1999 3500 Ram. Gaskets are not too much $, but is it too much time and down too many levels in the engine area? Maybe our mechanic can make more money on his other repair vehicles? He works out of his home - so he gets to call the shots I guess on his priorities 😂 I'm just the wife who has oil stains on our concrete driveway pad!
Yea that’s just a straight up leak. I’ve seen leaks from axles, oil pans, transmission(areas), valve heads. Wherever the wet spot is, is where it’s at most likely. If it’s just an oil pan gasket, that’s easy. Same with transmission. Gaskets in the area, like around the value heads are more problematic, because of time. But doable. Transmission leaks near the torque converter is a problem tho. Which is towards the motor, like inbetween the tranny and engine block. But if it’s engine oil specifically, I would say gaskets on one or two of the engine heads or oil pan. My money is on head gaskets. I usually wait till I actually see smoke coming off the engine before I replace mine, lol. I bet that’s what the mechanic is referring to. A little isn’t bad. Just annoying. Just check your oil every now and then. You start losing/burning 2 quarts between oil changes, you’ll need to get that fixed for safety of the motor.
Thank you Cyberhawk ❤️ - it's very kind of you to explain all you did/ I just read all of it to husband and he says he needs to spray degreaser on the underside of engine to uncover where it's coming from - he said it's mostly the Left SIDE of undercarriage. Oh, he corrected me it's a 1998 hd 3500, his flatbed farm truck that he bought new and it's his favorite! I appreciate your response. Have a good day.
Anytime fam and I hope it runs for may years to come. I recently talked a guy who has updated and somewhat restored a ‘94 Ford F250 flatbed. His farm truck. Looked great. There were a few cans of black spray paint used, but it was an eye catcher nonetheless. 😁👍
If it leaks oil, it has oil! And it’s an effective rust preventer so as long as it’s just dripping here and there, usually no big deal.
By the way, it’s not likely head gaskets. If those fail you’ll have oil in your coolant or coolant in your oil. Either way that’s a bad day and an expensive repair with the possibility of catastrophic engine failure.
Might be valve cover gaskets which are near the head gaskets and are commonly confused. Valve cover gaskets are no big deal to replace and they don’t cause catastrophic engine failure if they leak.
1999 3500 Ram. Gaskets are not too much $, but is it too much time and down too many levels in the engine area? Maybe our mechanic can make more money on his other repair vehicles? He works out of his home - so he gets to call the shots I guess on his priorities 😂 I'm just the wife who has oil stains on our concrete driveway pad!
Yea that’s just a straight up leak. I’ve seen leaks from axles, oil pans, transmission(areas), valve heads. Wherever the wet spot is, is where it’s at most likely. If it’s just an oil pan gasket, that’s easy. Same with transmission. Gaskets in the area, like around the value heads are more problematic, because of time. But doable. Transmission leaks near the torque converter is a problem tho. Which is towards the motor, like inbetween the tranny and engine block. But if it’s engine oil specifically, I would say gaskets on one or two of the engine heads or oil pan. My money is on head gaskets. I usually wait till I actually see smoke coming off the engine before I replace mine, lol. I bet that’s what the mechanic is referring to. A little isn’t bad. Just annoying. Just check your oil every now and then. You start losing/burning 2 quarts between oil changes, you’ll need to get that fixed for safety of the motor.
Thank you Cyberhawk ❤️ - it's very kind of you to explain all you did/ I just read all of it to husband and he says he needs to spray degreaser on the underside of engine to uncover where it's coming from - he said it's mostly the Left SIDE of undercarriage. Oh, he corrected me it's a 1998 hd 3500, his flatbed farm truck that he bought new and it's his favorite! I appreciate your response. Have a good day.
Anytime fam and I hope it runs for may years to come. I recently talked a guy who has updated and somewhat restored a ‘94 Ford F250 flatbed. His farm truck. Looked great. There were a few cans of black spray paint used, but it was an eye catcher nonetheless. 😁👍
If it leaks oil, it has oil! And it’s an effective rust preventer so as long as it’s just dripping here and there, usually no big deal.
By the way, it’s not likely head gaskets. If those fail you’ll have oil in your coolant or coolant in your oil. Either way that’s a bad day and an expensive repair with the possibility of catastrophic engine failure.
Might be valve cover gaskets which are near the head gaskets and are commonly confused. Valve cover gaskets are no big deal to replace and they don’t cause catastrophic engine failure if they leak.