originally, and calls for 50psi tire pressure. I filled these to 50 psi, and they still look rather low. Anyone know the correct psi for trucks with 245 size tires?

thanks for the replies, and any help on these questions would be greatly appreciated!

 

welcome back man ! !

 

"1) What is that thing in my first pic? Is it something that needs to get changed periodically, or should I just leave it?"

It's a breather. Like I said, the PO probably broke the plastic elbow.

 

Hhhmm. Characters within the quote don't count on replies. Interesting.