[strict9]

This is the deal...Driving back from camp, about 100 miles. Kept the truck at 80 mph. or so, about 23-2400 RPM. Chip in high setting, 75 HP.When I got back, noticed oil on the ground under the truck, after 8 hrs. at work, there was a fairly good sized spot ( about the size of a coffee can lid) under the front of the truck. Steam cleaned the engine, to see where it was coming from, but got to busy to really see anything. Also, I say it is oil, but on the ground, it all looks the same, felt a little light for oil. Pressure(oil) is ok as is level /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif Could this be the crankcase vent laying it on the ground? I dont really know where that is, or the real name of it, I just know it causes a mess /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gifI know some guys hook a tube to it and actually exhaust it under the truck, but don't know how to go about it...Sorry so long, but I wanted to explain the whole thing,plus my typing skills suck /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[RickHredf250]

Did you touch it, feel it smell it taste it?
Is it oil or fuel. From the front of the engine I am guessing fuel.
The breather is on the drivers side valve cover and is fed back into turbo intake so none should be leaking out. Unless you got some other problem causing a bunch of oil in the intake.
Confirm what the fluid is and let us know.
Rick H...

 

[strict9]

Well, it's def. oil and looks like its coming from the driver's side upper half of the motor, about a1/4 way down the front of the head...looks like it's behind the air pump.Not the A/C pump, but the brake pump(vaccum?)Could my ccv be plugged up?I wonder if this would build enough pressure to blow out some seals? I also noticed, after steam cleaning the entire engine, that the rear main also seems to be leaking, possibly caused by this(?)problem,if that is what it is. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gifANY help would be greatly app.,as we leave sat. morning for a 500 mile trip to Maine /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gifThanks in advance!!!

 

[strict9]

Anybody???Anything?? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif