• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    2 个月前

    It should be around here:

    It might be underneath some hoses or similar due to PDO. If push comes to shove, you could always use a skinny funnel and pour it down the dipstick tube…

    • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 个月前

      Turns out, it was hiding under the duct tape on the air intake the whole time, on the driver’s side. Guess the video I found had me thrown off a bit. Like, they’re basically the same engine, but the video covered a 98, we got a 96…

  • ArgentRaven@lemmy.world
    18·
    2 个月前

    Is that an oil cap in the right of the picture? Just in front of the duct taped intake. It’s a black cap with amber writing on it, so that’s what I suspect. If it goes directly to the engine, that’s it.

  • rbos@lemmy.caEnglish
    12·
    2 个月前

    Yes mmhmm, I see, that certainly seems to be a car of some sort.

  • moonshadow@slrpnk.net
    10·
    2 个月前

    Hello! Heed me op, got your fix right here. There’s a goofy filler neck that comes off sometimes, a couple people have marked where it’s supposed to be with red squares. It’s gone though! There will be a hole in the top/side of the valve cover there with lord knows what field expedient solution plugging it. ~Mine~ was a chunk of radiator hose that came up to the original location with the original cap jammed back in it to retain convenient access, but we can’t all be the world’s greatest shadetree mechanic. Here’s a video of some nerd actually fixing it with factory parts like a big dumb loser with way more money than me, just to help you find it:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FNaJr_PD97g

    • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      2 个月前

      We found it, on the passenger side valve cover. Ours just doesn’t have the extended filler cap tube, so it’s buried down in there, but at least it does have an oil cap.

  • GloriousGherkins@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 个月前

    Hey there. I had the Chevy version of this truck once upon a time. The location depends on what engine you have:

    If you have a 4-cylinder, cap should be near the center on top of the engine. If it’s the 4.3L V6 the cap will be off to one side, but still on top. I think we’re looking at the v6 here.

    Look for a black or yellow cap, it should say OIL.

      • GloriousGherkins@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 个月前

        Is there any way you can take a picture of the engine from directly above it?

        It should be more towards the passenger side, maybe more forward then center. It may not say oil, but rather 5w-30 or something like that.

        • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          2 个月前

          Yes, that’s exactly where it should be, but we’ve been investigating this thing for about a half hour now. We simply can’t find it, and the one half obvious thing top side is for power steering fluid, not engine oil…

          It’s getting dark right now here, no more investigating tonight.

          The video link I found seems to be the same exact engine though… 🤷

    • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      2 个月前

      His previous vehicle ran fucking great! It just had an unexpected situation, we highly suspect arson, but no proper evidence as of yet…

      https://lemmy.world/post/45294636

      Anyways, now we got this beater Sonoma, but at least it runs, and pretty smoothly at that for being 30 years old.

      We found where to put the oil, it only needed ~3/4 of a quart. I’m pretty sure this one needs oil more than the last one…

    • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
      7·
      2 个月前

      There’s not even a glovebox, that was cut out and replaced with duct tape. It’s a wonder the title was still around.

      Previous owner deceased, and the truck runs and all, but it’s a headache…

  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
    5·
    2 个月前

    If the head gasket is fucked enough you can put it in the same place as the coolant.

    • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 个月前

      Nah, we found it, it was just buried in a dumb inconvenient spot under the air breather tube, right under that fucky wad of duct tape rigup…

  • sleepmode@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 个月前

    Usually on the top left near that jumble of hoses where the valve cover is, there is a filler neck sticking out. I can’t see it in this picture though.

      • sleepmode@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 个月前

        Going by all the hacky looking fixes, it may have snapped off or been removed for some reason. I’d rustle around those hoses in that area to see if you can at least see the valve cover and feel around for an opening.