Dodge 2001 Ram 1500 Owner's Manual page 1207

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FRONT MOUNT
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
REAR MOUNT
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
LUBRICATION
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
ENGINE OIL LEAKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
ENGINE OIL PRESSURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
OIL
STANDARD PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
ENGINE OIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
OIL FILTER
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
OIL PAN
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
OIL PUMP
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
DISASSEMBLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
ENGINE 5.2L
DESCRIPTION
The 5.2 Liter (318 CID) eight-cylinder engine is a
V-Type lightweight, single cam, overhead valve
engine with hydraulic roller tappets. This engine is
designed for unleaded fuel.
Engine lubrication system consists of a rotor type
oil pump and a full flow oil filter.
Fig. 1 Firing Order
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
INTAKE MANIFOLD
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
EXHAUST MANIFOLD
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
TIMING BELT / CHAIN COVER(S)
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
TIMING BELT/CHAIN AND SPROCKETS
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
The cylinders are numbered from front to rear; 1,
3, 5, 7 on the left bank and 2, 4, 6, 8 on the right
bank. The firing order is 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 (Fig. 1).
The engine serial number is stamped into a
machined pad located on the left, front corner of the
cylinder block. When component part replacement is
necessary, use the engine type and serial number for
reference (Fig. 2).
Fig. 2 Engine Identification (Serial) Number
BR/BE