Dodge 5.2 or 5.9 Magnum Plenum Plate Repair (How To)
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- Weather you are sporting the 5.2 318 or the 5.9 360 in your dodge, This is how you replace a plenum plate. If you are down power, eating oil and there is a vacuum when you remove your oil cap (vacuum is when its really bad) then you need to consider a plenum plate.
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This kit has an aluminum plate 1/4in thick. the original plate is steel and sits against an aluminum intake. The two metals heat up and different rates and hold different temperatures and over time this causes the plate to warp. This is a great fix and every affordable. The kit comes with all new gaskets and hardware as well.
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I'm 63, recently retired due to lung cancer. Beat up from the chemo and radiation treatments but was able to BEAT the cancer, I'm not or ever will be 100% but I'm alive, lol. Also when I did this repaire I was seeing a chiropractor 3 times a week for a pinched nerve in my lower back. I took a lot of breaks, lol. About 10-12 hours over 3 days and now the truck is running great. No more oil use, increase in power, increase in low end torque, no valve clatter when accelerating, very smooth runnning. Not bad for an old beat up mechanic, lol.....makes me wonder how many people traded in their truck because they thought the motor was going bad, all over a bad design in the plemun sealing gaskets, lol... Probably a bunch of trucks in the salvage yard because of a bad gasket, lol
Congrats on beating cancer James! That's really awesome. I'm glad you are still able to do your own thing even if it does take you longer now. Keep on keeping on brother!
@@PossumKing Heh,heh, Thank you. It dors have its ups and downs, lol. On a more serious note, I ask others to plesse temember those who are still fighting the battle. I met a lot of good people during my treatments and it does bother me that a lot of them will not get the same results I got.........
Awesome you beat that cancer James! Did this same "fix" for a 1998 Dodge RAM 1500 Q.C. 5.9L v8 during an engine swap overhaul (new rings, bearings, hi-torque Hughes cam, double roller timing chain, Melling oil pump, etc.) as the donor motor only had a blown plenum & previous Durango owner gave up leaving a perfectly good motor for me to get for cheap shipped to Alaska here.
Jame , look into ferbendazol as a propolaptic dose to keep it away. Cheap as hell and many many stage 4 hospice users being cancer free 212 years later
Not for long, folks will harvest those magnums as they are a great mod for other cars
I still love the Gen 2, even with all it's issues. it's a GREAT truck! and you cannot beat it for the money. when they came out there was nothing like them, this truck pretty much kicked off the need for better trucks we have today, thanks Dodge. 263k miles and rolling strong.
F*** yeah
Jus bought a mint 1500 with 120k hoping I can make it last past 250. Gotta seal up a couple leaks and just assuming I’ll need a ne trans
SSsshhhhh! let's keep this to ourselves, they don't make them anymore so what's out there is all we have
Just bought a 5.2 . Just wanted a cheap simple truck, and it doesn’t get much better than these second gens!
They've been around long enough that everyone has them figured out they are good value for the money I've had my 96 1500 since 2004 and it's been a great truck
Hands down the best video I've seen of this job so far.
Dude. I cannot thank you enough for this straight to the point video. I didn’t want to watch that other 6 part, 3 hour video to see what you Did in just half an hour. Thank you so much
Yeah, I watched that other video and while it was detailed, it was way to long. That's why I decided to make this vid.
First video I've seen of an actual tear down and replacement, thanks
Just found out today I need a plenum job. I plan on watching this video at least 10 times before beginning - great upload!
Its a pretty easy job, just takes time. If you get the same kit i got they have some written instructions and torque specs
Great video. Thanks 👍 doing this project now with my 97 5.2
Great job very detailed 👏 need to do that in my 3.9 engine same problem thxs for sharing
Thank you for this detailed video. My son's ZJ is idling erratically and I think I hear a vacuum leak from the area around the intake. I think we are going to do this same repair together.
Recently inherited my father's 2000 dodge couple of years back and had to replace the manifold gaskets, front main seal and harmonic balancer. She runs as good as the day my dad bought it. Just wish the dash frame wasn't so brittle.
Nice job, however have done the same job on my 2001 Ram 2500, no need to remove the fan shroud, idler pulley and fuel rails with injectors, just unplugged all the connectors and took the throttle body off and accessory bracket with alternator and a/c compressor and moved it to the side then pulled the intake out pretty much straight forward, on my 1995 Ram 1500 I swapped out the factory intake and put on the Hughes FI Air Gap intake and was well worth the money and it is a much better intake, will be doing the same thing on my 2001 when it comes available again
I was looking into getting one of these intakes are you having any problems with it still running strong?
@@kaname9333 still runs strong and have no issues at all, was well worth the money
I'll be trying to get one shortly thanks for your reply
Been trying to figure out why my 2000 Durango started using oil but had no sign of leak or smoke, now I know 👍🏻
Thanks for posting. 👍
PSA - The original bolts are too long. Over time the oem plate gets thinner from heat cycles and age. From online forums, shortening/cutting the bolts is an alternative to the aftermarket thicker hughes plate. High temp rtv should be used as well. It works and save money!!
384000 miles on mine so far. second motor. second trans, seventh rear end and just now getting around to this on the motor. thanks for the help seeing this it dosent look as bad as i picture it is
I think I'll be yanking my motor soon. But I won't be putting another dodge motor in it. Haha
@@PossumKing slap a damn LS in it!
Seven rear ends in 300k?
How do you manage that?
I assume all 44’s?
@@jaxturner7288 because I'm a dumbass and used a couple used rears, and also ran the living crap out of that old truck. I miss it. But I have a new one now.
How in the world?! 7 rear ends? Surely you jest, Sir. My truck has 410,000 miles, same motor, 2nd trans and 2nd rear end. Guess I take care of my ass a lil better than some ppl.😂
Can anyone help? My intake isn't sealing on the back end where the water ports are, its leaking coolant, I done the job twice and it's still leaking. Followed instructions, torqued down correctly, tried tighting bolts down more but made it worse, second time around I tried gasket maker around the ports but still leaked. What else can I do?
Anyone know what the new length and size bolts are needed for adding the plate. Making my own plate now and wanted to get the hardware together. Also is just a washer used and/or lockwasher? Thanks a bunch in advance
I've done this twice; one on my own 2500, once for a neighbor. If you can obtain a helping hand, you can remove the intake with the throttle body together, just disconnect the bracket and cables at the throttle body. Use you cellphone camera to take pictures as you progress along if you need something to reference to.
On the bottom plate it's helpful to mark the number sequence of the bolt pattern, that way you know exactly which one to do next. It's a three step torque pattern, you can use a sharpie pen to mark both the torque specs and bolt pattern to save time. You can remove the sharpie pen marks with carb cleaner, not that it's necessary as no one will see it once it's bolted in.
Also, it's a great time to replace the distributor cap and rotor as they are now very easy to get to and the water pump by pass hose, since you already have to remove the ac compressor anyway and there's only a few bolts holding the bracket. Do it when replacing the pan, it only takes a few more minutes to do.
Taking pictures will help you reference how things came apart and prevent mistakes later. I started doing this with a Polaroid Swinger B&W when I had no idea or guides to take something apart (BTW that was half a century ago).
Excellent points! I did replace distro cap while I was at it and I think the pump house too. But that has all been off again since. Think it's time to swap a better motor in it. Stay tuned
In the past when I have worked on vehicles, when I have come across these rubber hoses, I have found that it is easier to remove the hose if you can get it to twist and spin on the fitting before you pull on it. It doesn’t always work, but seven out of 10 it will.
Can you skip the regular gasket and just use gasket maker on the plate?
I'm watching this to remember how the accessory drive stuff goes back on and where the bolts go...its been a few months since I tore it down lol
Had a 2000 durango with the 5.9 V8 ran great for 300k miles. Engine Locked up on the road but before it finally gave out truck would have misfires, Lose power while driving and turn off had to set it in Neutral to turn it back on, high Revs without flooring the gas IdK why this happend but the truck kept going. Transmission went out at like 280k miles had it rebuilt. When I would remove radiator cap the fluid in radiator would buble during idle Im assuming that was a bad sign.
Do you put silicone gasket maker when installing the intake manifold gaskets
Helpful video. Thank you !
great job.
Awesome job 🇺🇸😎👍
You are an amazingly patient mechanic, my hat is off to You sir!! Thank You for this informative video. There is no way I could do what You do. I could be a great helper, fetch this or fetch that 😜 but that’s about it !
Not much worth getting upset or flustered about. Worse case scenario I need to get the torch out 😂
all gen 2 Ram''s need 3 things, no matter what! plenum fix(bad engineering), dash plastic replacement(FU Dodge), and that notorious front end wobble fix(FU again Dodge), all pretty easy stuff, but all necessary. you can check if you still have a stock plenum pretty easy, take off the breather, open the throttle, and use a magnetic pick up tool, or whatever you want, just don't lose it in there! and go thru the throttle body openings to see if the plenum is magnetic, if it is, you're probably still stock, and will need, or eventually need to replace it.
Like your comment but on 3rd one what is issue / fix for the wobble? And yes the definite dash wth 🤦♂️
add to that for a cummins: 5th gear lock nut for manual, line pressure upgrade and aluminum planet gerar setup upgrade. killer dowell pin in crank case, high flow fuel pump, fuel pressure gage, and alternator power/ecm ground point fix.
channel locks are usually a good tool for removing stuck rubber hoses.
knock on wood my 96Ram 3500 V8 magnum is running great 150k doesn't smoke or burn oil yet but I drive her like a newborn baby
ran great when I got it several months ago, but still did a complete full tuneup & changing every fluid and oil.
that kit included washers? or did you add them. also what gasket seal on the plenum did you use
That small section of radiator line tubing is a simple trick, completely loosen both hose clamps or at least the bottom one put it up to the middle and pull the bottom half off first and it should come off no problem with your hands
Muchas gracias por tu video me es un exelente video de verdad muchas gracias
I thought my plenum pan gasket was blown three years back. I just needed a new PC valve on my 1993 318 Magnum with 192,000 miles I've had for 10 years. The Oil Pressure sensor gauge just started leaking oil. Making it look like a Rear Main Seal crankshaft gasket leak. Otherwise it's an amazing, reliable small block engine that never quits. Mine's a van. So I'm lucky to have a doghouse, tho. I can pull out the heads inside the van.
I had my oil pressure sensor back out and leaked oil. I just threw a new one in because i already bought it thinking it was broke. nope just loose. The truck has almost every light on it now so I guess its time to show her love again. 02 sensor to start. Thanks for watching. Also that intake was fine. Clean as I needed it to be. haha
I recently bought a 98 ram 1500 if you're facing the engine towards the back right side of the engine near the air intake mine has a greenish colored plastic vacuum line any idea what that goes to or where it hooks up at? It has a decent vacuum when the motors running. My engine is the 5.2 (318) magnum with 4wheel drive Laramie SLT st
That is for your gastank vent and carbon canister etc, that green port you can connect vac guage or attach smoke machine
where to get my plenum plate for my dodge 1994 the thiker one
Does this happen to the 3.9 v6?
Find it interesting the different types of repair jobs u do in the workshop
Just doing what it takes to keep my vehicles on the road. Having a shop to use makes it a lot easier for sure.
I wonder if the aluminum plate could be tig welded to the intake to guarantee no leaks ever again? Would it crack from welding heat?
Just delete the kegger intake at that point. Look at aftermarket options. Then you can add a remote turbo too. Lol
That was a lot of work wow my question is how do you know when to replace that plate?
When there is oil in the intake
96 b3500 15 pass van. 404k HARD miles. ORIGINAL motor/trans and 1 rebuild on my rear end.. majority of its life spent pulling a work trailer. Other than maintenance I did a plenum upgrade I made myself from 1/4 aluminum. And when I first got the van at 50k miles I pulled the tranny cooler line and ripped the check ball out with a wood screw. Those check balls clog up over time stopping fluid flow and roast transmissions. Love my 2nd gen dodge. Tried breaking it time and time again, I just can't.
Which transmission was that? Might have to look into that. My trans has been fine but the motor not so much.
@@PossumKing 46re. Notorious for failing. I 100% believe it's all due to that check ball in the cooler line.
@@PossumKing should apply to 42, 44, 46 and 48 "RE" or "RH" Transmissions
I spend a lot of time at the local pick and pull. I can assure you that well over 75% of the 2nd gens have an upper hose that isn't a trans cooler line, connected to the metal cooling line with 2 small hose clamps. I'm pretty sure that that spot gets a leak or fails way before anyone discovers there's a metal half ball (check ball) in the line.
@keithhaynes5348 I doubt they are in the boneyard because of a leaking line. Every line leak I have had in any vehicle I have or have worked on I or they didn't notice until trans was slipping. Fixed leak and topped up fluid and was good to go. Just my personal experience though.
What type of wheel did you use on the air sander to clean the intake up with?
Just sanding cookie on angle wiz wheel
Thanks for your video. Looks like an all day job (or two) but I'm up to the challenge!
I have a 2001 B1500 van with the Magnum V6 engine. This thing has a weird problem and I'm wondering if you can tell me if this plenum issue is the cause before I goto the trouble of pulling the plenum and doing this in vain and wasting $120 on parts.
I have not done a compression test on the front two cylinders and looked inside the throttle body for oil yet but I am going to. I've heard you can also disconnect the PVC hose and if it has vacuum on it is a good indication the plenum gasket is blown.
BTW, this was a used engine out of a 99 Dakota with 140,000 miles on it. The original engine had a rod knock. Long story on that.
First of all the engine started blowing oil out around the top of the engine. I thought it was a front main seal, but I think it's that gasket between the engine and plenum.
Next issue is the a few hundred miles later, the engine started to run awful. The OBD II reader says misfire on the front two cylinders and high voltage bank 1. I believe that means the exhaust is too lean. As if the unburned mixture from the front two cylinders are simply being pushed into the exhaust.
I replaced the PVC valve and pulled the front two spark plugs. The electrodes were completely worn down to nothing just after 200 miles. I gave the van a tune-up about 500 miles before all this started. I did not drive it like this! Once again, long story.
One thing I am NOT seeing is blue smoke out of the exhaust. But I did lose about a quart of oil after 200 miles.
I'm not seeing any steam out of the exhaust like a blown head gasket.
Any chance that the intake manifold gaskets are blown? But what would be the odds they would both blow at the same time on the front two cylinders?
Another thing. This engine started to leak coolant a year prior from the driver's side around the plenum. I couldn't really tell where but it was up high. I put some stop leak in it and it fixed that but think the coolant leak and now the oil leak are related.
Just based on those symptoms does it sound like I am in the right direction? Thanks.
@@turbofiat pull the plenum, inspect everything. Gaskets are cheap. You have to be willing to spend some money on parts if you want to run these old trucks.
Tha wrench is awesome 👌
While you were replacing the dist. cap ,you should have replaced the cam position sensor under the rotor button .If that goes bad the truck won't start .
I will often just change the distributor as a few dollars more than pieces within it, you just renew the whole thing
Got a misfire 30mph and up with a 5.2 call a tech after I replaced a what I am sure is a OEM distributor cap and checked plugs and wires and still having a misfire, well I told him all of it and no check engine, said he didnt know but he'd start at timing chain. The TB had that same build up as you intake manifold so while I have the engine apart checking the tension of chain I'm going to tackle the notorious intake manifold gasket. Wish me luck that this stops my misfire issue
I wouldn’t worry about a miss fire... you probably just need some sea foam
Proper diagnosis works better than luck and throwing parts at it every time. 👍
THANK YOU!!!! So, this kit comes with everything needed? link to kit?
its in the description and it comes with everything that he replaced in the vid (except the Dist cap and rotor)
So i have a 5.2 and im hearing what sounds like a vacumm leak and traked it to the throttle body since i only heard it at a quarter throttle and inside the throttle body where the iac goes in i can feel the suction is that my plenum plate being cracked or the intake manifold gasket?
Probably the plenum plate. Idk I'm not a mechanic. Haha
Old comment, but for others there is supposed to be a gasket between the throttle body and the air filter housing. If this is missing it sounds like a vacuum leak.
I have 307K on my 360 with still good compression across all the cylinders but I'm down on power and burning about 1 quart every 1,000 miles. I liked the video and wondered if this helped restore your power and if it was noticeable. I'm hoping to avoid a full rebuild if I can and get a few more miles out of the engine.
That’s more than likely your issue. Especially if you’re hearing a whistle when you drive every now and then almost like electrical interference in your speakers, you know that high pitched whine. That’s a dead giveaway that you’re dealing with a plenum gasket issue. Also stalking out. That’s a big issue with a bad plenum gasket. I am about to do this on my 99 5.9 with 294k. Unfortunately it’s gotten so bad I have to change it TODAY as opposed to tomorrow when the actual Hughes kit comes in the mail 🙄
How many transmissions did you go through in 300k miles?
@@aronkovacs1386 I've got about 300K on my 98 dodge. I'm on my 2nd transmission. I have 298K miles.
Got a Question,got a 95Magnum318,The EGR Is Not Stumbling when I put Vacumn to it and it's keeping me from passing Smog,I'm a Mechanic Myself and I'm Stumped,Any ideas why it's Not Doing what it needs to,Cleaned All Passages and Installed New EGR...It's Giving Me Hell,Thanks,Great Video by the way,Thanks ✌️
No clue. we don't have that where I live.
Egr is seized up on the pintle or it’s plugged up.
EGR is stuck open.
I was wandering my cylinder head is little loose and next to the cylinder head is leaking coolant so can u let me know what wrong I have any tips & i have 2001 Dodge Ram van 3500 5.9 engine I hoping I have to not replace big block engine
5.9? Cummins or gas?
@@davejames2015 gas and I just found the coolant coming from it’s was the thermostat gasket not my cylinder head
im experiencing burning oil coming from tail pipe, when u say eating oil i assume u mean burning and come through the exhaust ?
Same here
What can I use instead of the air spinner to clean the metal cerfaces
I guess just sandpaper
Would this cause your oil to disappear and make it so thin that it runs down the dipstick when you're trying to get a proper reading?
It makes the oil disappear but not the thinning of the oil, fuel or coolant may be leaking into the oil
@@kellismith4329 well it's not coolant for sure
You needed to clean out the inside of that intake before you put it back on, dude.
Probably is not his truck😆
Wipe it out with a rag and cleaner?
Thinking I have to do with my 03 dak R/T any advice is appreciated
Is this same 5.9 found in ram van 1500 also same year...looks very similar...im no pro i dont know ...
It's a 5.2
At the 7:30 min did you mean alternator or starter?
Alternator
I cut my own out of sheet aluminum and tig welded it, definitely never going to leak
Drill a 1/8 inch hole in the thermostat flange so it will self purge.
Hey after doing this repair I have a lean condition and bogging down and falling all over itself when I give it gas. Think a gasket may have shifted on me while I installed?
Maybe you missed vacuum line on reassembly
@@PossumKing I just carb cleaner checked for vacuum leaks and discovered violently that my spark plug wires that I swapped 3 years ago are arcing like crazy. Would explain why it's stumbling on accel but idling reasonably fine.
@@PossumKing I'm gonna swap the wires and I'll check back in!
@@deadlysrestorations copper. Plugs, rotor everything. Copper. That's what these engines want. The motors take a beating but they are pretty shitty on design. Parts are cheap though.
@@PossumKing yeah I know that copper for sure, learned with iridium thinking I was doing it a favor.. but unfortunately after pulling the plenum again and re seating it and going over everything, she is still missing. I have a feeling the prior owner did some sketchy shit with the motor like everything else he did on it which is causing my problems. I'm now getting rid of the truck for 1k and getting something else. I'm tired of working on it. It's beat up inside and out.
you think you could use a bigger present for the battery can't wait to see how the rest goes
I installed a new oil pump want to put a test pressure gauge where the oil pressure sensor is to actually see the oil pressure. Will the eng. run w/ the sensor out?
Probably, but wouldn't that spew oil everywhere?
@@PossumKing
Test Pressure gauge will be in it's place. Idle pressure should be at 10 psi. Just wanna make sure the oil pump is doing it's thing. 2nd gen. 5.9 gasoline. Sensor up on top by the distributor. You know!
@@spiritoflight1375 oh I gotta now. Yeah you will be fine. It's just the dash gauge.
Hell YEA
Does the guide not say to not use any rtv though? Just threadlocker.
I look at directions as more of a suggestion.
Those also eat oil because there's no baffle under the valve cover so it sucks up oil through the PCV valve so you should put one on it
Gatorade bottle catch can. Then just dump it back into the engine when it fills up. Haha
@@PossumKing why do that when you can fix it right unless you're one of those people that can fix shit right
I have the same engine, for what even reason my engine will Shut Off.. I am at Ends-Wits with it trying to move all wires around if possible to Shut Off. No Luck. Shuts Down without reason and will start up after 1 - 2 minutes without Key. Also, replaced many other parts and the same thing continues without any final clear fix..
crank sensor fixed mine
Crank sensor or ecm. My truck did that. Come to find out the ecm was shorting out when it would get hot.
How much harder to do it on a Ram van? I think this is what's happening to mine.
Lol that’s a much, much more comfortable job to do on a van.
Cover everything up for sure though.
I didn't see you messing with EGR. I have a EGR tube bolted in the back of my intake.
Unbolt it and throw it in scrap pile
The 91 to 95s have egr. 96 on up doesn't. Do not scrap your egr system..it will cause more harm than good.
Great job, what part of the country are you in ?
PA!
I mean dam brutal with the hoses I guess the struggle is real. They make big boy picks you know now since 50 years ago that get hoses off in 2 seconds. You’re the guy who puts broken connectors back on ain’t ya? I just learned after 20 years to try the smarter route, but not always
You are triggered over the tools I had available?
Need to drain it to do plenum gasket?
Drain what?
How did your egr tube come out?
How long did this take you to finish the repair?
a few weeks
160$ for a 20$ aluminum plate 🤣...I went to the local fab shop and brought a .250 plate of aluminum. Took the old plate as a guide and made my own...works perfectly and Old Man Hughes is a dick..Not making him any richer 😁
I'll make the money back
How much for a job like this
Well I'm not about to pay some shop
To probably not even do it right for me for 6+hundys wen me an some natural ice can get r dun some weekend in my future.. tired of adding 4 quarts every 3-4 weeks
It's getting old and it's a fairly low mileage 03 quad cab dakota 5.9l
I love her she does my fam good just drinks(burns) oil up lol
Doesn't look like to much fun
Fmt.. fml.. but thank you lord
Also thanks for video
Appreciate ya
God bless
I wonder why the intake manifold even has that cover on the bottom? Why not leave it like the la style?
To keep the engineers employed I guess.
Not supposed to use Rolo'ks on internal engine parts!!! How long did the motor last after the '' FIX'' LOL ?
Still chugging along!
I let a mechanic work on mine once.. and they stripped that idler pulley but stuck it together with some goop.. MF'ers.. I helicoiled it. Smart tip about leaving the AC and Alt on the bracket then removing as one unit.
I rip that whole assembly out every time I have to work on that darn thing
Can anyone tell me what are the risks of driving with a bad plenum gasket? I’m going to fix it soon but I’m wondering if I’m at risk of blowing the motor or something while driving it.
Oil consumption
@@PossumKing hell yea, I’ve been shitting bricks everytime I drive her lol i look forward to using this video as a guide when I do the repair later this month
You will also clog the catalytic converter using oil, if you have to replace one they ain’t cheap
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You're amazing! That engine, not so much. Thanks.
Have you had any problems with it yet
I turn the radio up because ignorance is bliss.
Im sitting here Fighting for my life with that damn coolant hose. Its melded or something.. something aint right. I moved the clamp up so it aint catching but it still wont come off
what was the mileage on that vehicle
Probably 160k when I did this repair
how long did this repair take you
A few hours. I don't remember exactly.
Towards end of video he said ~6.5 hours of labor
can you pressure wash that oil off in the intake mani? and can you use an impact at all for this job?
No impact on the intake. Need torque wrench. Also I cleaned everything up with parts cleaner. Anything more is being picky. It's an old truck.
Impact everything you can while taking it apart.
Going back together….nah not on this stuff.
Would you be able to email step by step instructions? Do I have to take off the alternator and the AC compressor and then the bracket or can I just take off the bracket? Also how does the fan come off? I’m 17 and wanna do this job on my truck but worried about not putting it back together correctly.
You should have went ahead and replaced the pick up plate with the cap and rotor. It will make a pretty big difference.
Pick up plate?
Where’s that?
Yes, I just get a new distributor ass’y now instead of piece mealing
He means pick up coil it's the sensor between the distributor and the rotor. Some call it a cam sensor
i had to cut my waterpump to manifold hose like you said back in the day, even putting the new one back on was a bitch
So did it solve the loss of power and oil consumption?
solved oil consumption. Still has vacuum leaks. Was working on it the other day
I recall recently replacing my Palineum Intake with the Hughes 1/4" aluminum plate.. I saw restored to almost immediately New Power after installation. There's no Knocking from the Valves anymore and it sound and runs very smooth across the RPM Band.. It was at the very best for spending my money on it... I'm very sure that you will enjoy it also...
@@prior8t2000 I have a 98 dodge ram 1500 with the 5.2. Same issue. I did the plenum gasket repair a couple months back. Perfect!, mild power increase, motor runs very smooth, no valve clatter, increase of low end torque, and no more oil use. I also was having to add a quart of oil every 1000 miles, just thought it was worn rings but it was being drawn through the plemun plate into the intake and burning it out the exhaust. I now have about 1800 miles since the repair and have not lost any oil at all. It is definatly worth doing the repair. There are several videos on you tube showing how to check for the 'leaking gasket issue'. The gasket on my truck was completly rotted, broken in several places and some of the pieces had fallen out, fortunatly all the pieces were laying in the valve galley abouve the cam. A bit of cleaning and all is good.
A battery powered ratchet looks like it would sure be handy!
Dont mind the timing cover leak... they all leak there
unless its anti freeze, then worry about it.
Ball park $$ how much would something like this cost?
I linked the website I ordered parts from. $137
@@PossumKing i think he meant, how much would it cost for the labor to replace the plenum??
@@SoHos74 oh okay. I wouldn't know that. I don't work for that shop that I was using in this video. I have a rental agreement with the shop owner for heavy duty stuff and sometime take my personal vehicles in there.
Im finishing up this job now along with new water pump and I wouldn't do it again for less than a grand. Sound too much? Then you've probably never done it lol
You must like doing a lot of extra wrenching .
Please; never ever use an adjustable cresent wrench anywhere near the engine bay, especially the battery area. How hard is it to reach and grab a 14 mm wrench? Lol 😂
Pretty hard apparently.
Can you tell me please; What is the torque of the PLENUM bolts that Hughes says to use?
This project was a long time ago. I can not remember those specs.
Look on their site it tells you
@@DanielThomason VERY LOW TORQUE! I read someone had this fail three times, so I used the FACTORY torque and thread locker to be sure I would not have to do it again!
Hey i just wanted to say i appreciated this up until "oh my camera died"
At that point F U man FU
but up until that 👍 cheers bro good on ya 😃
I did this repair with the aftermarket plate and the gasket still blew out 3 more times
Same one I used in this video?
I did the same and it lasted less than a year. Just as bad as before. I followed every instruction and everything was squeaky clean and torqued properly during installation. Doubt if I'll ever do that difficult repair again. Just an F'n bad design, no other explanation. I suspect that the bolts holding down the plate are either working loose or they need to have a higher torque than specified.
@@fastbusiness just delete the kegger and get a real intake
Have a shop weld that aluminum plenum on. The kegger is a very good TORQUE manifold for use on a truck as a 2nd gen. RAM is no Barracuda or Duster, but a work vehicle. Please bear this in mind: horsepower sells vehicles, but torque moves them. Plenum repair here used Fel-Pro gaskets, lots of RTV sealant + lots of Red thread locker for the plenum's 15 bolts.
Clean the parting line on both sides with brake cleaner really good. No oil residue. Use black silicone and use it fairly heavy. Slight tighten then let set for an hour or two. Then tighten the rest of the way. No way in hell is that gasket ever leaking.
Rob here....I put a 360 magnum from my 2000 Durango on my 1984 Dodge w350,just put an Edelbrock air gap intake on it with a Holly 4150 and a cam snout extension for the fuel eccentric. Now she purs like a kitten...
That sounds awesome!