You won't neccessarily have oil dripping. It could just be pooling &
collecting in the intake manifold area.
Jason Yates wrote:
>
> Yeah, wish I had noticed the wobble on the crank pulley
> earlier--like back in January when I first got the truck fixed.
> I wonder if my insurance company will still pay for repairing it
> if its due the accident. Anyone know if there's some sort of
> statute of limitations on an insurance claim?
>
> If I had a blown belly pan gasket, wouldn't I have some sort of
> oil dripping from the engine? I have around 43K on the truck
> and I'm not sure if my estimate of how much oil is being lost is
> correct, I just know that over the past four or five weeks I've
> added a full quart of oil (one half or so at a time).
>
> Thanks for your message Will,
> JY
>
> --- Will Coughlin <willcoughlin@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Jason, #1- I wouldn't mess around with a warped crank pulley.
> > The balncing
> > of the lower end of the motor is very important. Even a little
> > warp in the
> > pulley could cause a lot of excess wear. Get it replaced ASAP.
> > #2- losing
> > oil doesn't necessarily mean it's leaking into the tranny, and
> > believe me
> > you'd know if you had a qaurt of motor oil sliding around in
> > your
> > bellhousing! It could be burning it either because of a blown
> > belly pan
> > gasket, or blowby. How many miles on the truck? I find it hard
> > to believe
> > any Mopar V8 with less than 150K could burn that much oil
> > internally(not via
> > the belly pan). It's possible, but not likely.HTH,
> >
> >
> > Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> > '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/NV-3500HD5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> > http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
> >
> <sniped original post>
>
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