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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 11:57 PM
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ok, driving home from work today i stop on the side of the road for a stretch and to release some pressure. I could smell burning oil???

I looked under the truck and what the hell did I find? a free oil undercoating before winter. How handy is that???

Looks like the valve cover has a small vent tube about half way down the driver side of the engine. She barfed all over the underside of the truck. I shut the truck off immediately, still had good oil pressure though! What would cause this? Seems as if the dipstick is rather high? Oil smells like diesel!

What kind of trouble have i gotten myself into?
 
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 12:05 AM
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are you sure its oil and not diesel?
 
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 12:07 AM
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I'll get pics tomorrow of the underside and that breather tube, might help some understand where i am talking about!
 
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 01:06 AM
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Is the oil overfull on the dip stick? Is it thinned out and smells like fuel?
 
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 04:09 AM
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If the oil smells like fuel, then that would mean injectors?
 
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 10:38 AM
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Have you put oil in when you should'nt have? was way too oil put in and no it's jumpin out the blow-by tube?
 
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 12:27 PM
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I dont think the oil was overfilled... I usually keep it right in the middle of the dipstick "safe" area... When i pulled the dipstick again this morning, she was overfull and smelled like diesel...

I think its prob ably an injector or rings, no?

Tried to get pics, but they won't upload, files are too big!

 
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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Internal fuel leak somewhere. Could be an injector, could be a leak in the rail/ passages in the head.
 
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