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09 Ram 1500 oil shooting out motor #1866900 07/08/15 09:28 PM 07/08/15 09:28 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,128 Hunt Valley, Maryland 1fastrunner OP top fuel
1fastrunner OP top fuel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,128 Hunt Valley, Maryland	Hi, I don't drive it much, it only has 20k and I'm the original owner. I just took it out to get gas and my oil light came on. I got home and saw spots up my driveway thinking it was water from the bed. I added some oil and started it up. Oil was shooting out the right side of the motor. I have no idea what happened. Any ideas? Jim

Re: 09 Ram 1500 oil shooting out motor [Re: 1fastrunner] #1866977 07/08/15 11:52 PM 07/08/15 11:52 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 531 SW CO HemiSportFury mopar
HemiSportFury mopar Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 531 SW CO	Not much info to go from, but it could be a loose oil filter and/or bad oil filter gasket. '64 Sport Fury, 528 Hemi, FiTech EFI, 4-speed, 4.10 Dana 60 '57 Belvedere 2dr sedan, current project in process '19 Cherokee Trail Hawk Elite '03 Ram 2500 CTD HO, 6-speed 214,000 miles and still going strong

Re: 09 Ram 1500 oil shooting out motor [Re: HemiSportFury] #1866980 07/08/15 11:57 PM 07/08/15 11:57 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,128 Hunt Valley, Maryland 1fastrunner OP top fuel
1fastrunner OP top fuel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,128 Hunt Valley, Maryland	I'll get a better look tomorrow, we had a storm go through. But the filter was tight, did not appear to be coming out from the filter.

Re: 09 Ram 1500 oil shooting out motor [Re: 1fastrunner] #1867021 07/09/15 01:16 AM 07/09/15 01:16 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 11,689 W. Kentucky justinp61 I Live Here
justinp61 I Live Here Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 11,689 W. Kentucky	I know first hand if the old filter gasket sticks to the adapter it will leak.

Re: 09 Ram 1500 oil shooting out motor [Re: justinp61] #1867043 07/09/15 02:02 AM 07/09/15 02:02 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,128 Hunt Valley, Maryland 1fastrunner OP top fuel
1fastrunner OP top fuel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,128 Hunt Valley, Maryland	The oil has not been changed in quite some time, this just happened today.

Re: 09 Ram 1500 oil shooting out motor [Re: 1fastrunner] #1867137 07/09/15 11:43 AM 07/09/15 11:43 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 583 NJ R rth mopar
rth mopar R Joined: May 2005 Posts: 583 NJ	Check oil pressure sending switch.

Re: 09 Ram 1500 oil shooting out motor [Re: rth] #1867351 07/09/15 07:40 PM 07/09/15 07:40 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,128 Hunt Valley, Maryland 1fastrunner OP top fuel
1fastrunner OP top fuel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,128 Hunt Valley, Maryland	I believe I found the culprit. The Mopar Oil Filter was rusty around the seal on the outside. It was changed 9 months ago, not sure why it was rusty. Makes me weary of Mopar Filters Jim

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