Just bought a 2011 f-250 with the 6.7L got a really good deal(i hope)
any ways down to it:
saw on the carfax it had the front main seal replaced 2 times while owned by previous owner only about 1000 miles before I bought the truck it has 119,721 on it now and had 118 something on it when the first seal was replaced the second one was installed at 119400
I knew the truck had and oil leak when I bought it so today I tore her apart and got to the front main looking at the seal which is definitely the culprit so I removed it and noticed that overall it looked pretty good other than one very small nick on the top of the seal. the aluminium front cover the seal goes into had some dings in it and cut his seal going in.. i guess, so i used some fine sand paper and cleaned up the dings really good, Ill be putting a dab of high tack around the outside diameter of the seal this time(this stuff is awesome if you dont use it you should, never hardens and is good for almost anything from threads to gaskets)
is it possible that the dealer in texas could have messed up not one but 2 seals! hopefully when I put this THIRD seal in it will stop the leak.
has anyone had any issues with front mains/multiple seals?
any service data would be great to if anyone has some.
thanks for any input
any ways down to it:
saw on the carfax it had the front main seal replaced 2 times while owned by previous owner only about 1000 miles before I bought the truck it has 119,721 on it now and had 118 something on it when the first seal was replaced the second one was installed at 119400
I knew the truck had and oil leak when I bought it so today I tore her apart and got to the front main looking at the seal which is definitely the culprit so I removed it and noticed that overall it looked pretty good other than one very small nick on the top of the seal. the aluminium front cover the seal goes into had some dings in it and cut his seal going in.. i guess, so i used some fine sand paper and cleaned up the dings really good, Ill be putting a dab of high tack around the outside diameter of the seal this time(this stuff is awesome if you dont use it you should, never hardens and is good for almost anything from threads to gaskets)
is it possible that the dealer in texas could have messed up not one but 2 seals! hopefully when I put this THIRD seal in it will stop the leak.
has anyone had any issues with front mains/multiple seals?
any service data would be great to if anyone has some.
thanks for any input
