I have an oil leak that is pretty bad. The valley has a couple different puddles, one directly below the fuel bowl (its not fuel), and one below the turbo pedistal. I have used a mirror to see if I can figure out where its coming from and came up with nothing. Ive pulled the y pipe already and if I dont figure it out soon Im just gonna pull the turbo replace the orings and see if that fixes it. Any ideas, BTW I dont see any oil on my pedistal but there is alot below it.

 

I just had a similar leak and it was actually HPOP but not where you can just replace an o-ring and its fixed...i have to replace the whole HPOP. Take the mirror while it is idling and look at the bottom of the HPOP and see if there is a little stream that would drip from (I think the right side of the bottom) down to the middle. That is where mine was coming from and it leaked a lot of oil.

 

Well, you may start out by trying to clean out the v of the motor, which is a royal PITA, but get it as dry as possible. Then while the truck is running use a flash light and look around. There is a large nut on the back of the HPOP housing that comes a little loose on mine, and needs tightened about once a year or so. I think there is an o ring that could permenantly fix it, but the tightening works for now.

 

Ya, i suggest cleaning and trying to search while idling. sounds to me like hpop. usually the turbo pedestal will leak on the ground down to the oil pan or trans pan. So if its going from the fuel bowl to the valley sounds like hpop oring possible

 

If your leak was coming from the plug at the bottom, the one that Ford calls a "non-serviceable" plug, it can be fixed with an o-ring. You have to remove the HPOP but don't try to get the o-ring at Ford, after all, it's non-serviceable.

 

Ok so are you suggesting that I just get a match from adavnced auto parts? Bill Hewitt from Powerstrokehelp.com says it can not be fixed because he has tried to.

 

Not a suggestion but fact. Many have already performed the repair. Bill's a pretty good guy but on this one, he's wrong.

No, you can not just match it with a hardware store o-ring. It has to be a hard o-ring, durometer 90 to withstand the pressures put out from the pump. The hard o-rings will not be found in any auto parts or hardware store.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...-question.html

 

Well thank you very much for the guidance. I'm in college and every bit helps.

 

Guzzle you dont sell wicked wheels or any variation do you. I want to go ahead and put that in since im already this far. How hard is it to remove HPOP u have to remove the fuel bowl?

 

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HPOP - Not that tough to remove but it is necessary to remove the fuel bowl since the HPOP sits under it. If you have not replaced the fuel sleeves on the fuel rails, return line and main fuel line on the fuel bowl recently , you will want to get a new set of sleeves as the old ones will be hard, dry and cracked. You will never get them to seal properly once you take them off. Once the fuel bowl is out of the way, the HPOP is pretty well exposed. Look for signs of leakage around the gasket where the HPOP seals to the block and if you find any old oil residue, you will want to get a new gasket also.

 

anyone have any Idea what the green tube that comes of the y-pipe and into the intake is. I broke mine removing it.

 

Do you have any spares to repair the "non-reservicable" plug?

 

It is a boost dump hose from the waste gate solenoid.

 

What is the best way to repair?

 

Where is it broken Ben?