I have a small oil leak I can't find. It's running down through the inspection plate cover out the weep hole. I can see where the oil has run down from some where on the top of the motor from both sides, around the starter & the other side.

There is no oil in the valley, the HPOP is dry & clean. I have checked the turbo pedistal, and from what I can tell no leak. I shoved my hands in places arounb that turbo I though I was never going to get the out, and could not find any oil front, back, etc. Pulled the cover rear looks good

However my two Orange boots on the Y pipe are soaked. Would the boots leak enough oil to flow all the way down to the inspection cover? My CCV is sill stock & I still need to do that mod.

Thanks
Rich

 

I have the exact same problem with my 1995 Power Stroke, lets see if anyone can help us.

 

Sometimes a small fuel leak will appear as an oil leak after mixing with the grime on the back of the engine. The fuel connections on the rear of the passenger's head could be seaping and there are a couple of fuel rail/oil plugs on the rear of the heads that could also be leaking. That would be my only suggestion if there is absolutely no fuel/oil in the valley anywhere.

If the valley looks a bit damp, your boots can/will leak enough to run down the back of the engine. The CCV mod will eventually clean this up but it will take a short while to move the majority of the residual oil from the intercooler tubes unless you remove them along with the boots for a good cleaning.