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7.3 Ford - Zukman - 03 Sep 09

91 Ford 7.3 oil leak on top of engine. Valley pan filled and running down front of engine?


7.3 Ford - ChevyKev - 03 Sep 09

1 possibility - isn't there an oil breather type of tube running to the turbo?

2. The very front of the engine, kind of built into the front housing - is,'t that the high pressure oil pump? That would make the most sense to me if it is coming from the top front.


7.3 Ford - ChevyKev - 03 Sep 09

The tanish thing with the sticker is the high oil pressure pump housing, no???

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Here it is cleaned up - and you can see the turbo has two openings - one to the right and one facing this picture - and there is a black circular
opening to the left that a tube connects those two spots - just behind the fuel filter housing.

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In this shot the pliers are sitting on top of the high oil pressure pump housing and you can see lines coming off the back of it.

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7.3 Ford - ChevyKev - 03 Sep 09

Aha - I was a bit wrong... The tanish thing is a high pressure fuel pump that is gear run. It has a weak and notorious seal that tends to leak. A very likely culprit.


7.3 Ford - Zukman - 03 Sep 09

Mine is a non-turbo IDI engine, I think it is coming from the gear drive for the Injector pump.


7.3 Ford - AKMark - 04 Sep 09

It's very probable that you are right in where you think it's coming from.

You could get some oil dye and use a blacklight to see where it's coming from.