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May 18, 2012 | 12:38 AM

powerfan99

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Oil Leak question

Sadly I have been having oil leak on my 99 F350 7.3 for way to long and I now have the time to fix it. I have looked at all the possible leaks such as turbo pedestal, HPOP, CCV, etc but I want to make sure I take care of the right problem. Their is oil in the valley a puddle at the front near the HPOP and some oil in the back near the turbo but I am going to clean it out soon so I can get a better indication of were its coming from. Every time I stop and turn off the engine oil starts to drip out a hole at the bottom of the truck (sorry not to mechanically inclined but I'm leaning) but it depends on how hard I drive the truck and the temperature outside. On a warm day 65+ degrees and normal driving 40mph it will leak half a frizzbe sized and if driving hard a whole frizzbe size puddle. On a cold day 55 degrees or less the oil leak is very little. I have had this leak for about 7 months now and I have had seen no pressure loss which makes me believe its not the HPOP. I am hoping to tear into the truck soon but I want to get it right since its my only vehicle. Thanks in advanced sorry its so long.

May 18, 2012 | 02:30 AM

BigAlsPSD

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From: Pea Ridge, AR

Best thing to do would be to get a mechanics part cabinet kit plug HPOP non-serviceable plug and attack all the possible things that can leak, and just rebuild them all and not worry about it for a while IMO. Oh and where it drips is called the bell housing.

Riffraff Diesel: "Mechanics Parts Cabinet" Combo kit

If you scroll down you can see the "add on" for the non serviceable plug, and line disconnect tool.

Riffraff Diesel: Serviceable Long Threaded HPOP plug

May 18, 2012 | 06:36 PM