thanks for the reply george. that's what i am thinking more and more...
it's got to be the belly pan.. i already have the M1 on my 95 360. this is
my V6... so that won't work... i will probably smooth out the runners real
quick. i'm not worried about the power, but if i have it off anyway.. i
stopped by the dealer today. they have the kit for $47. the guy at the
counter said they replace them all the time... so they keep several kits on
hand. the plan is saturday. a buddy of mine is coming over and we're going
to do it. i've never tore this far into the engine.. it shouldn't be a big
deal. the whole distributor has to come out right?? do i need to mark it??
i am going to poke my head in there more tonight and check my FSM...
thanks...
Mike K
94 SLT,CC,239,2wd,auto
95 Sport,RC,360,5-speed
http://www.hornok.com/zig
>From: GSWillhite <gswillhite@ualr.edu>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: Dakota Mailing List <Dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>Subject: DML: Re: missing oil?? maybe belly pan
>Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 08:15:58 -0500
>
>
>Hi Mike!
>
>As much as I hate to say it....its most likely the bellypan
>gasket. Looking down the throttle body is a little deceiving
>because you can't really tell that well. I had a very small part
>of the gasket to just partially fail and it would suck out about
>1/2 quart every month. It might be *get that M1 time*. :)
>
>George
>
>
>-------Original Message-------
>Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:56:27 -0400
>From: "mike kulczycki" <dakota1994@hotmail.com>
>Subject: DML: missing oil?? maybe belly pan
>
>well another problem has occurred with my 94 dakota. yesterday i had to
>add
>about 3/4 quart of oil, then today again... i don't see any smoke out the
>tailpipe or any oily residue in there. no visible leaks on the ground
>either. i looked in the intake yesterday. it looked a little grimy, but
>not to bad. not sure how much oil i would see in there for this problem...
>i know this is a common problem. i have 127k miles and never took anything
>from the engine off... i heard the pcv valved can cause problems also.
>mine rattle freely, that's good, right?? i may pick a new one anyway..
>how
>difficult to change it then?? how much do i have to take off?? it's a V6
>with ac...
>thanks...
>
>
>
>Mike K
>94 SLT,CC,239,2wd,auto
>95 Sport,RC,360,5-speed
>http://www.hornok.com/zig
>
>
>
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