Truck oil gone.

[AllVols]

I'm baffled and just wondering if anyone might know where the oil is going?

I have a 2007 Dodge 1500, over 153,000 miles on it. I've never had one problem with this truck the whole time I've owned it. Other than an 02 sensor from time to time. I'm able to work from home a lot these days so the truck can sit for one to two weeks at a time without driving it. Here in NC we had that snow event that dumped a bunch of snow and the truck sat for two weeks with me only starting it once just to make sure the battery didn't drain from the cold. Monday morning I drove to work, 50 minute drive, and about 20 minutes from work my dash board lights up. "Check Eng. light" and a "check gauges lights" and it's beeping and flashing. I looked at me instrument cluster and I've got zero oil pressure. I'm thinking the sending unit just failed.

I stopped and checked the oil and there is none. So I stopped into a auto parts store and buy some oil. I also checked under the truck and can't find any evidence of a oil leak. It's dry under the truck. So I put the oil in and then drove to to the dealer and told them what happened. It held the oil pressure the whole drive to the dealership. They checked it out, called me 2 days later and said they can't find anything wrong. They found some codes, but wanted to test before they replace the sensors.

They asked me to bring it back after 500 miles so they can check the oil level and replace the 02 sensor, they said that's what kicked the check engine light off. So I took it home and had zero lights come on and the oil pressure stayed steady.

This morning I leave for work again. I checked under the truck and no oil on the ground, so I drove it to work again half way to work, the check gauges light come and and I watched the oil pressure drop to zero again. I pulled over and checked the dip stick. no oil, and nothing dripping under the truck. I added more oil and limped it to work. Now I'm looking for someone to replace that engine with a create engine.

What is baffling me is where the heck is that oil going? There is no water on the dip stick. That would show water in the oil. I've had that happen years ago with a different car, and nothing oil wise pouring out from under it. The temp gauge remains cool and it's not smoking, but when it's low oil it's rattling like a diesel truck.

 

[Fun coupon VOL]

I'm baffled and just wondering if anyone might know where the oil is going?

I have a 2007 Dodge 1500, over 153,000 miles on it. I've never had one problem with this truck the whole time I've owned it. Other than an 02 sensor from time to time. I'm able to work from home a lot these days so the truck can sit for one to two weeks at a time without driving it. Here in NC we had that snow event that dumped a bunch of snow and the truck sat for two weeks with me only starting it once just to make sure the battery didn't drain from the cold. Monday morning I drove to work, 50 minute drive, and about 20 minutes from work my dash board lights up. "Check Eng. light" and a "check gauges lights" and it's beeping and flashing. I looked at me instrument cluster and I've got zero oil pressure. I'm thinking the sending unit just failed.

I stopped and checked the oil and there is none. So I stopped into a auto parts store and buy some oil. I also checked under the truck and can't find any evidence of a oil leak. It's dry under the truck. So I put the oil in and then drove to to the dealer and told them what happened. It held the oil pressure the whole drive to the dealership. They checked it out, called me 2 days later and said they can't find anything wrong. They found some codes, but wanted to test before they replace the sensors.

They asked me to bring it back after 500 miles so they can check the oil level and replace the 02 sensor, they said that's what kicked the check engine light off. So I took it home and had zero lights come on and the oil pressure stayed steady.

This morning I leave for work again. I checked under the truck and no oil on the ground, so I drove it to work again half way to work, the check gauges light come and and I watched the oil pressure drop to zero again. I pulled over and checked the dip stick. no oil, and nothing dripping under the truck. I added more oil and limped it to work. Now I'm looking for someone to replace that engine with a create engine.

What is baffling me is where the heck is that oil going? There is no water on the dip stick. That would show water in the oil. I've had that happen years ago with a different car, and nothing oil wise pouring out from under it. The temp gauge remains cool and it's not smoking, but when it's low oil it's rattling like a diesel truck.

sounds like it is going out your exhaust due to a cracked head or piston rings gone. If the radiator fluid is clean that is all it could be.

Did you notice any oil on the back axle or drive train after driving? Any burnt oil smell while driving?

 

[McDad]

I'm baffled and just wondering if anyone might know where the oil is going?

I have a 2007 Dodge 1500, over 153,000 miles on it. I've never had one problem with this truck the whole time I've owned it. Other than an 02 sensor from time to time. I'm able to work from home a lot these days so the truck can sit for one to two weeks at a time without driving it. Here in NC we had that snow event that dumped a bunch of snow and the truck sat for two weeks with me only starting it once just to make sure the battery didn't drain from the cold. Monday morning I drove to work, 50 minute drive, and about 20 minutes from work my dash board lights up. "Check Eng. light" and a "check gauges lights" and it's beeping and flashing. I looked at me instrument cluster and I've got zero oil pressure. I'm thinking the sending unit just failed.

I stopped and checked the oil and there is none. So I stopped into a auto parts store and buy some oil. I also checked under the truck and can't find any evidence of a oil leak. It's dry under the truck. So I put the oil in and then drove to to the dealer and told them what happened. It held the oil pressure the whole drive to the dealership. They checked it out, called me 2 days later and said they can't find anything wrong. They found some codes, but wanted to test before they replace the sensors.

They asked me to bring it back after 500 miles so they can check the oil level and replace the 02 sensor, they said that's what kicked the check engine light off. So I took it home and had zero lights come on and the oil pressure stayed steady.

This morning I leave for work again. I checked under the truck and no oil on the ground, so I drove it to work again half way to work, the check gauges light come and and I watched the oil pressure drop to zero again. I pulled over and checked the dip stick. no oil, and nothing dripping under the truck. I added more oil and limped it to work. Now I'm looking for someone to replace that engine with a create engine.

What is baffling me is where the heck is that oil going? There is no water on the dip stick. That would show water in the oil. I've had that happen years ago with a different car, and nothing oil wise pouring out from under it. The temp gauge remains cool and it's not smoking, but when it's low oil it's rattling like a diesel truck.

I had a Suburban which did this exact thing. No oil leaked. No oil burned that I could tell. But would signal no pressure. Check the stick and no oil. Shop said they were familiar with the problem. Fixed it but didnt tell me what they did or where the oil went.

Maybe related, about 1 year later it starting burning oil so badly my spark plugs would foul after a day or two. Techs said that engine which would switch from v8 to v4 when not under load was known for the oil burning. But I always wondered if the "no pressure/ clean stick" was the origibal culprit.

Have you looked on Google or at a mopar message board?

 

[Guest]

I'm baffled and just wondering if anyone might know where the oil is going?

I have a 2007 Dodge 1500, over 153,000 miles on it. I've never had one problem with this truck the whole time I've owned it. Other than an 02 sensor from time to time. I'm able to work from home a lot these days so the truck can sit for one to two weeks at a time without driving it. Here in NC we had that snow event that dumped a bunch of snow and the truck sat for two weeks with me only starting it once just to make sure the battery didn't drain from the cold. Monday morning I drove to work, 50 minute drive, and about 20 minutes from work my dash board lights up. "Check Eng. light" and a "check gauges lights" and it's beeping and flashing. I looked at me instrument cluster and I've got zero oil pressure. I'm thinking the sending unit just failed.

I stopped and checked the oil and there is none. So I stopped into a auto parts store and buy some oil. I also checked under the truck and can't find any evidence of a oil leak. It's dry under the truck. So I put the oil in and then drove to to the dealer and told them what happened. It held the oil pressure the whole drive to the dealership. They checked it out, called me 2 days later and said they can't find anything wrong. They found some codes, but wanted to test before they replace the sensors.

They asked me to bring it back after 500 miles so they can check the oil level and replace the 02 sensor, they said that's what kicked the check engine light off. So I took it home and had zero lights come on and the oil pressure stayed steady.

This morning I leave for work again. I checked under the truck and no oil on the ground, so I drove it to work again half way to work, the check gauges light come and and I watched the oil pressure drop to zero again. I pulled over and checked the dip stick. no oil, and nothing dripping under the truck. I added more oil and limped it to work. Now I'm looking for someone to replace that engine with a create engine.

What is baffling me is where the heck is that oil going? There is no water on the dip stick. That would show water in the oil. I've had that happen years ago with a different car, and nothing oil wise pouring out from under it. The temp gauge remains cool and it's not smoking, but when it's low oil it's rattling like a diesel truck.

Hey bud, bad valve seals can be an issue with oil consumption. It happens at start up, the video explains. You won't see any dripped oil on the pavement with bad valve seals. Find you a private garage if you can vs taking it to a dealer for work. Dealer shops are too expensive. Keep us updated

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Damn 153k and the motor is shot. Ouch.

 

[malinoisvol]

I'm baffled and just wondering if anyone might know where the oil is going?

I have a 2007 Dodge 1500, over 153,000 miles on it. I've never had one problem with this truck the whole time I've owned it. Other than an 02 sensor from time to time. I'm able to work from home a lot these days so the truck can sit for one to two weeks at a time without driving it. Here in NC we had that snow event that dumped a bunch of snow and the truck sat for two weeks with me only starting it once just to make sure the battery didn't drain from the cold. Monday morning I drove to work, 50 minute drive, and about 20 minutes from work my dash board lights up. "Check Eng. light" and a "check gauges lights" and it's beeping and flashing. I looked at me instrument cluster and I've got zero oil pressure. I'm thinking the sending unit just failed.

I stopped and checked the oil and there is none. So I stopped into a auto parts store and buy some oil. I also checked under the truck and can't find any evidence of a oil leak. It's dry under the truck. So I put the oil in and then drove to to the dealer and told them what happened. It held the oil pressure the whole drive to the dealership. They checked it out, called me 2 days later and said they can't find anything wrong. They found some codes, but wanted to test before they replace the sensors.

They asked me to bring it back after 500 miles so they can check the oil level and replace the 02 sensor, they said that's what kicked the check engine light off. So I took it home and had zero lights come on and the oil pressure stayed steady.

This morning I leave for work again. I checked under the truck and no oil on the ground, so I drove it to work again half way to work, the check gauges light come and and I watched the oil pressure drop to zero again. I pulled over and checked the dip stick. no oil, and nothing dripping under the truck. I added more oil and limped it to work. Now I'm looking for someone to replace that engine with a create engine.

What is baffling me is where the heck is that oil going? There is no water on the dip stick. That would show water in the oil. I've had that happen years ago with a different car, and nothing oil wise pouring out from under it. The temp gauge remains cool and it's not smoking, but when it's low oil it's rattling like a diesel truck.

Which engine?

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

I'm baffled and just wondering if anyone might know where the oil is going?

I have a 2007 Dodge 1500, over 153,000 miles on it. I've never had one problem with this truck the whole time I've owned it. Other than an 02 sensor from time to time. I'm able to work from home a lot these days so the truck can sit for one to two weeks at a time without driving it. Here in NC we had that snow event that dumped a bunch of snow and the truck sat for two weeks with me only starting it once just to make sure the battery didn't drain from the cold. Monday morning I drove to work, 50 minute drive, and about 20 minutes from work my dash board lights up. "Check Eng. light" and a "check gauges lights" and it's beeping and flashing. I looked at me instrument cluster and I've got zero oil pressure. I'm thinking the sending unit just failed.

I stopped and checked the oil and there is none. So I stopped into a auto parts store and buy some oil. I also checked under the truck and can't find any evidence of a oil leak. It's dry under the truck. So I put the oil in and then drove to to the dealer and told them what happened. It held the oil pressure the whole drive to the dealership. They checked it out, called me 2 days later and said they can't find anything wrong. They found some codes, but wanted to test before they replace the sensors.

They asked me to bring it back after 500 miles so they can check the oil level and replace the 02 sensor, they said that's what kicked the check engine light off. So I took it home and had zero lights come on and the oil pressure stayed steady.

This morning I leave for work again. I checked under the truck and no oil on the ground, so I drove it to work again half way to work, the check gauges light come and and I watched the oil pressure drop to zero again. I pulled over and checked the dip stick. no oil, and nothing dripping under the truck. I added more oil and limped it to work. Now I'm looking for someone to replace that engine with a create engine.

What is baffling me is where the heck is that oil going? There is no water on the dip stick. That would show water in the oil. I've had that happen years ago with a different car, and nothing oil wise pouring out from under it. The temp gauge remains cool and it's not smoking, but when it's low oil it's rattling like a diesel truck.

Oil may be be trapped in the heads and not draining through the holes to the pan. Eventually will burn through the valves. Happened to a 302 (5.0) Ford of mine. Engine only had 28,000 miles but had not been driven in a while. Nobody could figure it out except my grandfather. He took the valve covers off and they were gunked up and drain holes plugged. Took a wire and cleared the holes and it was better. Ran some oil treatments and changed the oil again in about 1,000 miles. Took a while but finally stopped plugging.

 

[hog88]

Damn 153k and the motor is shot. Ouch.

He drives a Dodge, he‘s lucky it made it that long.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Sounds American.

 

[tbh]

Stopped in to say the headline threw me for a sec...I'm like "Dang, Napa and O'Reilly ran out of erl?"

Hope you get to the bottom of the issue with the minimum amount of headache and cost!

 

[walkenvol]

Sounds American.

A fellow that worked for me 2 years back had a 7 year old Jetta with 125K miles had an oil pump failure and toasted the engine. “American” doesn’t have the market cornered on engine failures. I’ve used Ford trucks in my business putting 300K+ on them with no engine failures.

 

[Go aeiou]

A fellow that worked for me 2 years back had a 7 year old Jetta with 125K miles had an oil pump failure and toasted the engine. “American” doesn’t have the market cornered on engine failures. I’ve used Ford trucks in my business putting 300K+ on them with no engine failures.

Yea, In construction I had no problem with Chevy PUs. All small engine equipment had Honda engines though.
Heavy equipment was Deere and Cat. One piece of Komatsu which was good.

 

[AllVols]

TThanks

sounds like it is going out your exhaust due to a cracked head or piston rings gone. If the radiator fluid is clean that is all it could be.

Did you notice any oil on the back axle or drive train after driving? Any burnt oil smell while driving?

Thanks for the response. I cannot find any oil leaks on the bottom of that truck anywhere.

 

[AllVols]

I had a Suburban which did this exact thing. No oil leaked. No oil burned that I could tell. But would signal no pressure. Check the stick and no oil. Shop said they were familiar with the problem. Fixed it but didnt tell me what they did or where the oil went.

Maybe related, about 1 year later it starting burning oil so badly my spark plugs would foul after a day or two. Techs said that engine which would switch from v8 to v4 when not under load was known for the oil burning. But I always wondered if the "no pressure/ clean stick" was the origibal culprit.

Have you looked on Google or at a mopar message board?

No sir I did not Google it, because I know the average Vol fan is smarter than anyone on Google.
Lol

 

[AllVols]

Hey bud, bad valve seals can be an issue with oil consumption. It happens at start up, the video explains. You won't see any dripped oil on the pavement with bad valve seals. Find you a private garage if you can vs taking
it to a dealer for work. Dealer shops are too expensive. Keep us updated

Awesome thank you for the video. I will have them check that.

 

[AllVols]

Which engine?

Hemi 5.7

 

[Fun coupon VOL]

TThanks

Thanks for the response. I cannot find any oil leaks on the bottom of that truck anywhere.

Going through the exhaust is all it could be. I meant cracked piston the other day.

 

[malinoisvol]

A functioning catalytic converter may mask an oil burning engine until the converter is damaged by the excessive oil burn. This may be the reason you wont see oil smoke from the pipe.


Has the engine ever overheated?

 

[JustFunnN'Orange]

Have you stuck your finger in the exhaust pipe to see if there is any oily substance inside the pipe? As said above, Cat converter may be removing enough oil so you cant see smoke.

 

[Guest]

A functioning catalytic converter may mask an oil burning engine until the converter is damaged by the excessive oil burn. This may be the reason you wont see oil smoke from the pipe.


Has the engine ever overheated?

Like the approach here. Something new to me. But I never drove a mosquito beater either. Only 1 response per day allowed by the op

 

[Guest]

Oil may be be trapped in the heads and not draining through the holes to the pan. Eventually will burn through the valves. Happened to a 302 (5.0) Ford of mine. Engine only had 28,000 miles but had not been driven in a while. Nobody could figure it out except my grandfather. He took the valve covers off and they were gunked up and drain holes plugged. Took a wire and cleared the holes and it was better. Ran some oil treatments and changed the oil again in about 1,000 miles. Took a while but finally stopped plugging.

Ernest T, were you by chance using a tub of crisco lard for motor oil? Motor oil ain't normally supposed to "gunked up"

 

[malinoisvol]

Ernest T, were you by chance using a tub of crisco lard for motor oil? Motor oil ain't normally supposed to "gunked up"

When I was a meckaneck'n, the oil the USAF used was super prone to gunking up the heads. The worst cases were flightline support vehicles that idled a lot. I've seen the gunk as much as 2 inches thick under the valve covers.

I can still remember the USAF's first synthetic oil test program for vehicles. The few that were chosen during the trial run all leaked like a sieve. Lol

 

[Guest]

When I was a meckaneck'n, the oil the USAF used was super prone to gunking up the heads. The worst cases were flightline support vehicles that idled a lot. I've seen the gunk as much as 2 inches thick under the valve covers.

I can still remember the USAF's first synthetic oil test program for vehicles. The few that were chosen during the trial run all leaked like a sieve. Lol

I was careful to say "ain't normally"!! I've seen it happen. Where & where were you when this took place & why were they so cheap on the vehicle oil they purchased? LOL on the leaking vehicles used for the test program with expensive synthetic oil.

Sold my 68 GTO to an in laws brother for a $1000 somewhere round 1980. I built the engine. Six months later he calls me & says it won't run. I go over & take off one of the value covers. Oil was gummed up like Play Doh. I asked what happened. Said he couldn't afford to change the oil. Told him, you are buying (2) $15 lids of weed a week but you couldn't afford to change the oil. I didn't help him do nothing with the car after that

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

Where is the last place you remember seeing it?

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

Ernest T, were you by chance using a tub of crisco lard for motor oil? Motor oil ain't normally supposed to "gunked up"

LOL....Back in my day, the gunk was all that kept worn out motors from leaking. Didn't dare change oil brands (even if it was crisco) in case the new brand would act like a detergent on the old gunk. I bet this old Dodge is gunked since he started it to charge the battery and turned it off. You got to let them run for a while.