Better check your belly pan gasket. Remove the air cleaner, open the
throttle and look down inside the intake with a flashlight and see if
there is an oily look down below. We had 2 v6 rams and both did this
and when we replaced the gasket the oil consumption stopped. it should
be clean metal looking down inside the intake. Apparently this gasket
fails on magnum intakes and causes oil to be sucked into the intake from
out of the lifter gallery.
Jim Gifford wrote:
> 93 5.2L, only mod is a K&N 14"x3" filter. I had the oil changed
> at 92,860 or so miles, it now has 95,525 or so miles. At 94,900,
> I noticed I was two quarts low, so put 2 quarts of 10w40 in.
> Monday, I drove to Hilton Head Island, SC for a job interview (about
> 260 miles), and drove back today. When I got back, I checked my
> oil again, and couldn't find a drop of oil on the stick. So, I
> started doing the "put one quart in and check the stick" thing,
> and it took 3 quarts to fill it back up. So, in just less than
> 3,000 miles, I've now put 5 quarts of oil in my dak. Needless to
> say, I'm worried about it. I've looked all over the engine as best
> I can, and can't spot any leaks. The plugs don't appear to be
> fouled. I'm stumped... Any ideas? Just to be safe, I have a case
> of oil in the club cab. :(
>
> I'm not sure if this info helps in any way, but I seem to average
> 15 to 17mpg, regardless of whether I keep my foot out of it or not.
>
> I sure hope this will turn out to be a really really simple thing...
>
> jim
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