so this truck alway been baby its whole life lol its a 02 and only has 65k miles on it. its been towing a big *** montana fith wheel. and yesterday went out to west sac to get a cnn card so i can start using biodiesel. and when i came home parked on my drive way. i saw oil dripping out. so i took pictures to see what the problem is so anyone that can help pleaase let me know! lol im so new to these trucks.


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Looks like the inspecion cover for the tranny? ANd is it leaking from there?

If so, I'd think maybe an oil pressure switch on the back of the engine is leaking and dripping down...or bad news..the rear main is leaking.

Best to steam it all off, get it nice and clean...then...look for where the leak is coming from.

 

PS....is that a hole in the inspection cover?

 

lol iono what its called but yeah its coming from that little hole and up on the side of the oil pan. that lil hole is right behind the oil drain bolt.

 

We might have a tough time getting thing sorted via pics...but...theres always hope

Rember that in most all cases, oil leaks "down"...so, if the oil is at the top of the [pan, then what ever is happening at the bottom is just effect...not cause/

So you have to look higher. I don't know the SD engnies at all, so don't really know where your pressure points are at...but you need to look it over while running...with a flashlight...to see if you can find where it's oozing from.

I'd be happy to steam it for you and look it over, but you'd probably blow 80 bucks in fuel to get here (Oakdale) plus a 1/2 a day of your time.

 

well i just talked with my friend thats a diehard diesel fan lol. but he said it might be a rear main seal or it might be some oil thing on the back of the turbo. i just went out side to check it. and no oil is on top of the motor or behind the turbo. so im jus waitin for the weather to cool down and go steam clean it . lol since i got this truck. been having bad luck. freaking local cop thought i was "breaking traction" in a parking lot. so he gave me a speed contest which is street racing. lol n wen i went to look at the oil bleed again. found out my rear diff cover is rustin like hell!

 

I know these trucks have a problem leaking from the turbo. When I used to be in charge of the vehicles at work I had to send one truck to back to dealership three times to repair an oil leak from the turbo.

I also I agree with Mike...that looks like a hole in the inspection cover. Is that the case? Or is the drain plug that just looks like a hole in the pictures?

 

i think it is the inspector hole. i jus cleand everything off n checked behind the turbo and all round there and no luck. so i just let the engine run. and no oil came out and now no oil is coming out

 

That is indeed a hole in the inspection cover, but it's a factory drain hole. It's supposed to be there.

I'd pull off the inspection cover and drive it to the nearest do-it-yourself carwash and spray it clean all around and up inside around the torque convertor and rear main seal. There's not much accumulation of crud there so I don't think the extra heat and pressure of a steam cleaner is needed. You should be able to see where it's coming from pretty easily after doing that.

 

i asked a couple of dyno corp guys that are into the 7.3l they said it might be a HPOP o ring but ill def look into taking the cover off and try to find the leak. i jus got done looking under the hood and feeling round the turbo to feel any oil leaks. but didn find nething.