Is an Oil Leak a DOT failure?

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  1. schuie405

    schuie405 Bobtail Member

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    Having an oil leak is not listed as an item on the annual vehicle inspection report. Is an oil leak a DOT failure? Does it vary by state?
     
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  3. Broke_and_Hungry

    Broke_and_Hungry Light Load Member

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    Part 396.5

    And it has a severity weight of 3 on the carriers CSA profile.
     
  4. Big Road Skateboard

    Big Road Skateboard Road Train Member

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    Engine oil? Severity?
     
  5. Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    It would really depend on the leak and where it is to be honest. Most are going to ignore small seeps and leaks. But if your fender is coated in oil....well good luck
     
  6. Concorde

    Concorde Road Train Member

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    Wyoming wrote me up for what looked like oil weeping from the tail shaft of my 18spd transmission.

    What it actually was, was years of grease from the u-joint getting slung onto the transmission.

    Never, ever had to add oil to the transmission, always full as could be.
     
  7. 201

    201 Road Train Member

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    You betcha' and it's nothing new. More than once I had to tilt the hood on the Ill. Tollway, as some trooper did a walk around. I think seepage is okay, puddles, not so much.
     
  8. kranky1

    kranky1 Road Train Member

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    Commiefornia was going to ban the 2 stroke Detroits if they couldn’t keep the oil in them. That’s probably a place to avoid with drools.
     
  9. roundhouse

    roundhouse Road Train Member

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    Yet they won’t ban 2 stroke leaf blowers

    running a leaf blower 15 minutes is more polluting than driving a Camry 2000 miles .
     
  10. mpd240

    mpd240 Road Train Member

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    Who cares. Isn’t anybody else tired of this #### yet. If I’m using the wrong leaf blower give me a ticket. I’m just to tired to care.
     
  11. wis bang

    wis bang Road Train Member

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    My 2nd visit to Savannah [Pt. Wentworth] I dead lined the worst oil leak ever on an ancient freightliner. They only had a few guys who pulled out loads and returned empties so he didn't go far.

    Besides the 'patina' of a huge, long standing, oil leak; the front axle beam running under the engine had a 5 inch high build up of yard dirt/oil stuck together looking like a tiny mountain ridge running across the whole axle.
     
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