It is still a drip, but is getting worse, for several weeks.
May be power steering fluid. I have not found the source.
I think it is after the truck has run and has fluids operating under pressure.

 

I've got the exact thing going on. Looks like the trail leads to atf from P steering.

It's a small drip after the truck is warm and shut down. Fluids seem up but I can't find the end of the trail at the origin...YET.

I'm going to dive into it in the next few days and I'll post my finding.

Denny

 

Look at the fitting for the pressure line coming out of the pump - these are reaching their age limit right about now. I know of a few that failed (including my own), and the drip was substantial - park the truck in 5 seconds substantial.

 

Thanx Rich, looks like the end product is dripping off the drag link. From there, on the canopy wall off the cradle. Above that I can't rely on a path but from what your describing, the location may very well be on the inside of the pump behind the pulley and slightly aft.

Would that bring CSI in to pull the pump to R and R the hose?

Denny

 

BTW, pressure line is on the right while sitting in the truck correct?

 

I suspect it is the PS pressure line. I want it resolved.
I checked Oreilly. Which version of the line do you suppose it is?

 

check your oil cooler, mine just started leaking and i thought it was the PS but it was not.

 

I got mine at the Ford dealer. I don't mess around with critical stuff like brakes and steering.

 

Apparently you have more confidence in Ford than I do.
Ford got too much wrong on these trucks that we continue to correct, or was it Navistar?

 

The only thing Navistar is the block - Ford took care of the rest. Ford has pretty demanding specs on the components for our vehicles, that China will not live up to. While Ford may have botched things like the fuel pickup, they got it right from the pump on. My original power steering pump pressure line made it 300K miles and 15 years. I wouldn't know how far that line would go if the truck was a gasser, the vehicle would have been gone 50K - 100K miles ago.

 

You know that is not true.
The list of fixes here at FTE is a long one. You author many, or offer improvement suggestions.

 

I've got two daughters and I'm too old to untangle their pigtails when they get into it.

Here's what I found.

My oil cooler is leaking on the forward end. Just per chance a very good friend of mine that works commercially pulled me around and said this needs attention and that.....etc...

Then he asked me what oil I ran. I told him T6 Rotella synthetic. He put a chew in, shrugged his shoulders and walked away while saying under his breath, (that's your problem).

I'm thinking it's good but maybe not now. Killed my romps here up north, but is it eating my seals?

Denny

 

Synthetic just gets into little spaces better, so your injectors love it and your oil cooler dribbles. The oil cooler seals are just hard and old. Mine drips a bit on the rare sub freezing days here, running Delo dino. I ran synthetic in my 215k Aerostar once, drips abounded. Dino oil, same spec, no drips.

I went with the Irish on the PS pressure line, simply for expediency. No worries. Also check if it is rubbing on the shock tower, that can cause a leak too.

 

Denny, seems to me a very good friend would have explained himself a bit more instead of walking off. The way I see it is if oil is synthetic oil is leaking then you have a seal or part on its way out. If you change to standard oil and it doesn't leak, stick with it or change out the part and go back to synthetic. Either way, the part is probably going to fail eventually and you can fix it on your time or its time.

Alternatively, you could just let it leak oil.

 

After the pump, the only mod I have is the FRx, to eliminate the dead-head issue. I have no significant complaints about the fuel system from the pump on - the passenger fuel rail clamp notwithstanding. I know a lot of other people tinker with the fuel system, but as long as I have good pressure with the stage IIs, I'm good.