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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 05:25 PM
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I moved my truck yesterday and found a brown liquid on the floor under the engine, front center area.

My truck is a little over a year old with 7k miles.

Any idea what this could be? I did recently take it in for a recall on the heater but dont know if this could have anything to do with that.

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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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Did you check your pants? ROFL J/K

Oil is brown. So is water that ran off anything that has rust on it.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 09:32 AM
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yeah but how would oil be leaking? what would it be coming from?
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 11:19 AM
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Stick your finger in it and see if it's oil or water. Either way you'll have to crawl under the truck to see where it's coming from or just take it to the dealer; it's under warranty!
 

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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by OneSickHemiRam
Did you check your pants? ROFL J/K

Oil is brown. So is water that ran off anything that has rust on it.
"check your pants"
ROFL....change your name to "OneSickHemiOwner"....hehehehehe

Yeah i have to agree... might just be water dripping off rusted stuff under there.
I would take it somewhere to get it up in the air to look at it just to be sure
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 09:06 PM
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Did you get under the truck and look?
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 09:17 PM
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Yeah I would have to agree with the Kdd, sometimes you need to get dirty and low to find the answers you are looking for, roll yourself under there and gawk at the machinery you drive and maybe the answers you seek will reveal themselves, lol.

 
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 10:07 AM
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for all the humor i took it to the dealership. They said that when they changed the oil they didnt tighten the oil filter enough....what???? you have to be kidding me, i thought that was the reason I didnt go to Jiffy Lube!

I am rather amazed, pretty sad mistake.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 11:06 AM
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at least they admitted to it; was it Dick Hannah?
 
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by pacific nw guy
for all the humor i took it to the dealership. They said that when they changed the oil they didnt tighten the oil filter enough....what???? you have to be kidding me, i thought that was the reason I didnt go to Jiffy Lube!

I am rather amazed, pretty sad mistake.
Same thing happen to me last oil change. Dealer does all the service and I told them about the filter leaking oil. The first thing they asked was who did the oil change. I think they need to be put on tighter than snug like we were all taught to do. I'm guessing that the Hemi vibrates a lot more causing the filters to come loose.
 
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