Mopar1973Man

Our previous mail lady was good friend of the family. Betty Holderness she delivered mail till cancer took her life. She drove over 520k miles on a Subaru. She never missed a work day and always got the mail delivered.

Umm you mean ladies... We have got two gals that do the USPS. Then my local FedEx is a gal. Then UPS has been a guy.

In all the shops I've worked in they used RTV on lots of stuff and typically it comes back leaking. Like Myself I replaced the tappet cover gasket without sealant, no leak. Now on my intake gasket, I used gasket tack. Bad choice. It took hell and high water to scrap that gasket off when I pull the head. Nope. I'm not going to use that again. The old OEM gasket was laid down without sealant or tack. It was baked hard and stuck to the intake but it came off with a bit of work and scraped off with a putty knife.

Got to remember all gaskets and seals are installed on these engines without sealant or gasket tack. This is a big mistake most people do is assemble parts and then use RTV or other products where its should not be used. The only thing on these engines that takes silicone is the gear case cover.

If those are original injectors time to change them. Injectors in common rail trucks should be changed every 100k miles for safety reasons. If you overextend the use of the injectors you take a risk of melting down the engine. I highly suggest you look towards new injectors like BBi. Yes, the price is steep but at least they are truly new injectors. Valve lash is a maintenance item. Most people don't keep up with very well. I would run through the valve lash when you take the valve cover off for the injectors.

I've got about 3,500 miles on this oil change and my oil level drop a whole 2mm on the stick and resting on the full mark exactly. My last oil change I was just a just that 2mm over the full mark. I'm not going to even sweat it.

Called my neighbor to the south of me. He's been picking up the mail for us. The house is fine and the power is back on. We'll attempt to get home on Saturday. I'm going to leave the RV in Parma for now. Great fallback plan in place. Oh yeah my LED's for the RV made it too.

I done the same thing and dumped over a gallon trying to get out of the forest with a load of firewood on my truck. Then another time I dumped over half gallon panic stopping on a grade to avoid hitting a deer. The fan slung oil all over the engine and everything in both cases. My design is from snowmobiles. You can roll the truck upside down and not leak at all. Being the end of the tube is higher than the level of oil upside-down. If tip it nose down steep the end of the pipe is still higher than the level of oil.

Yeah I totally agree @Bwebb2119 you need to start another thread so we can step through the issues.

Mine slobbers like that near the rear of the control arms. Totally normal. I might lose less than a pint of oil in 10k miles.

Yeah, that is one thought about cleaning the frame off of salt...

HID are the best solution for vehicle lighting bar none. Please do not consider LED headlight unless you willing to do Morimoto LED's where are just as expensive. I got mine from Retro Shop. https://shop.retroshop.us/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=2G.RAM.RETRO Then I installed PIAA LED's driving lights. Those aren't cheap either but super bright. Brighter than the Morimoto HID's http://www.piaa.com/store/p/146-LP-530-Fog-LED-Light-Kit.aspx Then the front marker lights in a switch back bulb... https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/tail-brake-turn/3157-switchback-led-bulb-dual-function-60-smd-led-tower-a-type-wedge-retrofit-car/1916/4478/ Now I'm highly visible and plenty of light to see in the worst conditions.

Yeah when I got better conditions to check.

Every tow my RV barely seen 130°F in transmission temp. Engine load on flat ground is reduced from the past to 25%. Really reduced temperatures all the way around with 30 inch tires.

Being that I typically run at 15 to 19% engine load less torque and cooler fluids. My engine idles at 11 to 12% very low torque required. Thus why my transmission struggles to rise to 130°F.

I'm not a fan of catch cans being they are no better than the factory plastic bottle slobbering all down the front of the engine. People forget to drain them on a schedule then end up with the same problem all over again from the stock plastic bottle that didn't work then and still doesn't work now. Just another mess maker... This is why I removed mine long ago. If you install a catch can with a filter the filter will plug eventually from the oil vapors and then still blow the tappet gasket or crank seals. Best leave it open pipe to drip on the road than attempting to catch it.

When to worry... This is excessive blowby. Now to drip now and then is normal. As long as you don't lose a massive amount of oil then anything to worry about. Blowby test is junk in my opinion. You can have a cracked piston and still pass a blowby test. The only true test is compression or leak down testing. Skip 1the blowby way too many people end up passing with problems.

Kooskia ID... Moscow, ID Pollock, ID New Meadows, ID

With all the trailer towing and mileage I put down I've never had a differential issue as of yet as I head towards 400k miles. I really doubt that a simple cover is going to impact the temperature much. If there are already issues that is creating excessive heat like most add the big tires, oversized wheels, and lift kit adding wind drag that put more leverage load on the gears and differentials. When someone like myself that went down in tire size and reduced the amount of differential loading. Naturally, my differential temperatures are much lower without the fancy aluminum cover. I see the cover being a bandaid to a bigger problem like oversized tires on 3.55 gear which will increase differential temperatures. Fix the inefficiencies and temperatures will naturally fall without any fancy coolers and covers. The rise in temperatures is a sign of wasted energy resulting in generating heat.

I'm glad I got out. Just found out this morning from a friend in Riggins power is out and so is the internet. The river came up enough to wipe out bridge in the canyon. The debris backed up and undermined a power pole. I've been warned the roads are not safe at the current time. We are safe here in Parma, ID. Even in Weiser the river closed US95 and you have to take 201 to get back to Idaho. 55 is open but lots for rock slides and mud slides. We are just going to hole up in Parma for now. Just made contact with @IBMobile and @IBMOBILE-JEN and let them know how I'm doing. I'm being informed by many up in my home area that it just not safe to return. Weather back home is continual rain till most likely next Tuesday. MoparMom will be able to continue here dialysis treatments and we have shelter and food. Big thanks go out to @Smarty Support and Gary & Mary that let me park on there land to stay with the RV.

Gave up on outerwears... When the filter last over 100k miles without the outerwear.

Did you bench test you new alternator? Are you sure you have a good alternator. You can unplug the field lead and test drive it.

Highway was flooded from New Meadows to Council. Anywhere from a few inch to nearly foot of water. Lots of mud and rock slides. I've got the RV down in Parma and in good shape.