Dodge MD Series - Air Cleaner; Crankcase Ventilation

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How to Checl{
Oil and When
to Change
Eac h li mc )'OU l I' I ' I
op or gas, li e 01 I cve l sho uld be ch cc kcd, bUl jf
Ihc l eve l is clo s t tl " ' " I
, , 0 IC rlIl1nmg cyel
mark (bc tw ec n full amI half
full ) Ill S 1I 0t n ecc "s ar y lo add oil. Th e " full" " k I ' I
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m.11 s 10\\ S I Ie prop c l'
l eve l of 0 11 aft el' th e cng in c h as 11 0l Il cc n !"Un fOl' a f cw hour s, As
soon a th e enginc i ' s tarl cd ,' unnill " thi " fIliI" I I ' II d
, ", '. C" evc WI r op to
,t1 JO lIllh e nlnnill" Ic "c1m ' Hk 0 11 II c ' , I A I '
, <" ' I g, lII ge 1 0( , way s alJlI to k ee p
th c 0 11 l eve l lip to Ihe " l'1l11l1in g" Ic"ci lIIark,
III II CW trll c k ~, tl 'I I II I 1
o Ie 01 ' lO Ut )e l l' ain ed
o
Ul alld th e c rank ca se
Oll she d. wilh f111 ~ hill " oil
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allOllt lh c fir ~ l 500 IlIil eR ,
at alJOut th e fir :; t 250 mil cs allll aga ill at
R filling each tim c with th e pr op r vis-
l'O~ il)' of o il.
Ulldcr on lillar y UIII c I' , I
III I' CO rt l lllons, c lan ge oil cve ry 1500 lIIiles,
S ll ~ taill c d hi gh , p ee ds, or dri"in g 0 11 du sty l'o ad s, ilia, ' ncecss ital c
lIIore
fr c qu clIl challgillg, DU1 ' in g willt cr w' alh er th e o'il shollld be
('hallged
at lcast cve ry 1000 mil c ,
H Ihe c hall gc pc ri od is approa c hin g, you dOIl't II ce d to bu y oil if you
lI ee d o nl y a quart. But if yo u al'c s larlin g 0 11 a 10 ll g tl'ip. I JC s ur e lh c
('J"llIk('a ~t' i" filiI.
Go to Your Dealer for Lubrication
and Engine OiJ Service
'l ullr dc al er o lT tl ,I
cn, IC approv eu lubri c ation servi cc r 'eo mm e nd cd
In ' e h J'\ ' le r 1\f OtO l' S E ' " '" H '
'.. . II " III eel:>. e pl'Ol cc t ~ yo ur Jnt crcst I) y IJlJ y ill"
onl y hl"h qllalit y lubri c ant s, H e kn ow s th e ]ubri ea nt specific alion :
r cco mm e nd ed hy th e faclo l' Y, t.h c part s lo bc lubri ca lcd, th e amount
of ]uhri c ati on l' e quir ed at each pOilll, lh c tl' ln e , 'l lld
mil ea ge at whi ch
Illbric
alion ope ra lions sho uld he pc rf or med,
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Air Cleaner
Road du st and o lh el' "bra ive aL'e filL Cl'cd
o
ul of lh c air c nl e rin g yo ur cng in e
thr ough th e ca rbur clor, b y III c an s of an
oil impr cg nat cd co pp cr lU e h er ce ll filt e r
(' all cd an air elc an er. Th e cle anill g and
scn 'ic in g of th e air c1 c an er i I'ul'" cov -
ercd
on pa ge 51. If prop e l'I y amI peri-
odic
ally se rvi ce d th e parl s of th e engine
ubj cc ted to wc ar ar c prot ec lcd fr o ll1 th e abra sive action of du st
alld dil 't. Th c I'es ult is a II1l1 ch ]ongcr cng in e lif e a nd th e ec onolll Y
alld c ffi cicllc), is lIIaintain cd for lh o ll and s of cx lra mil cs. Th c fillcl'illg
e1C llle nt call be ea ily rcm oyc d for clc anin g alI(I re -oilin g. Thi s sho uld
he tlon c al r cg ulal ' int rval ,e vcn dail y for C XII 'C III C co nditi ons ill du sty
le nit ory,
Crankcase Ventilation
To leng lh cn th e lif e of your cnginc s till fUl' lh cr a vcry e ffi cic nt III c th o( 1
of ve lltilatin g th e crallkca se i c mpl oycd a indi ca ted in th pi c lllr e at
Ihe l owe l' co rn cr of lhi s pa ge. Th e oil filler pip c a ir c1 c an er sho uld
I JC sc rvi cc tl at th e s am e int crval as th e ea rhur cl or air eleall 1'.
Frequ,ent St op or Dour-tu-Door Deliver y Se rv ice
It is c sc nliallh al allY int e rnal ('om],u lion c ll gillc ope ral all elllpera-
IUI 'CS of l -WoF, 01 ' mort' if full ('('0110111), of opel' ati on is lo hc o hl a in e tl
alld , m o re imp ol' talll if Ih c fo rmati o ll of wal e I' allll acitl vapor in th e
e rallk casc is 10 Il c a\'oitl c !l . parli c ulal 'l ), wh c lI vc hi cle s ar c cn gagct l i ll
fr e qu e nl stop or do or lo (I oo r t1 c liv ery Iypes of se rvice,
Th cre al'e sp ec ial d ev i ecs o btainabl e fr om th e faclor), lhrou gh yo ur
Dod ge de al cr at no minal eos ls whi('h ar c dcsigned to k ee p yo ur cngillc
opc ratin g al th c pr oper
te mp c rallll' c, Th ese de-
\'i
ees eO ll sisl of th c {o]-
] ow in g, p ee ial c rank-
ea sc filL el'ing d ev i ec;
sp ce ial cngillc th c rm o-
tal
alld radialol' co ve rs
all of whi ch aid in re-
tainin g th e he at whi ch
th e cng in c dev elop,
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