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From: C.FALLS MONTANA
big problem
i was coming home from a race sunday night pulling some pretty serios mountain grades towing 13000 lbs 5er. on one of the smaller hills near the top the truck falls on its faces,then dies completely . so i'm coasting down ugly curvy road with big wait and no power . i coast it till a wide spot pull over to see large puddle of oil .hike to the nearest store add two gallons of delo. if i tapped the throttle i could get it to start . dumped the camper filled the oil and took off for home 80miles . somebody please tell me this is a cheap high pressure oil line and how to find and fix. thanx for your help 
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if she got you 80 miles down the raod then it is not a high pressure line..there must be oil in the valley or you just havent checked oil level for a while and it used up the oil...if you see oil in the valley clean it all up..start her up and start looking around for leaks..also crawl under the truck and have a look around...if there is no leak...then she used up the oil and you never checked it...if thats the case...your one lucky guy these things shut them selves down when oil is low...
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Usually this is O-ring related, unless you were towing with a chip and not using gauges. Do as Ron suggested and see if you can find where the oil is coming from. Front, middle, or back of the valley. Then we can figure out which o-rings you'll need to fix it back up.
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sorry i was a little short on info last night. i check the oil everytime i hook up the 5er ,just to be sure. and yes the valley had lots of oil in there. it took 5 gallons more oil to get home. as long as i stopped every twenty miles and dumped oil in it she ran like every day. yes i am running dp tuner 40tow ,i have gauges ,nothing ran out of normal . oil runs down the side of the block on the starter side it a good drizzle . any ideas . thanx
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I'd agree. Clean it up like Ron suggested and see if you can find where it's coming from. I'd guess you'll spend less on parts to fix it than you have on oil so far.
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