Boy oh boy, nothing gets me going quite as well as oil burning on a hot exhaust flange. I have been trying to figure out where in the hell this oil is coming from for the past month.
This is the area it is dripping from. The brown stain isn't related, not sure what the PO dripped on it. This rig is full of hillbilly repairs and not the good kind.
I put dye in the oil a couple days ago to track down leaks. This is the underside of the intake runner. I looked around the runner and could not find any trace of origin.
Check the valve cover gasket you say? replaced a couple months ago and sealed up tight. I was really hoping this was the issue. This is drivers side.
As you can see, the leak is just enough to smell awful and get you super fun looks when you shut your truck down.
As best I can tell, this oil is somehow coming out of the intake runner. I could not find a leak anywhere and the intake bolts are tight. I also don't have a smoke screen when driving down the road. My idle is stable and I get standard dog s*** 3FE performance. I'm not sure what catastrophic failure would need to happen to leak oil out of intake runner but im sure the LC would not be moving under it's own power. I thought a cracked head might be spraying oil but I couldn't find a crack and I have no spray pattern. Im open to any ideas you guys might have.
This is the area it is dripping from. The brown stain isn't related, not sure what the PO dripped on it. This rig is full of hillbilly repairs and not the good kind.
I put dye in the oil a couple days ago to track down leaks. This is the underside of the intake runner. I looked around the runner and could not find any trace of origin.
Check the valve cover gasket you say? replaced a couple months ago and sealed up tight. I was really hoping this was the issue. This is drivers side.
As you can see, the leak is just enough to smell awful and get you super fun looks when you shut your truck down.
As best I can tell, this oil is somehow coming out of the intake runner. I could not find a leak anywhere and the intake bolts are tight. I also don't have a smoke screen when driving down the road. My idle is stable and I get standard dog s*** 3FE performance. I'm not sure what catastrophic failure would need to happen to leak oil out of intake runner but im sure the LC would not be moving under it's own power. I thought a cracked head might be spraying oil but I couldn't find a crack and I have no spray pattern. Im open to any ideas you guys might have.