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T. Brock
Dodge Dakota
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11/08/2009
20:53:30
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 Subject: plastic stick in oil fill hole
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what is this beast and is it needed? Didn't even know it was there. My wife got my oil changed at a jiffy lube for me because I have been working a lot and they pulled this 5 inch plastic stick out of the oil fill hole and it broke. What is the purpose and is it needed. I was told it was a Mercedes design, but that was all that was known
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Kowalski
GenIII
11/09/2009
07:23:04
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Sounds like you are talking about a 4.7 motor here; both from the oil fill description and the misinformation about a Mercedes design. For one thing, the 4.7 was designed by mopar before the Daimler Benz merger/take over. The magnum 4.7 in the Dakotas has never been installed in a Mercedes by the factory.
Because the oil fill tube is plastic and doesn't conduct engine heat like the older metal fill tubes, some people were noticing condensation turning the oil residue at the top of the filler a milky color. (Those of us using synthetic oil seem to notice this less). The factory solution was to add another pice of plastic to hide the cold area at the top of the tube so people wouldn't see the condensation. From what we've heard, that's all it does - not really needed.
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