Hey folks, glad to be part of these forums. I'm Eric and I'm from Spokane Valley, WA. I've had my 2002 durango r/t for a little over a year now. I love this beast with its 5.9. It's towed my family and I with our belongings to El Paso, TX and back and in Jan up to Alaska.
On a recent trip to Seattle and back getting ready to climb a pass we started smelling burning oil (we think) and start billowing out smoke. We pull over and open the hood. Driver side of manifold is covered in what we think is oil including the driver side wheel well. Let the car cool down for a couple hours and start checking fluids. Oil is topped off, all the way up to the line, tranny fluid was checked while hot and fine. Power steering and brake fluids all fine. Had some family that knows more about cars come and look at it. He is pretty sure the oil came out of what I have circled in the pic, he duct taped it and sent us on our way. Anti-freeze leaks bad now and I'll get that fixed soon. But since he duct taped this off, it's kind of sluggish, and runs a bit rough. Can anyone tell me what this is??
Thanks,
Eric
On a recent trip to Seattle and back getting ready to climb a pass we started smelling burning oil (we think) and start billowing out smoke. We pull over and open the hood. Driver side of manifold is covered in what we think is oil including the driver side wheel well. Let the car cool down for a couple hours and start checking fluids. Oil is topped off, all the way up to the line, tranny fluid was checked while hot and fine. Power steering and brake fluids all fine. Had some family that knows more about cars come and look at it. He is pretty sure the oil came out of what I have circled in the pic, he duct taped it and sent us on our way. Anti-freeze leaks bad now and I'll get that fixed soon. But since he duct taped this off, it's kind of sluggish, and runs a bit rough. Can anyone tell me what this is??
Thanks,
Eric
