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Hey guys I'm going to be dropping my oil pan this weekend on my 2001 7.3. Any tips or things to watch out for? It's supposed to have main studs and a girdle so I'll be confirming that and fixing a pretty bad oil leak.
There are a couple of threads on here where people have taken different paths to replacing the oil pan. The book says remove the engine, but others have lifted the cab, lifted trans/engine, cut cross member, etc... There is at least one video out there too.
I do not have any of these threads in the 7.3L PSD Tech Folder because I feel the methods of attack were a bit sketchy. Normally I wouldn't have a problem with putting sketchy methods in the Tech Folder, but these are dealing with a very heavy piece of metal and A LOT can go wrong.
Keep us informed with what you decide to do and maybe post a picture. A lot of these fellas have dealt with pan leaks...
The other concern about doing an oil pan R&R in place is reliably getting a good seal when it all goes back together. It would really suck to go through all that work just to have another leak.
Hopefully it works well, the reviews were hit or miss but I think it's worth a try. I'll do it this weekend if I can get the gasket here in time.
Can you be way more specific about the location of the leak? Pics? Don't want you to go to huge efforts if it is not needed.
You can confirm girdle etc with a $40 bore scope shoved up there during an oil change.
Sorry I didn't see your reply before, here are some pictures
pictures are of the bottom of the motor, I also included a pic of my fingers after I reached up and touched the side of the head below the valve cover as well as a pic of how dry the front of the valley is. Further back in the valley it has a little bit of oil but nothing obscene. I'm kind of leaning towards valve cover gaskets at this point. Any input on that?
You need to look at the EBPV pedestal, any number of o-rings...and for sure the dipstick adapter. Even diesel, which can leak from, again, any number of o-rings in the valley can appear to be engine oil.
Pretty confident it's valve cover gaskets, the side of the cylinder head is covered in oil. I can't think of any other way it would be so wet
thats much better than the oil pan! X2 on what Dan v said, there are a number of things that can leak on top of the engine that will leak into the valley of the engine and then down the back of the motor. Take a good flashlight and look underneath the spider and pedestal and see if its wet in the valley. Start looking from the top of the engine and work your way down Alot of people have changed rear main seals when it actually was just the ebpv, etc. Leaking
You should probably disconnect the starter from the supply cable. The weight hanging on it is not doing it any favors. Also, that big cable is always hot so be sure to disconnect your batteries too. As far as your oil leak goes, your diagnosis of valve cover gaskets seems probable at this point.
The oil pan seal almost never leaks - unless some ****** tried to remove and replace the pan in the truck. The engine has to come up and be flipped upside down the R&R the pan correctly.
I have pulled a 7.3 out in as little as 2hrs. You’d spend longer dicking around trying to remove pan in truck...
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Alot of people have changed rear main seals when it actually was just the ebpv, etc. Leaking
