i recently thought it was my oil pan gasket leaking in a previous thread. but taking a closer look im not so sure it is. I let the truck run tonight, and it leaks more when the engine is warm, so now i see drops coming from somewhere behind the main pully, dripping onto the lip of the pan, and spreading from there.(a seal behind possibly?) Also another spot, there is a metal rod aprox 1" in diameter, looks to be same metal as the block is made out of, it is right behind the power steering pump, and this "rod" sticks out about 3 inches and goes nowhere, it also has a drip coming from it. and it is also a bit wet from around the timing chain cover, no dripping that i can see, but wet. Is there any seals in behind there? all of this could be coming from one thing and leaking down, or various places. the motor i swapped had been sitting for a few months, and i just realised now after about a month of using this engine, that its leaking, so could it be dried up seals? im not loosing a ton of oil, just enough to keep me bothered about it. thanks for ur help.

 

Front crank seal? Is the oil covering the back of the pulley and spraying itself on to other places making it look like multiple leaks?

 

well its definately spraying, but u can tell where it sprays, but as for the spot further up, theres where its wet, and like nothing else in between, so i dont believe its spray, but the wind makes the oil go all of the way to the transmission.

 

is it hard to change the front crank seal? or expensive?

 

ok i got some pics to kinda describe whats happening. in the first pic, you can see the oil pan and crank pully, right on that lip behind the pully, theres a drop that forms and drips.




In this second picture, from the bottom view, you can see the oil pan, crank pully, and power steering pump pully, directly behind the p.s pump theres that "rod", that in the pic is shaped like a penis for lack of better explanation, up in the top left of the picture where theres wetness. theres drips that form at the tip of that and drop down as well, but i cant see from beyond that where the oil is coming from to get to that rod, or if it is in fact the rod leaking. anyone know what that rod is/does?




hope u guys can tell me a bit more. thx