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Diagnosing an Unexpected Oil Leak

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Stranded on the road 100's of miles from home.

What happens here

After preparing the equipment, the driver sets off on a trip, hauling a Kubota SVL65 skid steer on a Diamond C trailer. During the drive, he notices smoke coming from his truck's tires and pulls over at a gas station. Upon inspection, he discovers a significant amount of oil leaking from around the oil filter. This unexpected event necessitates an immediate roadside repair, highlighting the importance of vehicle checks even after professional servicing.

Goal: Identify the source of the oil leak on the truck.

Tools and materials

  • Diamond C Trailer Diamond C — Transporting the skid steer
  • Dodge Ram 2500 Truck Dodge — The vehicle experiencing the oil leak
  • Kubota SVL65 Skid Steer Kubota — The heavy equipment being hauled
  • Motor Oil — Leaking from the oil filter

What they say

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at least in theory that's what should happen the ram came out of the shop and what they found was it was a faulty ground wire but while it was in the shop i asked them to do me one special thing and that's change the oil add pure synthetic and of course charge me for it but between all of the confusion the repairs and everything else going on something got missed [Music] it's never a good sign when someone rolls on their window and yells at you while you're going down the road and then i take a peek and i see smoke coming out of my tires okay what is this is this i think the dodge blew up on me yep she blew up on me okay so it's locked the brakes it's oil spilling onto the onto the hot braid i have a feeling it's nothing very easy you guys so my brakes are fine it's the rest of the truck that's not you guys see that see that right there oh she's a dripping right there right there there it is there's where she's coming from looks like when i asked them to change oil they did but i don't think they tightened up the filter when they did it hopefully quick trip has an oil filter wrench and i can tighten it up myself girl's got to cool down for a minute i don't feel like sticking my fingers in there burning them off all right well quick trip doesn't have oil filter wrenches but look it over there there's an ace i need something that i can put on this thing and tighten it up because that's where she's gotta be hopefully dripping from you guys hopefully hopefully all right ace had it ace had what i needed i think actually i don't know if this is what i needed i know i'm leaking oil like a sim you just can't get at the son of a duck from any which way but loose oh this is probably why it's loose because the guy couldn't get at it either he probably forgot or gave up or why is that loose why is everything loose i got about three quarters of a turn on see if she drips oh she's pouring she's pouring out of there look at that oh well i thought that was funny it's not haha funny but it's so i run i brought the truck i asked them to change the oil and i wanted to switch over to full synthetic i noticed the window sticker was missing when i was at the dealership i didn't notice it because i was just happy to have a truck that actually worked again i was driving down the road going just now just before any of this happened where's that sticker where is my sticker i don't think they changed oil because

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