Dodge 2001 Ram 1500 Owner's Manual page 1319

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LUBRICATION
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
ENGINE OIL LEAKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
ENGINE OIL PRESSURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
OIL
STANDARD PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
ENGINE OIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
OIL FILTER
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
OIL PAN
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
OIL PUMP
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
ENGINE 8.0L
DESCRIPTION
The 8.0 Liter (488 CID) ten-cylinder engine is a
V-Type lightweight, single cam, overhead valve
Fig. 1 Firing Order
INTAKE MANIFOLD
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
EXHAUST MANIFOLD
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
TIMING BELT / CHAIN COVER(S)
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
TIMING BELT/CHAIN AND SPROCKETS
REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
engine with hydraulic roller tappets. This engine is
designed for unleaded fuel.
Engine lubrication system consists of a gerotor type
oil pump mounted in the timing chain cover and driven
by the crankshaft. The V-10 uses a full flow oil filter.
The cylinders are numbered from front to rear; 1, 3,
5, 7, 9 on the left bank and 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 on the right
bank. The firing order is 1-10-9-4-3-6-5-8-7-2 (Fig. 1).
The engine serial number is located on the lower
left front of the cylinder block in front of the engine
mount (Fig. 2). When component part replacement is
necessary, use the engine type and serial number for
reference.
Fig. 2 Engine Identification—(Serial Number)
1 - ENGINE SERIAL NO.
2 - ENGINE MOUNT LOCATION
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