soo i noticed today when my truck was in the garage that i have an oil leak that seems to be runnin down the bellhousing of the tranny and i got no idea where its coming from, could this be related to my exhaust fumes in the cab smell?? just a dumb question but figured i would throw it out there..my truck sat prob for about 2 hrs in the garage and left like a quater size drop of oil on the floor but its defintly coming from up top it appears and running down around the tranny, cause its on my tranny cooler lines and stuff..soo i know its coming from some where up above its just my question was could this also be tied together with me getting exhaust smell in the cab?? idk maybe if i had an oil leak and exhaust leak around the same place...

 

Chances are the exhaust smell is leaking up-pipes. As for the oil, check to see if you have oil in the valley of the engine. There is a drain hole on the backside of the valley that allows the oil to run down the back of the block onto the trans.

Clean up the oil and then check to see where it leaks from. We can help you find a solution from there.

 

i got a flashlight and shinned it on my up pipes and i didnt see any soot on anything..i just didnt know if there was something that could tie both the exhaust smell and oil leak together

 

I hope not. If there was it would be a BIG problem.

 

ok looks like i'll get some purple power tonight and clean the valley up and underneath and try to determine where its comin from

 

ok guys soo i just checked the engine valley out, and all of the oil seems to be defintly in the back, there is nothing up front at all...now my EBPV rod comes out of the bottom correct?? cause that also had oil on it..it just seems like there is oil residue everywhere back there, but like i said nothing is up front..idk what could this leak be?? the pedistal o rings??

 

Pedistal o-rings or the EBPV plunger.

 

Only stuff back there is the pedestal/ turbo o-rings and the EPBV rod that comes out of the pedestal.

 

seems like the oil is more concentrated on the passenger side in the back...unless i just cant see the driver side that well..

 

IIRC the drain is on the passenger side, so stuff tends to pool toward that side.

 

My money is on the EBPV rod. Time to gut the pedestal......

 

As far as the exhust leak. Just had this problem. had the fuel pump changed on my 06 250 with 6.0. The tech did not tighten the pipes connecting the turbo causing a leak. According to the tech ther was soot everyway. Might want to check out you connections.

 

I would check the boots on the spider. If the clamps are loose it will leak some oil. Easy to check before pulling turbo etc.

 

instead of gutting the pedistal, could i just by the NON-EBPV pedistal and the NON EBPV outlet?? its just odd like why is there oil on the little rod coming out of the ebpv housing?? it seems like over time like i'm talkin months the leak keeps getting worse?? its soo hard to see actually where it is coming from it sucks

 

it seems like there is like a lil mist of oil blowing out of somewhere or something covering everything in the area of the turbo, like it looks like the firewall has a slit mist on it, the bottom of the EBPV housing and rod..any idea's?