2006 DODGE RAM SRT-10 air filter

AIR CLEANER ELEMENT
REMOVAL
Testing Air Cleaner Element using Filter Minder™
Do not attempt to unnecessarily remove top of air
cleaner housing for air cleaner element inspection
on diesel engines.
The air cleaner (filter) housing (5) is equipped with an
air Filter Minder™ gauge (3). This air flow restriction
gauge will determine when air cleaner element is
restricted and should be replaced.
The Filter Minder™ (5) consists of a diaphragm and
calibrated spring sealed inside of a plastic housing. A
yellow colored disc (2) attached to diaphragm moves
along a graduated scale on side of Filter Minder. After
the engine has been shut off, a ratcheting device
located within Filter Minder will hold yellow disc at
highest restriction that air cleaner element has experi-
enced. A drop in air pressure due to an air cleaner
element restriction moves diaphragm and yellow disc
will indicate size of air drop.
CAUTION: Certain engine degreasers or cleaners
may discolor or damage plastic housing of Filter
Minder. Cover and tape Filter Minder if any engine
degreasers or cleaners are to be used.
To test, turn engine off. If yellow disc (2) has reached
red colored zone (3) on graduated scale, air cleaner
element should be replaced. Refer to Removal /
Installation.
Resetting Filter Minder:After air cleaner (filter) ele-
ment has been replaced, press rubber button on top of Filter Minder. This will allow yellow colored disc to reset.
After button has been pressed, yellow disc should spring back to UP position.
If Filter Minder gauge has reached red colored zone, and after an examination of air cleaner (filter) element, ele-
ment appears to be clean, high reading may be due to a temporary condition such as snow build-up at air intake.
Temporary high restrictions may also occur if air cleaner (filter) element has gotten wet such as during a heavy rain
or snow. If this occurs, allow element to dry out during normal engine operation. Reset rubber button on top of Filter
Minder and retest after element has dried.

Filter Removal
1. The housing cover is equipped with spring clips
and is hinged with plastic tabs. Unlatch clips from
top of air cleaner housing and tilt housing cover up
for cover removal.
2. Remove air cleaner element from air cleaner hous-
ing (5).
INSTALLATION
1. Before installing new air cleaner element (filter), clean inside of aircleaner housing.
2. Position air cleaner cover to tabs on front of air cleaner housing. Latchspring clips to seal cover to housing.

CYLINDER HEAD
DESCRIPTION
The cylinder head is constructed of cast iron and is a one piece cross flow design with four valves per cylinder. The
arrangement of two intake and two exhaust valves per cylinder allows for a centrally located injector. The cylinder
head also includes an integral intake manifold, an integral thermostat housing, and a longitudal fuel return rifle,
which exits at the rear of the head. The 24 valve design also includes integrally cast valve guides and hardened
intake and exhaust valve seat inserts.
REMOVAL
1. Disconnect battery negative cables.
2. Raise vehicle on hoist.
3. Drain engine coolant.
4. Disconnect exhaust pipe from turbocharger elbow.
5. Remove turbocharger drain tube bolts at turbocharger. Cap off ports to prevent dirt or foreign material from enter-
ing.
6. Lower vehicle.
7. Disconnect air inlet temperature/pressure sensor.
8. Remove air cleaner housing and snorkel from the vehicle. Cap off turbocharger air inlet to prevent intrusion of
dirt or foreign material.
9. Disconnect cab heater core supply and return hoses from the cylinder head and heater pipe.
10. Disconnect turbocharger oil supply line at the turbocharger end. Cap off open ports to prevent intrusion of dirt
or foreign material.
11. Remove exhaust manifold-to-cylinder head bolts, spacers, heat shield, retention straps, and cab heater plumb-
ing. Remove exhaust manifold and turbocharger from the vehicle as an assembly.
12. Remove cooling fan/drive/shroud assembly. (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ENGINE/RADIATOR FAN - REMOVAL)
13. Remove accessory drive belt (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ACCESSORY DRIVE/DRIVE BELTS - REMOVAL).
14. Remove cooling fan support from cylinder block.
15. Remove upper generator bolt, loosen lower generator bolt, and rotate generator away from cylinder head.
16. Disconnect radiator upper hose from the thermostat housing.
17. Disconnect the Intake Air Temperature/Manifold Air Pressure, and Coolant Temperature sensor connectors.
18. Remove the engine harness to cylinder head attaching bolts and P-clipsat front of head.
19. Remove the intake air grid heater wires from the grid heater.
20. Remove engine oil level indicator tube attaching bolt at fuel filter housing bracket and inlet air connection..
21. Remove the charge air cooler-to-air inlet housing pipe.
22. Remove the engine wire harness attaching bolt and wire harness push-infastener from air inlet housing.
23. Remove the air inlet housing and intake grid heater from the intake manifold cover.
24. Remove the two grid heater harness-to-cylinder head attaching bolts at front of cylinder head.
NOTE: Extreme care should be used to keep dirt/debris from entering the fuel lines. Plastic caps should be
used on the ends of the fuel lines.
25.Remove the high pressure pump to fuel rail fuel line as follows:
a. Loosen fuel line nuts at fuel pump and at fuel rail.
b. Use a back-up wrench on the fitting at the fuel pump to keep it from loosening.
26. Remove the fuel rail to cylinder head fuel lines as follows:
a. Loosen No. 6 high pressure fuel line shield and position out of way.
b. Loosen the fuel line nuts at the fuel rail and at the cylinder head. Use a back-up wrench on HPC nut.
c. Remove the fuel line bracket bolts at the intake manifold cover.

d. Install fuel line brace bolts-to-intake manifold finger tight for fuellines#2thru#5.
e. Install fuel line brace nut to rear lift bracket stud, finger tight, for fuel line #6.
f. Hand tighten fuel pump to fuel rail line.
g. Torque fuel line nuts at cylinder head to 30 Nꞏm ( 22 ft. lbs.).
h. Torque fuel line nuts at fuel rail to 30 Nꞏm (22 ft. lbs.)
i. Usingabackupwrench,torquefuelpumptofuelraillineto37Nꞏm(27ft.lbs.). At injection pump.
j. Torque fuel pump to fuel rail line to 37 Nꞏm (27 ft. lbs.) at fuel rail.
k. Torque fuel drain banjo bolt at pressure limiting valve and front of fuelfilter housing to 24 Nꞏm (18 ft. lbs.).
l. Torque fuel line brace bolts to 24 Nꞏm (18 ft. lbs.).
m. Torque fuel line brace nut to 24 Nꞏm (18 ft. lbs.).
n. Torque rail bolts to 24 Nꞏm (18 ft. lbs.).
o. Connect fuel pressure sensor.
p. Torque fuel filter mounting bolts to 24 Nꞏm (18 ft. lbs.).
19. Reposition number 6 fuel line shield and torque to 43 Nꞏm (32 ft. lbs.).
20. Install the fuel filter to injection pump low pressure line. Inspect and replace sealing washers if necessary.
Torque banjo bolts to 24 Nꞏm (18 ft. lbs.).
21. Connect fuel return line at back of cylinder head hand tight.
22. Connect fuel return line at filter housing hand tight.
23. Torque banjo connections at cylinder head and fuel filter housing to 24Nꞏm (18 ft. lbs.)
24. Install bracket to rear of filter housing. Torque to 24 Nꞏm (18 ft. lbs.).
25. Using new gaskets, install the intake grid heater and air inlet housing. Torque bolts to 24 Nꞏm (18 ft. lbs.).
26. Install wire harness P-clip and push on clip to air inlet housing.
27. Connect engine oil level indicator tube at fuel filter housing and at air inlet housing.
28. Install the charge air cooler-to-air inlet housing duct assembly. Torque all clamps to 11 Nꞏm (100 in. lbs.).
29. Connect intake grid heater wires.
30. Secure engine harness to front of cylinder head with bolt at four locations.
31. Connect engine coolant temperature sensor connector.
32. Connect radiator upper hose to thermostat housing.
33. Rotate generator into position. Install upper bolt and torque upper and lower bolts.
34. Install wire harness push-on clip below bracket.
35. Install wire harness P-clip to top of bracket.
36. Install fan support and torque to 32 Nꞏm (24 ft. lbs.).
37. Install cooling fan/drive refer to (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ENGINE/RADIATOR FAN - INSTALLATION).
38. Install accessory drive belt (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ACCESSORY DRIVE/DRIVE BELTS - INSTALLATION).
39. Install exhaust manifold/turbocharger assembly, using new gaskets.Start all bolts/spacers by hand. Starting
from the center bolts out, Torque bolts to 43 Nꞏm (32 ft. lbs.), then retorque from the center out again.
40. Install exhaust manifold heat shield to exhaust manifold studs. Install retaining nuts.Torque to 24 Nꞏm (18 ft.
lbs.).
41. Install exhaust bolt retention straps across cylinders 5 & 6.
42. Using a new gasket, connect the turbocharger oil drain tube. Torque to 24Nꞏm(18ft.lbs.).
43. Perform the turbocharger pre-lube procedure. (Refer to 11 - EXHAUST SYSTEM/TURBOCHARGER SYSTEM/
TURBOCHARGER - INSTALLATION)
44. Connect the turbocharger oil supply line. Torque to 24 Nꞏm (18 ft. lbs.).
45. Install air cleaner housing and duct.
46. Connect air inlet temperature/pressure sensor.
47. Raise vehicle on hoist.

VALVE - OIL PRESSURE RELIEF
REMOVAL
1. Disconnect the battery negative cables.
2. Remove the threaded plug (2), spring (4) and valve
(5). Insert a finger or a seal pick to lift the plunger
from the bore.
NOTE: If the plunger is stuck in the bore, it will be
necessary to remove the filter head.
CLEANING
1. Clean the regulator spring and plunger with a suitable solvent and blow dry with compressed air. If the plunger
bore requires cleaning, it is necessaryto remove the oil filter head to avoid getting debris into the engine.
INSPECTION
Inspect the plunger and plunger bore for cracks and
excessive wear. Polished surfaces are acceptable.
Verify that the plunger moves freely in the bore.
Check the spring for height and load limitations.
Replace the spring if out of limits shown in the figure.
INSTALLATION
1. Install the plunger, spring, and plug as shown in. Tighten the plug to 80 Nꞏm (59 ft. lbs.) torque.
2. Connect the battery negative cables.
3. Start the engine and verify that it has oil pressure.

MANIFOLD - INTAKE
REMOVAL
1. Disconnect the battery negative cables.
2. Remove the charge air cooler outlet tube (6) from
the air inlet housing (8).
3. Remove the engine oil dipstick tube mounting bolt.
4. Remove dipstick support at fuel filter housing. Posi-
tion dipstick tube to the side.
5. Disconnect the air grid heater power cables at the
cable mounting studs.
6. Remove the engine wiring harness connections at
the air inlet housing elbow.
7. Remove the four (4) air inlet housing mounting
bolts and remove the housing from top of the
heater elements.
8. Remove the intake air grid heater (1)from the
manifold.
9. Remove the high pressure fuel lines and fuel rail (Refer to 14 - FUEL SYSTEM/FUEL DELIVERY/FUEL LINES
- REMOVAL).
10. Disconnect manifold air temperature/pressure sensor connector.
11. Remove the remaining intake manifold cover-to-cylinder head bolts.
12. Remove the intake manifold cover and gasket. Keep the gasket material and any other material out of the air
intake.
13. Clean the intake manifold cover and cylinder head sealing surface.

CLEANING
Clean manifold in solvent and blow dry with compressed air.
Clean cylinder block gasket surfaces using a suitable solvent.
The plenum pan rail must be clean and dry (free of all foreign material).
INSPECTION
Inspect manifold for cracks.
Inspect mating surfaces of manifold for flatness with a straightedge.
INSTALLATION
1. Using a new gasket, install the intake manifold cover.
2. Install the cover-to-cylinder head bolts that do not hold down the fuel rail.Tightentheboltsto24Nꞏm(18ft.lbs.)
torque.
3. Install the high pressure rail and fuel lines (Refer to 14 - FUEL SYSTEM/FUEL DELIVERY/FUEL LINES -
INSTALLATION).
4. Using two (2) new gaskets, install the intake air grid heater and air inlet housing.
5. Connect the manifold air temperature/pressure sensor connector.
6. Install and tighten the air intake heater power supply nut to 14 Nꞏm (120 in. lbs.) torque.
7. Install oil dipstick tube support at fuel filter housing.
8. Install the engine oil dipstick tube and mounting bolt.
9. Position the charge air cooler outlet tube onto the air inlet housing. Tightentheclampsto11Nꞏm(100in.lbs.)
torque.
10. Attach the engine wire harness to the air inlet housing.
11. Prime the fuel system. Refer to the fuel priming procedure in Group 14, Fuel System.
12. Connect the battery negative cables.

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ENGINE - 8.3L - SERVICE INFORMATION
DESCRIPTION ............................. 2713
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
INTRODUCTION . ......................... 2714
ENGINE DIAGNOSIS - PERFORMANCE .... 2715
ENGINE DIAGNOSIS - MECHANICAL ....... 2716
CYLINDER COMPRESSION PRESSURE
TEST.................................... 2718
CYLINDER COMBUSTION PRESSURE
LEAKAGE TEST.......................... 2718
CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILURE
DIAGNOSIS.............................. 2719
HYDRAULIC TAPPET NOISE DIAGNOSIS . . . 2720
ENGINE OIL LEAK INSPECTION ........... 2720
STANDARD PROCEDURE
ENGINE CORE AND OIL GALLERY PLUGS . 2722
FORM-IN-PLACE GASKETS AND SEALERS . 2722
ENGINE GASKET SURFACE
PREPARATION........................... 2723
HYDROSTATIC LOCKED ENGINE .......... 2723
REMOVAL - ENGINE ASSEMBLY . . ........... 2724
INSTALLATION - ENGINE ASSEMBLY ........ 2728
SPECIFICATIONS
ENGINE ................................. 2731
TORQUE ................................. 2736
SPECIAL TOOLS
ENGINE ................................. 2738
SYSTEM-AIR INTAKE
DESCRIPTION ............................. 2741
ELEMENT-AIR CLEANER
REMOVAL ................................. 2742
INSTALLATION ............................. 2743
HOUSING-AIR CLEANER
REMOVAL ................................. 2744
INSTALLATION ............................. 2745
MOUNTS-ENGINE
REMOVAL ................................. 2746
INSTALLATION ............................. 2747
MANIFOLD-INTAKE
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKS ................ 2748
REMOVAL ................................. 2748
INSPECTION ............................... 2750
INSTALLATION ............................. 2751
MANIFOLD-EXHAUST
REMOVAL ................................. 2754
INSPECTION ............................... 2755
INSTALLATION ............................. 2755
HEAD(S)-CYLINDER
REMOVAL - CYLINDER HEAD(S) ............. 2757CLEANING
CLEANING AND INSPECTION............. 2758
INSTALLATION - CYLINDER HEAD(S) ........ 2758
COVER(S)-CYLINDER HEAD
REMOVAL ................................. 2760
INSTALLATION ............................. 2761
ARMS-ROCKER
REMOVAL ................................. 2762
INSTALLATION ............................. 2762
SPRINGS/SEALS-VALVE
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
VALVE SPRING TESTING ................. 2763
STANDARD PROCEDURE - VALVE SPRING/
SEAL SERVICE IN-CAR ................... 2763
REMOVAL ................................. 2764
INSTALLATION ............................. 2765
INTAKE/EXHAUST - VALVES/SEATS/GUIDES
STANDARD PROCEDURE - VALVE AND
VALVE SEAT - REFACING ................. 2766
INSPECTION............................... 2767
COVER-TIMING CHAIN
REMOVAL ................................. 2769
INSTALLATION ............................. 2771
TIMING CHAIN AND SPROCKETS
REMOVAL ................................. 2774
INSTALLATION ............................. 2775
LUBRICATION
DESCRIPTION ............................. 2777
OPERATION ............................... 2777
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
CHECKING ENGINE OIL PRESSURE ....... 2777
ENGINE OIL LEAK ........................ 2777
OIL
STANDARD PROCEDURE
CHECKING ENGINE OIL LEVEL........... 2779
ENGINE OILAND FILTER CHANGE ........ 2779
COOLER & LINES-OIL
DESCRIPTION ............................. 2781
OPERATION ............................... 2781
STANDARD PROCEDURE - OIL COOLER LINE
QUICK CONNECT FITTING DISASSEMBLY/
ASSEMBLY............................... 2781
REMOVAL ................................. 2782
INSTALLATION ............................. 2783
PAN-OIL
REMOVAL ................................. 2784
INSTALLATION ............................. 2785
PUMP-OIL
REMOVAL ................................. 2788
DISASSEMBLY . ............................ 2788
CLEANING ................................. 2789