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Old Mar 16, 2018 | 08:08 AM
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Blood trail....

Pulled in last night and noticed this blood trail of oil plus about 1/4 cup of oil on the ground that dripped from rear of the engine...

 
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Old Mar 16, 2018 | 08:09 AM
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Only thing you can do is track it down and fix it, or keep a good supply in the cab and keep filling it.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2018 | 08:12 AM
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From rear of engine I would first look and see if it's not leaking up top somewhere. There is a drain hole to the rear of the valley that discharges all leaks down the back (I think passenger's side) of the engine. Most leaks are up top.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2018 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Walleye Hunter
From rear of engine I would first look and see if it's not leaking up top somewhere. There is a drain hole to the rear of the valley that discharges all leaks down the back (I think passenger's side) of the engine. Most leaks are up top.
Yup, I thought I had a rear main seal leak, then was on top and saw the oil in the valley draining down.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2018 | 10:22 AM
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Just had a thought because I recently installed the high pressure oil crossover. And I just watched a video about the seals failing on the oil rail plugs near the bellowed up pipes.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2018 | 12:40 PM
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Mine was leaking ebpv . I did the blank off from riffraff & no problems since, as I dont use my truck much in winter anyway. Just something else to check
 
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Old Mar 16, 2018 | 12:57 PM
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Just had a thought because I recently installed the high pressure oil crossover. And I just watched a video about the seals failing on the oil rail plugs near the bellowed up pipes.
When I added my HPx it leaked a little after each drive for about a week while I snugged up the fittings.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2018 | 01:15 PM
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Check your HPX adapters that screw into the head. I just put new rings on friends truck a few weeks ago that didn't seat them all the way and the oring leaked.

 
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Old Mar 16, 2018 | 05:04 PM
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Oring failed on the HPX.. weird because I was very careful when installing... anyone know the oring size for the rifraff HPX ?
 
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Wet-ur up then install...
 
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